The promise to the customer depends on supply the customer never sees.
Distribution gets painful when Sales knows what the customer wants, Purchasing knows what was ordered and receiving knows what actually arrived, but nobody can see the whole situation quickly.
Lynka gives the customer sale, product, supplier, purchase order, receipt and fulfillment their own records with the references needed to check what is happening.
Problems start when the same product means something different to each team.
Account
That matters when procurement, finance and operations are different people but the commercial relationship belongs to the same customer.
Quote
Cost and margin information on the commercial record can help flag a weak deal before it is finalized.
Availability
That makes it easier to check what is already expected before placing another supplier order.
Purchase
The purchase order records the selected supplier, quantities, costs, currency, expected date, freight and payment terms. Ordered and received quantities remain separate while delivery is incomplete.
Receiving
Posted accepted quantity updates the receipt totals and can create the stock movement that changes inventory. Receiving problems remain visible for follow-up.
Fulfillment
Payments remain separate records, so the distributor can see what was sold, what was delivered and what money has actually been received.
Ap Margin
Inventory Valuation Summary shows value held in positive stock, while Margin by Product compares recognized revenue with cost of goods sold.
Customer demand and the supply behind it meet around the same product trail.
Account
One customer company can have several contacts with different roles. Customer-contact relationships can identify primary, billing and decision-maker contacts while deals and activities remain part of the account history.
That matters when procurement, finance and operations are different people but the commercial relationship belongs to the same customer.
Quote
Quotes can use catalog products with quantity, selling price, discount, tax and currency. Product records can retain SKU, barcode, cost, stock settings and supplier relationships.
Cost and margin information on the commercial record can help flag a weak deal before it is finalized.
Availability
Current stock and incoming stock answer different questions. Goods in Transit uses open purchase-order quantity that has not yet been received, while the Reorder List highlights products at or below their minimum level.
That makes it easier to check what is already expected before placing another supplier order.
Purchase
A product can have several supplier records with different vendor SKUs, buying prices, currencies, lead times and minimum order quantities.
The purchase order records the selected supplier, quantities, costs, currency, expected date, freight and payment terms. Ordered and received quantities remain separate while delivery is incomplete.
Receiving
One purchase order can be received in several deliveries. Each receipt can separate accepted, damaged and on-hold quantities.
Posted accepted quantity updates the receipt totals and can create the stock movement that changes inventory. Receiving problems remain visible for follow-up.
Fulfillment
Invoice fulfillment records delivered quantities against invoiced products and can be posted in stages. Eligible posted fulfillment can create outbound stock movement and the related cost effect.
Payments remain separate records, so the distributor can see what was sold, what was delivered and what money has actually been received.
Ap Margin
Supplier bills can link to purchase orders and posted goods receipts, run through three-way matching and require approval before payment when those controls are enabled.
Inventory Valuation Summary shows value held in positive stock, while Margin by Product compares recognized revenue with cost of goods sold.
Those reports help the business watch both capital tied up in inventory and the gross profit the products are producing.
The order is easier to explain from quote to receipt.
Sales can see the commercial position behind the customer offer.
Purchasing can compare supplier terms against the order in front of it.
Partial and imperfect deliveries remain visible.
Stock reporting points back to the same product trail.
Supplier billing can be checked against what was ordered and received.
Yes. Each supplier can have its own SKU, price, currency, lead time and minimum order quantity for the same product.