# Purchases - Annual summary

The **Purchases** tab presents **summaries related to expenses for goods and services**. It allows users to **control the structure of purchasing costs**, **monitor their dynamics over time, and assess which suppliers have the largest share in the company’s total purchases.**  
  
With the analyses available in this tab, users can:  
\- **review the value of purchases over time** – for example, monthly or annually,  
\- **compare expenses across different product groups**,  
\- **analyze purchases by suppliers** – to identify key business partners,  
\- **verify the share of individual warehouses in total purchases**,  
\- **assess the contribution of countries or regions** from which deliveries are made.  
  
The **Purchases** tab enables ongoing **monitoring of how procurement costs evolve**, where the largest expenses occur, and how the purchase structure looks in terms of suppliers, products, and locations.  
  
Thanks to this, users gain a comprehensive view of which purchases are critical to the company’s operations and which may require cost optimization.

<p class="callout info">All values are calculated based on purchase documents (PZ, P-).</p>

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</article>### Purchase value in the year

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**“Purchase value in the year”** – the chart presents the **annual value of the company’s purchases**. It allows users to analyze how **purchase costs have evolved over the years** and determine whether they show an **upward or downward trend**.

The chart displays:

- **Purchase value in a given year** – total expenditure on purchases during the selected period,
- **Timeline axis** – enabling year-to-year comparison of data.

Thanks to this chart, users can easily identify **trends in purchasing costs** and assess whether **expenses remain stable** or are subject to **greater fluctuations**.

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### Purchases by years

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**“Purchases by years”** – the chart presents the **total value of purchases on an annual basis**, allowing the analysis of the company’s spending dynamics over recent years.

The chart shows:

- **purchase values by year** – the total amount spent on goods and services,
- **timeline axis** – enabling year-to-year comparison of changes,
- **purchase trend line** – illustrating increases or decreases in costs over the years.

Thanks to this chart, users can easily assess whether the company’s purchase expenses are **rising, declining, or remaining stable**, providing a solid foundation for **further cost analysis and budget planning**.

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### **Purchases by years – table**

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**“Purchases by years – table”** – the table presents the **value of purchases for each year**, allowing users to review how purchasing costs have changed over time and what the total amount was over a longer period.

The table includes the following fields:

- **Year** – the period to which the data applies,
- **Purchase value** – the total amount of all purchases made in a given year.

The table features a **search field** that allows users to narrow the data to selected years. In such cases, **the summaries automatically adjust** to display totals only for the filtered results.

Additionally, data can be **sorted by clicking column headers** – for example, to arrange years in ascending or descending order based on purchase value.

Thanks to this table, users can **quickly analyze changes in purchasing costs over the years** and assess whether expenditures show an **upward or downward trend**.

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