SAP Business One - iVend Retail Integration Points
Introduction
SAP Business One software is created specifically for small and midsized businesses. It is a powerful application and iVend Retail seamlessly integrates with it to help retailers better manage every aspect of their daily retail operations. SAP Business One is an affordable, easy to use, and quick to implement ERP and has more than 30,000 installations worldwide.
iVend Retail integrates with SAP Business One using the standard DI APIs provided as a part of the SAP Business One Software Development Kit. iVend Retail also integrates UDFs (User Defined Fields) defined on the Business Partner and Item Master in SAP Business One into iVend Retail.
There are over 25 masters and numerous transactions which integrate between iVend Retail and SAP Business One.
When installed, iVend Retail configures two (2) services – Integration and Replication which are utilised for integrating the two applications and to also replicate retail data and transactions across the retail network.
Considering the sensitivity of retail operations, only a few masters have a bi-directional integration. Most of the others are defined in the core ERP – SAP Business One and are integrated into iVend Retail and the entire Retail network.
iVend Retail and SAP Business One are normally configured at a central location, typically the Head Office. Retailers prefer to configure these applications on two (2) separate servers with the iVend Retail server having a static IP (one that can be searched on the Internet). This is done so that the store servers are able to ‘locate’ the central iVend Retail server, called the iVend Enterprise, for the purposes of integration and replication.
The application is so designed that it is not necessary for the stores to be “Always Connected” to the central iVend Retail server (iVend Enterprise). The synchronisation between the store operations and iVend Enterprise can be scheduled on a pre-defined frequency and whenever the Internet connectivity is restored, the store operations get synchronised with iVend Enterprise.
All the stores are configured as warehouses in SAP Business One. In-transit warehouses are also configured to track the inventory while in-transit from the distribution centre to the retail store.
By implementing SAP Business One with iVend Retail, retailers can:
- Streamline their In-Store and Head Office operations by seamlessly integrating key business processes.
- Integrate their retail process including sales, fulfilment, inventory, finance, taxes, etc.
- Take proactive control of their business through automatic alerts, workflows and respond to key business events and customer needs.
You can customise SAP Business One to support your changing needs and individual user preferences with easy-to-use customisation tools.
List of Masters Integrated between iVend Retail and SAP Business One
Country | Alternate Item |
State | Discount Group |
Codes/Groups | Sales Employee |
Shipping type | Item Attributes |
Item Group | User Defined Fields |
Manufacturer | Serial Number Initialization |
Customer Group | Batch Number Initialization |
Business Partner | Exchange Rates |
Items | Tax |
BP Catalogue Number | Warehouses |
BOM | Currency |
Freight | Price lists |
Price List:
On fresh installation iVend, price list will be set to "No" by default. For integration of Price list from SAP B1 to iVend, select price list and set to "Yes”. Once price list is set to "Yes", the prices and special prices of the products in the selected price list are required to be updated in SAP. Only updated prices in SAP B1 will get integrated into iVend.
On upgrade from earlier iVend Retail version price list will be set to "Yes" by default.
Once price list is set to "Yes" as retail price list, it cannot be re-set to no. A pop up displays a message "This action cannot be reversed. Are you sure you want to select this Price list as Retail?". On Pressing the Update button on the Price Lists master, the system will integrate all prices defined for the items in the price lists to the iVend Application.
List of Transactions Integrated into SAP Business One
Retail Transactions | Payment Integration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Business (Inventory) Transactions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchase Orders | Goods Receipt PO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goods Receipt | Goods Issue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goods Return | Stock Transfers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kits Build/Break | Expenses (Management Console) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inventory Counting (Stock Take) |
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Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Store Expenses (POS) | Cash Till Variances | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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