IM E-Procurement is a comprehensive tool that streamlines procurement processes in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. IM E-Procurement is specially designed to face the procurement complexity of remote locations, especially for chains of points of sale (i.e. Retail, Food or Hospitality).
There must be a company acting as Purchasing Central where the Procurement conditions for each location are defined and items and suppliers must be identical in all companies. Therefore we can define two general procurement processes:
- Orders to Central Purchasing Company
- Orders to external vendors
Orders to Central Purchasing Company
In the example below we have two Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central companies and four different Shops with different features
- Central Purchasing that will be the Main Company concerning to procurement processes
- Subsidiary or Affiliate company
Shop 1: Location owned by the Central Purchasing Company, orders from this location will generate Transfer Orders from the central location of the Central Purchasing Company to the Shop 1 location
Shop 2: Location of a franchise, therefore a different company, a customer. In this case, the orders will create a Sale Orders to be served from the central location of the Central Purchasing Company
Shop 3: Location owned by the Subsidiary Company 1, orders from this location will generate Purchase Orders in the Subsidiary Company that will produce Sales Orders in the Central Purchasing Company
Shop 4: Location of a franchise of the Subsidiary Company 1, therefore a different company, a customer. Orders from this location will create transitory Purchasing Orders in Subsidiary Company that will be canceled when the Sales Orders are created in the Central Purchasing Company
Orders to External Vendors
In the example below we have two Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central companies and four different Shops with different features
Shop 1: Location owned by the Central Purchasing Company, orders from this location will generate Purchase Orders in the Central Purchasing Company
Shop 2: Location of a franchise, therefore a different company, a customer. In this case, the orders will create transitory Purchase Orders in the Central Purchasing Company that will be archieved after sending to the external vendor.
Shop 3: Location owned by the Subsidiary Company 1, orders from this location will generate Purchase Orders in the Subsidiary Company to be sent to the external vendors.
Shop 4: Location of a franchise of the Subsidiary Company 1, therefore a different company, a customer. Orders from this location will create transitory Purchasing Orders in Subsidiary Company that will be archived when the orders are sent to the external vendor.
