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Procure-to-Pay (NW)

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Streamline procurement in Business Central with requisitions, RFQs, bid analysis, vendor evaluations, approvals, and project-based purchasing.

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Acumens Procure-to-Pay (NW)

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Acumens Procure-to-Pay (NW) app extends standard Business Central Purchasing Module by introducing Internal Requisition documents (Purchase and Storage), Request for Quotations, Bid Management and Vendor Performance Evaluations.

Acumens Procure-to-Pay (NW)

Purchase Requisitions

To initiates the purchasing process within an organization

Acumens Procure-to-Pay (NW)

Request for Quotations

To formally request for quotations from potential vendors.

Acumens Procure-to-Pay (NW)

Bid Analysis

To evaluate quotations shared by potential vendors to determine which vendor offers best overall value.

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Acumens Procure-to-Pay (NW)

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Acumens Procure-to-Pay (NW) Setup
Acumens Procure-to-Pay (NW) Setup - Requisitions
Acumens Procure-to-Pay (NW) Setup - Requisitions
Acumens Procure-to-Pay (NW) Setup - Requisitions
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Features

  •  Purchase Requisitions:  This is an internal document that initiates the purchasing process within an organization. It's not sent directly to the vendors but it initiates internal purchase approval workflow.

  •  Request for Quotations:  This document is used to formally request for quotations from potential vendors. It is sent to multiple vendors to obtain prices for specific goods or services with well-defined requirements.

  •  Bid Analysis:  This document is used to evaluate quotations shared by potential vendors to determine which vendor offers best overall value. Approved Bids are converted to Purchase Orders.

  •  Vendor Evaluations:  This document is used to assess a supplier’s ability to deliver goods or services reliably, cost‑effectively, and in line with organizational standards. Acumens Procure-to-Pay (NW) does five default evaluation metrics i.e. Cost, Delivery Rate, Defect Rate, Fill Rate and Quality Evaluations. It helps determine whether a vendor should be approved, retained, or reconsidered.

  •  RFQ Mandatory on Purchase Orders:  This feature is used to enforce request for quotations before a purchase order is processed either on Vendor or Item level.

  •  Storage Requisitions:  Once purchase of goods and services is completed, Storage Requisition document is used to issue inventory. It ensures controlled withdrawal of inventory and proper tracking of stock movement.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Standard Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central purchasing functionality supports processing purchase orders, receipts, and invoices, but does not provide an integrated workflow for managing the preceding procurement stages, including purchase requisitions, requests for quotation (RFQs), bid analysis, and vendor evaluation. Acumens Procure-to-Pay extends Business Central with a structured process that connects internal purchase requisitions to vendor quotation requests, bid comparisons, supplier selection, and purchase order creation. It also supports approval workflows, vendor performance evaluation, RFQ compliance controls, and project-based procurement, while allowing purchasing to continue through the standard Business Central purchasing workflow from purchase order creation onwards.
Standard Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central does not include a dedicated bid analysis workflow for consolidating vendor quotations, comparing competing offers against the same procurement requirements, and awarding individual purchase lines based on the evaluation results. Acumens Procure-to-Pay addresses this limitation by automatically creating a Bid Analysis document when RFQs are emailed to vendors. Users can enter quoted prices manually or import quotations from Excel, review and update lines using the Bid Analysis Worksheet, and submit lines for evaluation. Only submitted lines are considered for vendor awarding. Once the Bid Analysis document is released, purchase orders can be created for the awarded lines, improving supplier comparison, purchasing decisions, and traceability throughout the vendor selection process.
While Standard Business Central supports projects and purchasing, it does not provide an end-to-end procurement workflow that maintains project, task, planning line, and dimension information throughout sourcing and vendor selection. Acumens Procure-to-Pay bridges this gap by carrying project and dimension details from Purchase Requisitions through RFQs and Bid Analysis to Purchase Orders. It also supports automatic Project Planning Line creation, reducing manual work while improving project cost tracking, reporting, approval routing, and procurement control.

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