Multi-Company Inventory

View item quantities from multiple Business Central companies, with company selection, location sharing, and document availability.

📦 MultiCompany Items

The module allows you to:

  • Select companies from which you want to see items quantities
  • Manage locations that should share items
  • View item quantities from other companies directly in documents

❓ Introduction

The module results show inventory quantities from selected companies and locations without switching companies in Business Central.

N24I Multicompany Items FactBox in Business Central showing item quantity from another company

How it works?

  1. Company sharing selection

    • Select companies from which you want to see item quantities
    • User without permissions can only view item quantities
    • User with location management permissions can add/edit locations

  2. Location management

    • For each location, you can enable/disable the "Allow Item Sharing" option
    • Only locations with sharing enabled will be visible to other companies

    Location sharing dialog for a company with inventory sharing options

  3. Item search

    • System automatically searches for items in other companies based on:
      • Exact item number
      • Vendor item number (if item with the same number was not found)
    • Only locations with sharing enabled are considered

  4. Availability display

    • For each found item, the following is displayed:
      • Source company name
      • Item number in source company
      • Item description
      • Base unit of measure
      • Available quantity (calculated based on enabled locations and item calculation rule)
    • System visually marks cases when the base unit of measure differs between companies

Supported Pages

The module is integrated with the following pages (section N24I | MultiCompany Items):

  • Item Card
  • Item List
  • Sales Quote
  • Purchase Order
  • Sales Order
  • Service Order
  • Service Quote

See External Inventory to display data from external warehouses, logistics provider systems, and vendors in the same results.

🚀 How to enable the module

Select companies and enable inventory sharing for locations that should be visible in other companies.

Warning

Required permission set: N24I Multicompany Items.