Not seeing your supplier?
If your supplier offers an API, EDI, files or any other electronic exchange, we can build a dedicated integration.
Talk about your supplier Supplier integrations
Connect INVO directlyto your supplier network.
INVO links production scheduling, purchasing and receiving to your suppliers’ systems. Catalogs, prices, orders, confirmations and delivery information move automatically - with no retyping between spreadsheets, the ERP, email and purchasing portals.
- 01Production schedule
- 02Component requirement
- 03INVO purchasing
- 04Supplier network
- 05Order confirmation
- 06Delivery
- 07Receiving
Supplier network
We integrate INVO with the suppliers you already buy from.
INVO can connect purchasing directly to the systems of your component suppliers and distributors, so an order never has to leave the process for a spreadsheet, an email or a separate portal.
Planning meets purchasing
Purchasing starts from what production actually needs.
INVO combines the production schedule, the bills of materials and current inventory to work out the real component requirement. Only then does a purchase requirement reach the buying process and the supplier.
What the calculation reads
- Demand
- BOM / revision
- Inventory level
- Production schedule
- Component requirement
- Purchase requirement
- Supplier
- Production schedule
- 480 airframes
- Motor requirement
- 1,920 pcs
- Available in inventory
- 760 pcs
- To purchase
- 1,160 pcs
The buyer does not recalculate any of this by hand. The requirement arrives already netted against what is on the shelf.
Two-way data exchange
One process.Data flows both ways.
INVO → supplier
- Purchase ordersPart numbers, quantities, units, delivery location, required date.
- Order changesAmendments, where the chosen integration model supports them.
- Delivery requirementsLocation, date, delivery slot and required paperwork such as CoCs.
INVO
Supplier → INVO
- Parts catalogPart numbers, units, pack sizes.
- PricesCurrent prices, contract prices, terms.
- AvailabilityStock and lead times, where the supplier publishes them.
- Order confirmationConfirmed quantity, date, changes, shortages.
- Delivery informationShipping status, lot and serial numbers.
- Part dataDatasheets, CoCs, export flags.
Scope and sync frequency depend on what each supplier supports and on the agreed integration model.
No more manual work
Replace switching between systems with one workflow.
The same purchase, run two ways. On the left, seven stops across four tools. On the right, one flow that keeps its own status.
Today
- Production schedule
- Spreadsheet
- ERP
- Supplier portal
- Manual price comparison
- Order retyped
- Status in a spreadsheet
What it costs
- Manual retyping
- Switching between systems
- No single status
- Communication outside the process
- Higher risk of error
With INVO
- 01Production schedule
- 02Automatic requirement
- 03Purchasing workflow
- 04Supplier integration
- 05Confirmation
- 06Delivery
- 07Receiving
What you get
- Less manual work
- One workflow
- More consistent data
- Greater visibility
- A fuller audit trail
Supplier master data
One component. Many suppliers. One definition.
The same component can sit at several suppliers and distributors under different part numbers, names, units and terms. INVO links all of that to one internal component record.
Component in INVO
BLDC motor 2807
CMP-00122 · base unit: pcs
- Supplier ASKU: 487291
- Supplier BSKU: MTR-2807-4PK
- Supplier CSKU: 009421
What can be linked
- Internal part number
- Supplier part number
- Purchasing unit
- Conversion factor
- Price
- Commercial terms
Supplier selection
One requirement can go to more than one supplier.
A single requirement can be split across suppliers, and the decision can weigh several things at once.
Requirement2,000 pcs
- Supplier A800 pcs
- Supplier B700 pcs
- Supplier C500 pcs
What the decision can weigh
- Approved suppliers
- Prices
- Contracts
- Availability
- Location
- Delivery dates
The order is the reference point for the actual delivery.
- Ordered
- 200 pcs
- Confirmed
- 190 pcs
- Delivered
- 186 pcs
- Received
- 184 pcs
- Rejected
- 2 pcs
That data then feeds
- Inventory levels
- MRB cases
- Supplier scoring
- Actual cost
- The next plan
Many ways to connect
We match the technology to what the supplier supports.
Supplier maturity varies widely. The connection method follows what each one can actually offer.
API
Direct system-to-system communication.
EDI
Electronic exchange of business documents.
Distributor parts-data feeds
Part and stock sync where a distributor offers it.
SFTP
Automated file exchange.
Structured files
CSV, XML, XLSX and other agreed formats.
Dedicated connector
A purpose-built connection to a supplier system or portal.
Not seeing your supplier? We can build a new integration.
The list of existing connections does not limit the platform. If a supplier offers a suitable exchange mechanism, we can design their connection to INVO as part of the rollout.
- 01Supplier review
- 02Data scope
- 03Data mapping
- 04Integration design
- 05Build
- 06Testing
- 07Go-live
Business impact
Less admin. More control over purchasing.
Less data entry
Less retyping between systems.
Fewer errors
Lower risk of manual mistakes.
Faster purchasing
A shorter path from requirement to order.
Better visibility
More information about the current purchasing status.
Consistent data
Better consistency between purchasing and production data.
Supplier performance
More data to analyze how suppliers actually perform.
Supplier integration is part of a bigger picture.
Information coming from suppliers can be used by the processes downstream - from planning and inventory through production, controlling and cost analysis.
- INVO
- ERP / finance
- Inventory
- Production
- Logistics
- Analytics
Supplier integrations
Show us your suppliers.
During discovery we can go through the supplier network your organization uses, work out what each integration can support, and design the target purchasing flow.