Purchasing like "the big boys" in SAP Business One with Andavis Ordermanager

SAP Business One In addition to small and medium-sized enterprises, which use the ERP system as a complete solution, as well as large medium-sized companies or even corporate groups that run SAP Business One as a branch solution. Here, SAP ERP usually runs as the central unit and SAP Business One in branches, distribution bases and other satellites.

In such larger organisations, there is often the challenge of keeping the purchasing processes "clean". Who is authorised to purchase how much with which approvals and on which budget? cost centers are the costs then charged or/and distributed? These questions used to really keep an administration on its toes.

Integration of complex purchasing processes

This kind of thing naturally cries out for integration and mapping in the ERP system. This can become a very complex task. However, it should also be ensured that an ordering process does not become a trigger for endless training for the staff concerned, who may only rarely carry it out.
So it makes sense to fall back on interfaces and procedures that the user may already be familiar with from other environments. Most users have probably already used webshops to buy a product. Purchasing to place orders. Such a "web shop" is therefore also a "natural" environment, so to speak, for managing one or more internal ordering processes.

Such a solution is available, also for SAP Business One from Andavis GmbH, a subsidiary of the Versino Group.

B2B Ecommerce System

Of the Order manager from Andavis is a solution for purchasing processes in the B2B environment. The system, which is based on web technologies, supports integrated processes in purchasing that enable workflows for approval. At the same time, costs can be distributed correctly and budgets can be kept in view. The e-commerce solution can map the internal organisational structure and provide transparency in purchasing with analyses.

In the Andavis Order Manager, templates for orders, recurring purchasing processes, individual article numbers and prices in the range can be managed.

The approvals can be set depending on the user. This can be done depending on articles, budgets and in relation to an assortment.

In a shopping basket, the user can access all items of his order, check them and change them if necessary.

For integration with ERP systems, such as SAP Business One, there is a API available. The data can be exchanged via standards such as REST, AS2, https, SFTP or mail. SON, XML, CSV, openTrans can serve as formats.

The system can also be accessed on the move via apps available for iOS, Google and Windows Phone.