Business Central for UK Distribution & Wholesale
Distribution runs on inventory accuracy and order velocity. Standard BC handles purchase orders, receipts, and sales orders well; the friction is at the warehouse boundary and in customer-specific pricing. We configure BC to remove the manual handoffs and integrate the systems your warehouse and ops teams already use.
What we configure
BC's Sales & Receivables, Purchasing, and Warehouse Management modules carry the bulk of the work, alongside Inventory with bin-level tracking. We typically wire up customer-specific pricing tiers, three-way matching for supplier invoices, drop-ship workflows where stock never touches your warehouse, and pick/pack/ship document flows printed direct from BC.
Integration patterns we deploy
- WMS connectors. Power Automate or native middleware sync between BC and your WMS — typically nightly cycle counts plus real-time pick confirmations.
- Carrier APIs. Shipping label generation and tracking number write-back at the moment a sales order ships.
- EDI for major retailer accounts. ASN, invoice, and order acknowledgement messages mapped to BC's standard sales order flow.
Relevant Amplio extensions
- Bank Statement Importer — clears AR allocations from supplier and customer payments fast.
- Branded Document Delivery — sends invoices, despatch notes, and statements with open tracking, so AR knows what's been read.
- Customer Self-Service Portal — closes the AR ticket queue: customers download statements, view balances, and pay direct.
Typical engagement
6–10 weeks for BC + WMS integration; 3–4 months when EDI mapping is in scope. Distribution clients often add the AR/AP-focused extensions above in phase 2 once core BC is live.