If you use Business Central and want to cut down on the manual work involved in handling purchase orders, the Purchase Order Management Vendor Portal lets your vendors confirm and update order details directly. This reduces both your handling time and your overall lead time.
When a vendor uses the supplier view in the portal, they can confirm or change the quantity, adjust the confirmed receipt date, and update the confirmed direct unit cost. As soon as the vendor fills in these fields, the lines in the purchase order management journal inside Business Central are updated automatically.
How the Vendor Portal reduces handling time and lead time
One of the main benefits of using the Purchase Order Management Vendor Portal is that it saves you handling time, and as a result, lead time. Instead of you registering vendor confirmations manually, the vendor enters the information themselves through the portal.
What the vendor can do in the supplier view
From the supplier view in the portal, the vendor can:
- Confirm the quantity on the order
- Change the quantity
- Change the confirmed receipt date
- Update the confirmed direct unit cost
This gives the vendor a direct way to respond to your purchase orders with the actual details they can commit to.
How the data flows back into Business Central
As soon as the vendor fills in the fields in the portal, the lines in the purchase order management journal inside Business Central are updated. You get the vendor’s confirmations directly in your system without re-entering anything by hand.
Q&A
What is the main benefit of the Purchase Order Management Vendor Portal?
It saves handling time and lead time. Your vendors confirm and update purchase order details themselves, so you do not have to register their responses manually in Business Central.
What can a vendor change in the supplier view?
A vendor can confirm or change the quantity, change the confirmed receipt date, and update the confirmed direct unit cost.
How do vendor confirmations reach Business Central?
As soon as the vendor fills in the fields in the portal, the lines in the purchase order management journal inside Business Central are updated automatically.