Supply Lens automates the B&Q supplier document cycle. Purchase orders in, acknowledgements, despatch advices and invoices out, mapped to your ERP or IMS with the right store and depot codes, supplier IDs and B&Q tolerance rules built in.
B&Q's flow looks straightforward on paper. The work is in the store and depot codes, the acknowledgement each order expects back, the tolerance rules on every invoice and the despatch advice timing. Get any of it wrong and you eat a deduction. Supply Lens is configured for those rules out of the box.
B&Q receive supplier documents through a managed network rather than a point-to-point link. Supply Lens holds that network relationship, the routing and the partner profile on your behalf, so you need no account, subscription or gateway of your own.
B&Q expect an acknowledgement back before an order is treated as accepted, including any lines you cannot supply and the delivery date you are committing to. Supply Lens raises it from your ERP automatically, so nothing sits unconfirmed and buyers are not chasing you for a response.
B&Q identifies products by GS1 EAN and an internal product reference. Supply Lens maintains a cross-reference table mapping both to your own item codes, so the order lands correctly in your ERP regardless of which identifier B&Q sends.
B&Q applies strict invoice matching on price and quantity. Supply Lens validates the invoice against the originating purchase order and your agreed cost list before transmission, flagging any discrepancy for review rather than sending it and risking a deduction later.
B&Q order both to central distribution and direct to store, and a bulky-goods supplier can be delivering to hundreds of addresses. Supply Lens maps every active location to the correct routing in your warehouse system, so each order lands against the right destination in your ERP without manual intervention.
Your agreed B&Q cost list is registered in Supply Lens. Promotional pricing, cost changes and tier breaks are applied automatically when an invoice is generated, so the price B&Q see always matches what was agreed and the invoice clears their matching process first time.
Supply Lens handles the full B&Q document set inbound and outbound, so documents are produced and transmitted automatically, without manual rekeying.
Supply Lens holds B&Q's rules and the connection itself so you don't have to. Your team provides credentials, product mappings and the agreed cost list. Everything else lives in the Supply Lens layer.
Your B&Q supplier code, GLN and trading partner profile registered with B&Q's gateway. Supply Lens manages the connection identifiers and certificates, so there is no setup needed your side.
B&Q EANs and product references mapped to your item codes. Pack-size variants, promotional lines and multi-pack SKUs are handled automatically once their cross-reference is established.
Each B&Q store and depot code mapped to your correct warehouse, customer account or entity in your ERP, so orders route cleanly to the right despatch point on receipt.
Your agreed B&Q cost list registered for invoice validation. Tolerance rules applied per supplier agreement, so price discrepancies surface your side first.
Supply Lens handles the scenarios that typically cause invoice rejections, deductions or document mismatches in the B&Q flow.
The format never reaches your system. Supply Lens turns B&Q's purchase order into a clean payload your ERP already understands and renders every outbound document in the structure B&Q requires on the way back out. Your team works in their normal interface, the format conversion happens in the Supply Lens layer.
Invoice values are validated against the originating purchase order and your agreed B&Q cost list before submission. Discrepancies are flagged before the invoice is sent, giving your team a chance to correct or query rather than receive a B&Q deduction weeks later.
The acknowledgement goes back automatically as soon as the order is accepted in your ERP, with any lines you cannot supply and the delivery date you are committing to. B&Q see the answer in their own system rather than phoning to ask, and the despatch advice follows the same route when the goods leave.
Unrecognised EANs go to an exception queue immediately. The order is held, your team is notified with the full B&Q context, the mapping is added and the order is re-triggered. No silent drop, no late invoice, no missed delivery window.
B&Q onboarding involves their supplier team, the connection setup and your internal product and pricing data. Supply Lens manages the configuration, the gateway and the format conversion. You provide the inputs.
B&Q supplier code, GLNs, ERP credentials and cost list received
EAN cross-reference, depot routing and pricing configuration completed in staging
Test purchase order processed, acknowledgement, despatch advice and invoice generated, validated against B&Q's specification
Production enabled, first live B&Q purchase order processed end-to-end
Supply Lens routes B&Q purchase orders directly into Unleashed, Enterpryze or other connected ERPs with the right item codes, document series and depot routing.
Most suppliers are live within five days. No long contracts, nothing to set up on your side. We handle the B&Q-specific configuration, you confirm the mappings.