Supply Lens automates the Farnell supplier document cycle. Purchase orders in, order responses, despatch advices and invoices out, mapped to your ERP or IMS with the right location codes, part references and Farnell tolerance rules built in.
Farnell's flow looks straightforward on paper. The work is in the part references, the response 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.
Farnell receive supplier documents through a direct connection. Supply Lens manages the certificates, the partner profile and the gateway on your behalf, so you have no gateway of your own to build, run or maintain.
Farnell expect a response back before an order is treated as accepted, confirming line by line what you can supply, at what price and by when. Component availability moves quickly, so a fast and accurate response is what keeps you on the line rather than losing it to another supplier. Supply Lens raises it from your ERP automatically.
Components are identified by manufacturer part number, and Farnell hold their own stock reference alongside it. Supply Lens maintains a cross-reference mapping both to your item codes, including packaging variants such as reel, tray or tube, so the order lands correctly in your ERP regardless of which identifier arrives.
Farnell 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.
Component distribution does not look like grocery. A single order can carry dozens of part lines at small individual values, and manual processing costs more than the order is worth. Supply Lens handles each line individually, resolving part references, packaging variants and pricing, so a forty-line order takes no more effort than a four-line one.
Your agreed Farnell 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 Farnell see always matches what was agreed and the invoice clears their matching process first time.
Supply Lens handles the full Farnell document set inbound and outbound, so documents are produced and transmitted automatically, without manual rekeying.
Supply Lens holds Farnell'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 Farnell supplier code, GLN and trading partner profile registered with Farnell's gateway. Supply Lens manages the connection identifiers and certificates, so there is no setup needed your side.
Manufacturer part numbers and Farnell references mapped to your item codes. Packaging variants such as reel, tray and tube are handled automatically once their cross-reference is established.
Each Farnell location 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 Farnell 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 Farnell flow.
The format never reaches your system. Supply Lens turns Farnell's purchase order into a clean payload your ERP already understands and renders every outbound document in the structure Farnell 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 Farnell 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 Farnell deduction weeks later.
Nothing is keyed. Each line is resolved against your part cross-reference on arrival, including packaging variants, so line count stops driving effort. The economics of small orders change once the intake cost goes to zero, which is what makes high-mix component business worth having.
Unrecognised part numbers go to an exception queue immediately. The order is held, your team is notified with the full Farnell context, the mapping is added and the order is re-triggered. No silent drop, no late invoice, no missed delivery window.
Farnell 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.
Farnell supplier code, GLNs, ERP credentials and cost list received
Part cross-reference, account routing and pricing configuration completed in staging
Test purchase order processed, order response, despatch advice and invoice generated, validated against Farnell's specification
Production enabled, first live Farnell purchase order processed end-to-end
Supply Lens routes Farnell 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 Farnell-specific configuration, you confirm the mappings.