Purchasing
Turns a need into an order and keeps track of the supplier's promises: requirements, purchase orders and delivery commitments.
- purchasing
What it is
Purchasing answers “has it been bought, and when will it come?” It turns a need into an order and keeps track of what the supplier has promised.
It does not decide what an item is (Catalogue), hold stock or check goods in (Inventory), or plan the work (Work Management). It holds purchase requirements, approvals, purchase orders and their lines, supplier acknowledgements, and delivery commitments. A change to a promised date is a new revision that supersedes the old one, so nothing is overwritten. Exceptions, such as goods rejected at receipt or a delivery at risk, are recorded with the history of every status change.
In the network it receives the requirement raised when stock is short, and tells Work Management when the part is expected.
Network testing
This application is part of the Work & Supply Network. It is built to run inside its network, and this standalone copy can be launched on its own. The recorded runs on the network’s page show it working with the others.
System boundaries
Where specialist systems already perform these functions, they can remain in place. DSLCore is intended to hold the governed operational layer around them: workflow, decisions, approvals, actions, evidence and reporting.
This application is in network testing: it is built to run inside its network, and this standalone copy shows it on its own. This is a working demonstration. An implementation would be tailored and validated against your organisation's terminology, controls and systems.