Catalogue module
Categories, suppliers, items, prices and availability arrive in the catalogue item master, filtered and scheduled, with product data, images and data sheets.
- Connect
- ICT distribution
- Purchasing and sales
- Full app
Connect ITscope to Business Central
ITscope brings together the catalogues of more than 400 distributors. ITscope2Dynamics puts them where you already work: in the item master, in the purchase order and in the sales order.
The connection
Market transparency in the ERP, not in a second browser tab
Items, availability and prices of IT products have a short shelf life. Sales is supposed to advise quickly and competently, purchasing wants current information on price and availability — and today both work with two systems side by side.
ITscope2Dynamics extends Business Central with the interface to ITscope, so that ITscope data and processes sit directly in your ERP. Over 3,500,000 ICT products, the terms of more than 400 distributors and the ordering path to them — all from the document you are already in.
In daily use
What the modules do in the document
Catalogue: the item master maintains itself
Categories, suppliers, items, prices and availability arrive as an import instead of being typed in. ITscope unifies the price lists and catalogues of more than 400 suppliers for this — including technical product data, images, data sheets and marketing copy. Connecting and maintaining a separate interface per supplier is no longer necessary.
Catalogue: you decide what comes in
You define as many item segments as you like using filters — by manufacturer, supplier or product category — and have them read in on a schedule. Items already created are updated with one click and enriched with extra information. Automatic determination of the preferred sales price and preferred purchase source finds you the cheapest supplier that has the item in stock, with no research.
Purchasing: order without leaving the document
The purchasing module makes fully electronic procurement possible with many of the distributors listed on ITscope, directly out of Dynamics. The order goes out with one click — no paper, fax, telephone or email, and at no extra cost. Some distributors even grant shipping discounts on ITscope orders.
Purchasing: the answer comes back into the document
Order confirmations, delivery notes and invoices arrive as response documents and hang off the order they came from. Where the distributor supports it, this data is imported as part of order automation — receiving e-invoices may require separate activation by the distributor.
Purchasing: the whole transaction in one place
The order itself carries what has happened to it: send status, ITscope order number, the link into the platform, when it was last updated, and the response documents beside it. Anybody who wants to know what an order is waiting on does not have to ask.
B2B shop: your customers' orders come in
With the B2B shop module, your customers' orders land directly in Business Central. You give them their own B2B shop through the ITscope platform, or use one of the ready-made PunchOut connections so your customer orders from your predefined catalogue inside their own ERP.
How it is built
Three modules sharing one catalogue
ITscope2Dynamics is split into three modules, because a system house rarely tackles all three directions at once. The catalogue fills the item master, purchasing sends orders to distribution, the B2B shop brings your customers' orders in.
What they share is the item master: what the catalogue reads in is what purchasing orders and what the shop offers. That is why the second module costs considerably less than the first.
Purchasing module
Fully electronic purchasing from the listed distributors, straight out of the purchase order, with order confirmations, delivery notes and invoices coming back as response documents.
B2B shop module
Your customers' orders land directly in Business Central, from your own B2B shop on the ITscope platform or through a PunchOut connection into their own ERP.
And your own prices back
Sales prices from Dynamics can be uploaded into the ITscope shop, so the terms that apply in the ERP are the ones your customer sees.
What it does
What Business Central and ITscope exchange
Both directions — and both are why this is an app of its own rather than a single flow: the integration brings its own pages, tables and controls into Business Central.
Out of Business Central
- Submit purchase orders to the distributor, dropshipment address included
- Update order status and check the document before sending
- Upload your own sales prices from Dynamics into the ITscope shop
Into Business Central
- Import categories, suppliers and catalogue items, filtered and on a schedule
- Retrieve prices, availability and your own negotiated purchase price
- Take over technical product data, images, data sheets and marketing copy
- Read in order confirmations, delivery notes and invoices as response documents
- Create sales orders from the B2B shop and from PunchOut connections
What you need
What has to exist on your side
- A service contract with ITscope A separate contract with the ITscope.com service is required. Which distributors are listed is published by ITscope — if yours is missing, many are happy to be integrated at a customer's request.
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Plus the app. For on-premises versions of Business Central and for Navision, talk to us — it works, but it works differently.
- Nothing else No development project, no separate connection per distributor. Mapping your item segments with filters is the setup work, and you do it yourself.
For DYCE too
For DYCE it does just as much
Built into the DYCE logic
The integration is available specifically for the DYCE industry solution. Many processes are wired into the DYCE logic and interface, so the two run together with no extra effort.
With nothing left out
The scope there is no smaller than on Business Central without DYCE. There is nothing you have to give up.
Questions we get asked
How does the integration relate to Business Central?
As an extension that adds an interface to ITscope to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, so that ITscope data and processes sit directly in your ERP.
What is required to use it?
A separate service contract with the ITscope.com service, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, and the app.
Is it available for older versions of Business Central, or for Navision?
Yes. For on-premises versions of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, talk to us.
My supplier is not listed on ITscope. What can I do?
ITscope publishes the list of listed distributors. If yours is missing, contact the ITscope team — many are happy to be integrated into the service at a customer's request.
Can I use dropshipment?
Yes. Your customer can be entered as the delivery address on a purchase order, and the address is passed to the supplier through ITscope, provided they offer dropshipment.
Are shipping costs or fixed delivery surcharges taken into account?
Yes, your supplier's shipping costs and fixed delivery costs are transferred.
Do delivery notes and invoices come back digitally, with serial numbers?
Yes, as part of order automation — where the distributor supports it. Receiving e-invoices may require separate activation by the distributor.
Are there extra fees for ordering through ITscope?
No, an order costs the same as ordering from the distributor directly. With the B2B Suite, transaction fees apply only to incoming orders from your customers.
How current are prices and stock levels?
Real-time prices are requested directly from the distributor's interface. Where there is none, ITscope reconciles the price and stock lists several times an hour, so changes are usually on the platform within 10 to 20 minutes.
What happens at a Business Central update?
Nothing you have to do. It is an extension with its own number series, not a change to the BC core.
On AppSource
ITscope2Dynamics is ready to install
Catalogue, purchasing and B2B shop as three modules inside your Business Central. You need the service contract with ITscope; everything else we set up with you.
- Three modules: catalogue, purchasing, B2B shop
- Also for the DYCE industry solution
- Terms settled in conversation