What we shipped, in plain language.

The Biztimize Business Network can now be installed as a PWA on iOS and Android devices, giving suppliers and buyers a near-native mobile experience.

• Service Worker — caches static assets for offline resilience and faster load times.
• Web App Manifest — app icon, splash screen, and standalone display mode configured for both platforms.
• Install Prompt — in-browser install banner guides users through adding the app to their home screen.

A dedicated What's New / Change Log page has been added to the supplier portal, surfacing public release notes so suppliers can track new features and improvements without leaving the app.

Network administrators can now publish rich-text blog posts and platform announcements visible to all connected suppliers and buyers.

• Post Editor — rich-text authoring with image upload and category tagging.
• Feed View — chronological news feed on the supplier portal home screen with read/unread state.

The supplier discovery page now displays aggregate review ratings and risk score badges on supplier cards, helping buyers make informed connection decisions.

Comprehensive help documentation migrations added for Phase 4 (procurement collaboration), Phase 5 (ratings, risk, analytics), and Phase 6 (OAuth/SSO, enhanced discovery) features.

New Celery Beat tasks for automatic recalculation of supplier risk scores and analytics aggregates on a configurable schedule, ensuring dashboards stay up to date without manual intervention.

Supplier portal users can now sign in using their Google or Microsoft accounts via OAuth 2.0.

• Provider Support — Google and Microsoft OAuth with configurable client ID and secret in Django settings.
• Social Account Linking — a SocialAccount model tracks linked providers per user, supporting multiple linked accounts.
• Auto-Provisioning — new supplier users are auto-created on first OAuth login when their email matches a registered supplier domain.
• Login Page — redesigned supplier login page with social sign-in buttons alongside traditional email/password.
• Callback Handling — dedicated OAuth callback page handles token exchange and error states.

Buyers can submit per-transaction reviews of suppliers with star ratings across four dimensions.

• Four Dimensions — Quality, Delivery, Communication, and Value, each rated 1–5 stars; auto-calculated overall rating.
• Review Workflow — one review per buyer per supplier per transaction reference (e.g., PO number).
• Aggregate Scores — overall ratings visible on supplier discovery cards and supplier profile pages.
• Supplier View — suppliers see their review summaries on a dedicated Reviews page in the portal.

A weighted risk scoring engine that calculates a 0–100 risk score for each supplier-buyer pair.

• Risk Factors — compliance health, delivery performance, invoice accuracy, and review scores.
• Risk Categories — Low / Medium / High / Critical based on configurable thresholds.
• On-Demand Calculation — recalculate risk scores via API or periodic Celery task.

Six new permission codenames added: bbn.view_reviews, bbn.submit_review, bbn.view_risk_score, bbn.calculate_risk, bbn.view_analytics, and bbn.run_matching.

Suppliers can now view their own performance analytics from the portal, including order volume, on-time delivery rate, review scores, and revenue trends across connected buyers.

A new analytics dashboard for buyer procurement teams providing spend visibility across the supplier network.

• Spend by Supplier — bar/pie charts of spend distribution across connected suppliers.
• Spend by Category — breakdown by industry category and material group.
• Trend Analysis — month-over-month spend trends with comparison to prior periods.

Automated matching engine that compares supplier invoices against purchase orders and ASN records to flag discrepancies.

• Header & Line Matching — validates quantities, prices, and totals at both header and line-item level.
• Match Outcomes — Full Match, Partial Match, or Mismatch with detailed variance reporting.
• Auto-Approval — fully matched invoices can be auto-approved based on buyer configuration.

The supplier discovery page now shows richer supplier profiles with connection-request workflow, allowing buyers to browse and connect with network suppliers.

Buyers can now track incoming shipments from suppliers, view ASN details, and confirm delivery receipt from a dedicated page.

Suppliers can now view, filter, and respond to RFQs and RFIs published by connected buyers, directly from the supplier portal.

• RFQ Page — lists open RFQs with status badges, due-date countdown, and a quote-submission dialog for line-level pricing, lead time, and notes (1,320+ lines).
• RFI Page — view information requests, submit responses with attachments, and track response status (1,100+ lines).

Suppliers can view purchase orders issued by buyers and formally acknowledge, request changes, or reject them.

