Capability

Purchasing and inventory replenishment

Order before you run out, not after — with purchase orders, transfers and warehouse operations.

What it does

Order before you run out, not after

Running out is a service failure. Over-ordering ties up money and, for anything with an expiry date, throws it away. Most organizations manage that balance with a spreadsheet and somebody’s judgment about what usually gets used.

Tansi orders against what is actually being consumed at each location.

  • Requests and approval routing

    Supply, purchase and transfer requests raised on one form, routed to the right approver by rule rather than by memory.

    • Supply, purchase and transfer requests in one place
    • Multi-step approval routing driven by configurable rules
    • Delegate approval authority when an approver is away
    • Configurable request forms and reusable templates
    • Every request auditable from submission to decision
  • Fulfillment and issuing

    Once a request is approved, fulfill it from stock, from a purchase order or by transfer between sites — against the same record.

    • Fulfill from stock on hand, by purchase or by transfer
    • Picking and issuing against the approved request
    • Requester sees status without having to chase it
    • Full history of who approved, who issued and when
  • Inventory control and reordering

    Monitor stock levels, track usage, and manage supplies across every site — so you never run short where it matters.

    • Real-time stock levels by location
    • Usage tracking and reorder alerts
    • Track lot numbers, expiry dates, and special storage needs
    • Create and manage purchase orders, picking, and transfers
    • Order and transfer suggestions based on usage and expiring items
    • Barcode and RFID scanning

See it working

Purchasing and inventory replenishment, in the platform

  • Requests and approval routing
  • Fulfillment and issuing
  • Inventory control and reordering

Alongside your ERP

Your ERP keeps doing what it does well

Tansi does not compete with your ERP for the same ground. It picks up where the ledger stops.

What your ERP holds and what Tansi holds, for purchasing and inventory replenishment
NeedYour ERPTansi
Purchasing and replenishmentThe financial commitment, the approval and the paymentPredictive ordering from real consumption, operational purchase orders and transfers between sites — so stock moves before a location runs out.
Payables and invoicingStrongTansi issues the operational PO and the transfer. Your ERP carries the commitment and pays the invoice.

Questions we get asked

Purchasing and inventory replenishment questions

What makes the ordering predictive?

Consumption at each location drives minimum and maximum levels and reorder points, so the order is raised against usage rather than against somebody noticing an empty shelf.

Does it cover purchase orders and receiving?

Requisition, approval, purchase order, receiving and transfers between locations, with the stock record updated at each step.

What happens when a transfer or an order is raised?

Before anything is committed, Tansi checks lot numbers and expiry dates for that product across every location and recommends using what is closest to expiring first. It then offers the choice: a transfer from the location already holding the stock, or a purchase order. The user selects, and the approver approves — so the decision to spend is still a person’s, made with the whole stock position in front of them.

Can we manage vendors in the same place?

Yes — vendors, catalogs, pricing and the documents that go with them.

What about multiple warehouses and service points?

Stock is held per location with transfers between them, so a shortage at one site can be filled from another before it turns into a purchase.

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Where this was proven

Where this was proven

229 public health warehouse locations are supported by Tansi’s inventory and asset capabilities, with lot tracking, controlled-item management and expiration dates built into the platform on a live program.

Works with

Capabilities that share the same record

Where ERP ends, Tansi begins.

See it running on your own operation

Bring us a workflow that is currently held together by a spreadsheet and a shared drive, and we will show you what it looks like in Tansi. No scripted demo. No discovery fee.