Can I override a quantity?

Yes, on the row. The override is logged with a free-text reason if you choose to add one. Recurring overrides surface as a hint that a rule could be adjusted.

Does it batch suggestions per supplier?

It can. Group-by-supplier mode rolls suggestions into a single PO draft and shows you the consolidated total, which is useful for hitting MOQs and freight thresholds.

Can two purchasers work in parallel?

Yes. Suggestions are claimed when opened. Two people can't approve the same row twice. The activity log shows who has what.

Inventory & Purchasing

uPurchase

Demand forecasting and purchasing, in one screen.

uPurchase is the demand-forecasting and inventory-intelligence layer Business Central never had. It classifies every SKU, forecasts demand by location, sizes safety stock against a chosen service level, applies supplier calendars and lead times, weighs carrying cost against stockout risk, and turns it all into purchase suggestions. Every recommendation answers the question “why” before you have to ask it: the forecast, the safety stock, the lead time and the current position all live on the same row as the quantity. Edit any number and the projected stock curve updates before anything is committed to Business Central. Purchasers get to challenge the numbers instead of trusting them blind, and controllers see service level, stockouts and excess as daily KPIs rather than monthly autopsies.

uPurchase demand chart with historical, future and forecast curves

Functionalities · 10

Advanced tier

uPurchase · Purchase Suggestions

Concrete suggestions. Not lines of MRP or MPS output.

A focused workspace that tells you exactly what to order, in what quantity and by when, with the reasoning attached. Skim the urgency, read the reason, adjust the quantity and approve. The interface is built around the decision you have to make.

One row, one decision

Each line is a complete recommendation: SKU, quantity, supplier, target date, expected stock position. Approve in place, or open the row to adjust.

Urgency at a glance

Suggestions are ranked by stock-out risk and supplier lead time. The most urgent rows are always at the top.

Bulk approve when you trust it

Filter to a supplier or class, audit a few rows, approve the rest in one action. The system records who approved what and when.

What you see

Each row is a decision.

You see how urgent each line is and why it’s suggested, adjust the quantity if needed, and approve. The defaults are usually right because they are built from your real consumption. When a default is wrong, you change it in one click. The system records it, so next time the model can learn that pattern.

Urgency badge per row, from overdue and critical to soon and watching
Inline editing of quantity, supplier, target date
Group by supplier to consolidate POs and hit MOQs
Approval flow with an audit log of who approved what, when and why

graph calculating inventory, predicted inventory, safety stock and re-orderpoint

When this matters

Signals you'd reach for this.

You order from a planning worksheet

Planning worksheets dump every reorder line at once. Buyers triage by gut. Items slip through.

You bundle by supplier in your head

You know which items share a supplier and try to combine them. The system doesn’t help you. Consolidation should be automatic.

Same item, different decision daily

Two purchasers, two different quantities for the same SKU. Without visible reasoning, there’s no way to reconcile.

You miss MOQs and pay surcharges

Hitting a supplier minimum is a known constraint that an MRP line doesn’t show. Suggestions should.

FAQ

The questions everyone asks first.

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A purchase order line is written into Business Central, linked back to the suggestion that produced it. You can keep working in uPurchase or jump to the PO in Business Central, which holds the same data and the same lines.

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