Purchasing management
Tarkma solves a common situation where many employees need to indicate which items should be ordered, while supplier orders are placed centrally. Tarkma combines individual internal requests into a consolidated purchase order, receives the goods into stock based on the supplier invoice, and then allows employees to record the items they take from stock. Tarkma addresses a common challenge where the work process itself needs to be decentralized, but there is one point in the chain where information must become centralized.
Collecting purchasing needs
Not every small purchase should be made immediately. It is smarter to record purchasing needs when they are noticed – rather than placing an order or rushing to the store right away. It may seem like a small thing, but it can easily consume the equivalent of half a full-time position.
Automatic purchase order assembly
The system automatically assembles the purchase orders to be sent to suppliers. At the same time, people can step in whenever needed – review what has been requested and make adjustments before the order is sent.
Traceability
Throughout the entire process, it is clear who requested what and when. And the other way around as well – are the items I requested already on their way?
Minimal manual work
Receiving goods into stock is reduced to entering the purchase cost – the products and quantities are already known from the purchase order.
Well-thought-out practical details worth highlighting
Destination-aware ordering
When goods are ordered from one supplier for multiple locations, the system automatically prepares the corresponding packing lists. People do not need to think about which product, in what quantity, needs to end up where. The supplier simply follows the list, prepares the packages and ships them.
Order cost forecasting
The system knows historical prices. While preparing an order, there is already an indication of what the total cost is likely to be.
Operational analysis and custom reports
Tarkma gives people the freedom to work through information from the perspectives that matter to them. And, as business software should, it can generate specialized reports where the system handles the manual work of collecting, processing and presenting the data.