• PO List & Detail — searchable PO list with status filter; detail view shows line items, delivery schedule, and terms.
• Acknowledgement Workflow — Pending → Acknowledged / Changes Requested / Rejected, with response notes and timestamp.

Suppliers can create and manage shipments against acknowledged POs, including Advanced Shipping Notices (ASNs).

• Shipment Creation — link to PO, enter carrier, tracking number, expected delivery, and line-level shipped quantities.
• Status Tracking — Draft → Shipped → In Transit → Delivered, with delivery confirmation and proof-of-delivery notes.

Suppliers can submit invoices against POs and track payment status from the portal.

• Invoice Submission — create invoices linked to POs with line items, tax, and total amount (1,030+ lines).
• Payment Tracking — view payment status, expected payment dates, and payment history per invoice.

A new page for buyer procurement teams to review supplier-submitted invoices, approve or dispute line items, and forward approved invoices for payment processing.

Nine new permission codenames added to setup_rbac.py covering RFQ portal access, quote submission, PO acknowledgement, shipment management, invoice submission, payment viewing, buyer discovery, and supplier invoice review.

Resolved a bug in the AI-driven Purchase Order to Sales Order conversion that was causing incorrect data mapping in certain scenarios.

AI-assisted master data seeding for enterprise structure configuration, automating the setup of organisational hierarchies and structure definitions.

Improvements to the CRM Delivery UI page for better usability and data presentation in the delivery workflow.

Improvements to the Cut Plan worksheet grid for better data entry and visualisation of cutting plans.

Enhancements to Cutplan and Routing modules for improved production planning workflows.

Enhancements to the Cost Worksheet functionality and restoration of the Cost Worksheet menu item in the sidebar navigation.

Suppliers can upload financial statements for multiple years, and buyers can assess connected suppliers' financial health.

• Statement Types — Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss, Cash Flow, Auditor's Report, and Annual Return.
• Key Figures — optional revenue, net profit, total assets, total liabilities, and net worth fields per statement.
• Review Workflow — Uploaded → Under Review → Verified or Rejected, with review notes.
• Buyer Health View — buyers see financial health summary with latest year metrics for connected suppliers.
• Frontend — financial statements page (850+ lines) with summary cards, grouped table view, upload dialog, and Indian currency formatting.

Thread-based messaging system enabling direct communication between buyers and suppliers within the Business Network.

• Message Threads — conversations linked to established buyer-supplier connections (BuyerSupplierLink).
• Message Types — Text, Document Request, and Status Update messages with coloured type badges.
• Read Receipts — messages automatically marked as read when the other party opens the thread; unread count badges on thread list.
• Email Notifications — async Celery task sends email when a new message is received.
• Frontend — split-pane messaging UI (1,120+ lines) with thread list, conversation view, chat bubble alignment, Ctrl+Enter send, and mobile responsive toggle.

A daily Celery task now monitors supplier compliance documents for upcoming and past expiry dates.

• Auto-Expire — documents past their expiry date are automatically updated to EXPIRED status.
• Supplier Reminders — email reminders sent to supplier admins for documents expiring within 30 days, grouped per supplier.
• Buyer Notifications — connected buyers are notified when mandatory compliance documents expire.
• Schedule — runs daily at 7:00 AM via Celery Beat.

Buyer admins can now verify supplier GST and PAN numbers directly from the Business Network.

• Format Validation — regex-based validation for 15-char GSTIN and 10-char PAN formats.
• Cross-Validation — PAN embedded in GST (characters 3–12) is compared with the PAN on file.
• API Integration — pluggable external API support; auto-marks supplier as verified when GST status is Active.
• Audit Log — every verification attempt recorded in VerificationLog with API response, status, and initiator.

Suppliers can now showcase their products and services in a searchable catalog across the Biztimize Business Network.

• Catalog Management — suppliers create catalog items with name, type (product/service), detailed specifications (key-value pairs), pricing range, currency, MOQ, lead time, HSN/SAC code, and capacity.
• Image Gallery — thumbnail plus additional gallery images per item with caption and ordering support.
• Category Tagging — items linked to industry categories for discoverability (M2M with SupplierCategory).
• Buyer Discovery — buyers search the catalog across all suppliers by keyword, category, item type, supplier, and price range.
• Status Workflow — Draft (private) → Active (visible to buyers) → Discontinued (hidden but preserved).
• Frontend — full catalog management page (1,650+ lines) with card grid, add/edit dialog, specifications editor, and image gallery.

