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As a seller received the purchase order from customer; sales order is the registration of the acknowledged purchase order from customer into sellers operating system/procedure to start processing the order.
Purchase Order is placed by the Buying organisation intending to buy goods and services from the Supplier
Sales Order is the Purchase Order received by the Sales unit from its Customer wherein the selling unit considers selling or offering to sell the commodity / service at the terms and conditions as per Customer Po
In business an order is a stated intention, either spoken or written, to engage in a commercial transaction for specific products or services. From a buyer's point of view it expresses the intention to buy and is called a purchase order. From a seller's point of view it expresses the intention to sell and is referred to as a sales order. When the purchase order of the buyer and the sales order of the seller agree, the orders become a contract between the buyer and seller.