Overview of Decentralized Purchasing

Institutions often do not have a centralized purchasing department/team to manage their procurement process.

The Procurement and sourcing module of Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations has built-in functionality to create purchase requisitions, process purchase orders, and then invoice products from purchase orders. For more information, see Microsoft Documentation.

The Decentralized Purchasing feature extends the standard Procurement & sourcing offering of Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, and enables institutions to shorten their purchasing process by automating the process of invoice generation from purchase orders.

Process Flow Diagram For Decentralized Purchasing

The following diagram gives an overview of the process involved in the Decentralized Purchasing feature. For information on using the Decentralized Purchasing feature, see Using the Decentralized Purchasing Feature.