The Multi-Company Replenishment concept is a replenishment approach for organizations with multiple legal entities: a central supply chain entity and several decentral sales entities. The replenishment process allows the calculated Replenishment Item Quantity data from decentral sales companies to be consolidated into the central supply chain company, for Replenishment Journal calculation. The Replenishment Journal calculation will process the Replenishment Item Quantity data in the supply chain company together with the calculated Replenishment Item Quantity data that are consolidated from the sales companies. See Location for more information on how to setup locations which are based in sales companies.
The Multi-Company concept:
- a legal entity (Business Central company) which is responsible for Supply Chain and covers the following processes:
- central purchase
- warehousing
- distribution to sales companies
- one or more legal entities (Business Central companies) which are responsible for Sales and cover the following processes:
- purchase items from Supply Chain company or other vendors
- sell items in the stores
Note: Multi-companies are referring to Business Central companies that reside in the same database.
The replenishment process is performed in a two-steps approach. Firstly, the Replenishment Item Quantity is calculated in each of the sales companies. Next, the Replenishment Item Quantity is calculated in the central supply chain company, and the pre-calculated Replenishment Item Quantity data from the sales companies will be copied to the supply chain company. With this, the supply chain company is equipped with the sales and demand information in the sales companies, enabling it to perform central purchases and distribution of items by creating sales orders to the sales companies.
When order documents are created from the Replenishment Journal in the supply chain company, sales orders will be created instead of transfer orders if the location resides in the sales companies.
| To | See |
|---|---|
| Set up the Warehouses, Stores and Items for Automatic Replenishment. | Basic Setup |
| Set up the Data Source, Data Source Company, and Customer No. for Multi-Company Replenishment. | Location Setup |
| Understand the Replenishment calculation process. | Replenishment Process |
| Set up Replenishment templates and batches. | Replenishment Template
Replenishment Batch |
| Work with Replenishment journals. | Replenishment Journals
Check result in Calculation Log Lines Create Purchase/Transfer Orders |
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