Supply Chain & Operations
Purchasing & Supply
continON Purchasing & Supply runs buying as one chain of records: a request with justification and an approval decision, an order to a supplier, a line-level goods acceptance, and the purchase recorded from it that lands in the stock ledger. Every step keeps a reference to the one before it, so a received quantity traces back to the request that started it.
Resolves intoThe purchase order
The operating model
The buying lifecycle is a chain of linked records. Request lines carry a written justification and an approval decision with an approved quantity; order lines reference the request lines they fulfill; acceptance lines reference the order lines they receive; and stock ledger rows reference the supply lines that produced them. That chain is what makes procurement auditable — any quantity on the shelf traces back to who asked for it and who approved it.
Around the chain sits the commercial reality of buying. Suppliers live on the same partner record as customers, with evaluation ratings, deposit terms, and multi-currency accounts. Offers are exchanged with suppliers through the partner portal, and the offer builder suggests lines from items nearing expiry and from your most-purchased items. Purchase orders carry currency and exchange rate, customs data for imports, payment terms, and freight expenses, while purchase contracts lock prices and let call-off orders draw down the remaining contracted quantity.
Receiving is line-level: partial quantities are recorded as such, delivery documents attach to the acceptance record, and a sign-off panel closes it. From there the goods live in Warehouse Management with warehouse and sector placement, and the financial trail continues into the general ledger records in Finance & Accounting.
What feeds it
- Internal demand
- Approved requisition
- Supplier offers
- Contract terms
Resolves into
The purchase order
Goods accepted and stocked
- 1
Request
A purchase request is raised line by line with quantities and a written justification; lines already in stock can reserve existing inventory instead.
- 2
Approve
Each line receives an approval decision with an approved quantity that can differ from what was requested.
- 3
Source & order
Supplier offers are compared, then approved request lines become a purchase order to the supplier.
- 4
Accept goods
The delivery is accepted line by line against the order, with partial quantities, attached documents, and a sign-off.
- 5
Purchase & stock
The purchase is recorded from the accepted quantities, with currency, payment terms, customs data, and freight, and puts the goods in the stock ledger with warehouse and sector placement.
- 6
Account
Recording the purchase posts it to the general ledger, so the financial side of the buy is traceable to the operational records.
Everything inside Purchasing
6 capabilities
- Purchase Requests & Approvals
How do teams request materials and get purchases approved? - Supplier Management
How are suppliers managed alongside customers in one partner record? - Supplier Offers & Quotes
How do you collect and compare supplier offers before ordering? - Purchase Orders
What does a purchase order carry besides lines and prices? - Contracted Purchasing
How do call-off purchases draw down against a negotiated contract? - Goods Acceptance & Receiving
How is a delivery checked in against its purchase order?
Connected through one operating model
Purchasing does not stand alone.
Records cross module boundaries without being re-entered — these are the relationships continON actually maintains.
- Warehouse Management
In-stock request lines create reservations against the stock ledger. - Orders & Offers
The shared offer and order spine is managed as one commercial record set. - Finance & Accounting
Partner financial traffic feeds receivables and payables records. - Contract Management
The contract document, terms, and lifecycle live in the contracts module. - Partner Portal
Portal accounts let suppliers send and receive offers directly.
See Purchasing on your own operations.
A guided walkthrough on a sanitized demo tenant — this module, the shared platform, and a connected workflow end to end.