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title: "Overview: Send PO alerts and notifications"
slug: "overview-send-po-alerts-and-notifications"
updated: 2026-10-15T00:47:33Z
published: 2026-10-15T00:47:33Z
canonical: "help.servicetitan.com/overview-send-po-alerts-and-notifications"
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# Overview: Send PO alerts and notifications

## Overview

Use purchase order (PO) alerts to keep your team updated on PO statuses and shipment activity. Send notifications via text message or email to communicate important information about POs without the need to be physically present at the office or warehouse, or on repeated phone calls and messages.

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#### Who uses this feature

- Managers, purchasing team, and technicians
- Account configuration is required. Please contact [Technical Support](/construction/docs/contact-servicetitan-technical-support) for details.

> **Note:** This feature has been updated for most users and the processes are different. See [Send purchase order alerts and notifications](/construction/docs/send-purchase-order-alerts-and-notifications) for the updated version.

## Send PO status alerts and notifications

With PO alerts, you can:

- Send PO status alerts based on PO type to technicians and purchasing team. To set up alerts based on PO type, see [Send PO status alerts](/construction/docs/send-po-status-alerts-based-on-po-type-to-technicians-and-purchasing-team).
- Send PO notifications to technicians with shipment pick up details. Click the version of purchasing you're using for more on this feature:
  - [Truck Replenishment](/construction/docs/send-po-notifications-to-technicians-using-truck-replenishment)
  - [Line Items on POs](/construction/docs/send-po-notifications-to-technicians-using-line-items-on-pos)
  - [Purchasing or Inventory module](/construction/docs/send-po-notifications-to-technicians-using-the-purchasing-and-inventory-modules)