PCard Functionality in Financials 8.8 SP1

We are looking at implementing the Procurement card functionality in PeopleSoft Purchasing. We are in the very preliminary stages of this project and are in need of some further clarifications about how this is supposed to work. If there are any existing companies using this that we could contact that would great. But we would also like some feedback here as well.
The big question we have is how is it implemented in conjuction with Requisitions and PO's. Where do these flow to and what information is transferred with regard to the Pcard. Is the Pcard transaction initiated with the Req or PO and info is sent to vendor. Or is Req or PO more backfilled after the fact from the bank statement. In other words where do these come into play in the process
The other area revolves around Comodity Codes and Merchant Category Codes. What are there origins and how are they kept in sync. Are commodity codes internal to the application and only apply to items stored in a catalog? Do we need to load the MCC codes from the Pcard issuing bank?
We have been able to find some very good information on how the card statements can be loaded into PS.
Here is some of the PeopleBooks I have used:
PeopleSoft Purchasing 8.8 PeopleBook > Managing Procurement Cards
Enterprise PeopleTools 8.48 PeopleBook: Security Administration > Understanding PeopleSoft Security, Setting Up Permission Lists, Setting Up Roles, Administering User Profiles
PeopleSoft Financials, Enterprise Service Automation and Supply Chain Management Application Fundamentals 8.8 PeopleBook > Defining Financials and Supply Chain Management Common Definitions
What we are struggling with is the purpose of POs and Reqs in the process.
Anything that someone could tell us about thier experience with PCard would be appreciated.
Thanks!!
Scott

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