Sales and Purchase Order Management The system offers functions for setting up a wide range of sales and purchase documents that best meet your business needs. In Dynamics 365 Business Central, you can set up and use sales/purchase orders, blanket sales/purchase orders, and sales/purchase order processes. The invoicing process is fast and easy as it does not require sales order registration. Moreover, selected customers or customer groups can be automatically assigned special prices and discounts if the criteria you have set up, such as minimum order quantity or order date, are met. In such a case, the program applies the best price and the highest discount for a customer. Prices and discounts can be also defined in a sales document for specific lines. In addition to the line discount feature, you can set up an invoice discount which means linking the discount percentage to the document amount.   In Dynamics 365 Business Central, the monitoring and control of the whole purchase process is managed by means of an automated workflow. The workflow process involves document entry, including registration of paper documents using the OCR functionality. Replenishment orders are created just from notifications about available inventory and availability forecasts. Prices and discounts are assigned depending on the terms agreed upon with vendors such as minimum quantity or order date. To enhance control over purchase costs and expenses, you can implement advanced workflow and approval structures.
Item Availability: Efficiency in the sales process depends on the capability to track item availability in multiple locations over time. Dynamics 365 Business Central generates notifications if there are stock shortages for sales orders when they are processed. Thanks to this, you can react instantly, e.g., by creating a replenishment order or offering a substitute item.
Sales and Inventory Forecasting: Machine learning in Dynamics 365 Business Central ensures accurate sales and inventory forecasts using predictive analytics based on historical data in a specific period and source. If the inventory level decreases to zero, a replenishment order can be created just in the forecast chart.
Nonstock Items: In Dynamics 365 Business Central, it is possible to define non-stock items. This feature enables you to offer items that have not been registered in the inventory to your customers. This requires entering information in just a few fields. Then the item can be included in the price list, although it is not available in stock.   If a nonstock item is added directly to a sales document, the program automatically creates a new item on the nonstock item card using the item card template. The nonstock item template contains all the fields that you typically define for an item.
Item Substitutions: Dynamics 365 Business Central allows you to create and offer substitute items for all items. To define a substitute item, you just need to link similar items. If the requested item is not available, you can view all substitute items and select one to fulfill the customer’s order.
Locations The system enables you to manage inventories in multiple locations such as a production plant, distribution center, warehouse, showroom, retail outlet, or service car.
Inventory Movements: The inventory tracking functionality provides information on locations where an item was moved and its value in-transit and at subsequent locations in the transfer process.
Warehousing: Dynamics 365 Business Central facilitates warehouse receipt and warehouse shipment processes such including put-aways and transfers. Inventory picks are part of the assembly, manufacturing and shipment processes. Inventory management is based on bins that are used to track inventory transfers including pick-ups and put-aways. With transfer information available on hand, it is easier to optimize inventory usage. The warehousing functionality also supports the assembly of items for sales orders and warehouse orders.