Multi-company basics

[rijul]

Trying to setup a multi company instance where, Company A manufactures and B Trades.
There is a little stock kept in both companies.
How do I setup items?

1. is_purchase, is_selling. As it will be only selling for company A but purchase and selling for B.
2. default warehouse? is there Company wise default warehouse and reorder-level?
3. company wise default expense accounts and cost center?
4. inspection required at incoming and outgoing? shouldn’t this be warehouse wise?
5. item supplier company wise?

[gvyshnya]

@rijul: please find my IMHO suggestions below

@rijul

1. is_purchase, is_selling. As it will be only selling for company A but purchase and selling for B.

Yes, both flags should be set on for Items that are operated by both companies.

@rijul

2. default warehouse? is there Company wise default warehouse and reorder-level?

There is a way to set up this per company. Every warehouse can be attached to a company.

@rijul

3. company wise default expense accounts and cost center?

This can be set up for every company separately.

@rijul

4. inspection required at incoming and outgoing? shouldn’t this be warehouse wise?

Quality inspections are set up per Item (rather the per a Warehouse). You may want to review Incoming and In-Process Inspection for more insights

@rijul

5. item supplier company wise?

It is currently configured per an Item … (not per Item/Company combination)

Please also review the useful articles/forum threads below

• https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/user/manual/en/setting-up/articles/managing-multiple-companies
• How To Manage multiple Companies?
• Multiple companies setup
• Multiple Company