Before the Waterdeep Trading Company can sell a single enchanted backpack or barrel of fine spirits, those goods must first exist in the system, sit in a warehouse, and be purchased from a supplier. This volume covers the complete product-to-procurement pipeline: defining what the company sells, organizing where it is stored, and establishing how it is acquired. These three guides transform abstract catalog entries into tangible, stocked, and sourced inventory.

Products and Procurement brings together the guides that form the physical supply backbone of Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. They move from product definition through inventory structure to procurement execution, each building on the records and configurations of the one before it. Greta Ironfist knows that a poorly defined product creates chaos downstream, from incorrect inventory counts to mispriced orders and unreliable reports. These guides ensure that every item in the catalog is defined with precision, stored with discipline, and procured with control.

What This Volume Covers

Configuring Products builds the master catalog. Storage and tracking dimension groups, units of measure, product creation, dimensional variants, categories, attributes, product relationships, and change management ensure that every item is defined with the flexibility and governance a growing trading empire demands.

Configuring Inventory gives those products a physical home. Item groups, model groups, costing versions, site and warehouse structures, inventoried product settings, counting procedures, and batch and serial tracking ensure that every item is accurately classified, properly stored, reliably counted, and fully traceable.

Configuring Purchasing completes the supply chain by establishing how goods are acquired. Buyer groups, delivery terms, procurement categories, the full purchase order lifecycle, and trade agreement pricing ensure that every purchase follows a clear, auditable path from requisition to receipt to payment.

Reading Order

The guides in this volume follow the product lifecycle. Products must come first because items must exist in the catalog before they can be stocked. Inventory follows because warehouse and site structures must be in place before goods can be received. Purchasing comes last because purchase orders depend on both the product catalog and the inventory framework to function correctly.

The shelves await. Let us stock them.