A migration conflict on GCSImageField and GCSFileField columns that caused migrate to fail on fresh tenant databases has been fixed.

• Root cause: the field's storage backend parameters were being included in the migration state, causing the field signature to differ between environments.
• Affected migrations have been corrected so that new tenant database provisioning and CI test runs complete without errors.

A long-standing infrastructure issue where Django's migration framework would generate spurious (phantom) migrations for GCSFileField and GCSImageField columns on every makemigrations run has been resolved.

• The custom field's deconstruct() method now correctly serialises all field parameters, preventing unnecessary migration diffs.
• All previously missing GCSFileField migrations have been added across the affected apps.
• The CI/CD pipeline now enforces a migration check stage — any unapplied migration will fail the build, catching drift before it reaches production.

The AI engine that converts incoming Purchase Orders from customers into Biztimize Sales Orders has been significantly enhanced:

• Improved line-item extraction accuracy for complex multi-page POs.
• Better handling of variant materials (size/colour grids) during auto-population of order lines.
• Reduced false-positive mismatches when mapping customer material codes to internal material masters.
• Enhanced error reporting when the AI cannot confidently match a line — the user is prompted to review rather than silently creating an incorrect order.

A brand-new Visitor Management System is now live, giving organisations a complete digital front-desk solution. Key features:

• Pre-Registration & Visit Requests — hosts invite visitors in advance with purpose, schedule, and access zones; requests go through an approval workflow (Draft → Pending → Approved).
• QR-Code Fast Check-In — every approved visit generates a unique UUID-based QR pass; security scans or types the code for instant check-in.
• Walk-In Registration — a streamlined single-screen form creates the visitor record and checks in the visitor simultaneously.
• Active Visitors Dashboard — real-time table of everyone currently on premises, with one-click checkout.
• Host Notifications — the host employee is notified (in-app and email) the moment their visitor checks in.
• Visitor Master Records — searchable visitor database with visit history, linkage to CRM Customers and SRM Suppliers, and ID proof capture (Aadhaar, PAN, Passport, Driving License, etc.).
• Badge & Pass Management — configurable badge templates (colour-coded by visitor type), pre-printed card number mapping, and badge return tracking at checkout.
• Blacklist / Watchlist — flagged visitors are blocked at check-in; admins can lift bans with an audit trail.
• Compliance Forms — location-specific mandatory forms (Safety Induction, NDA, Health Declaration, PPE Acknowledgement) with digital signature recording.
• Multi-Location Support — independent configuration (compliance rules, auto-checkout hours) per gate or premises.
• Analytics KPIs — dashboard shows expected, checked-in, checked-out, currently-inside, no-show, and pending-approval counts for today, with visitor-type and location breakdowns.
• Excel Export — full visit log history exportable to Excel for compliance and management reporting.

Access is controlled by new VMS roles: VMS Security Guard, VMS Host, and VMS Admin. Post-deploy: run python manage.py setup_rbac --tenant <id> and assign roles in Django Admin.

The HRM Payroll module now has a dedicated React frontend. Payroll administrators can access payroll runs, payslips, and related management screens directly from the sidebar without switching to the Django admin or legacy views.

• Payroll list and detail pages integrated into the main React application.
• Consistent navigation and styling matching the rest of the Biztimize UI.
• Role-based access gates apply — only users with payroll permissions see the new sidebar entries.

A dedicated Tax Engine model layer stores country-level payroll tax configuration that can be updated by HR administrators without code changes:

• TDS slab tables for old and new tax regimes (annually updatable)
• PF/ESI wage ceiling and rate configuration
• State-wise Professional Tax slab tables
• Standard exemption and deduction limits (80C, 80D, HRA)

The core Payroll Engine orchestrates the full payroll calculation cycle for a Payroll Period:

1. Eligibility check — identifies employees in scope based on assignment and attendance data
2. Gross calculation — builds the pay register from Basic Pay (IT0008), Recurring Payments (IT0014), and Additional Payments (IT0015)
3. Proration — pro-rates salary for mid-period joiners, leavers, and loss-of-pay days
4. Country-pack execution — applies statutory deductions and employer contributions
5. Net pay derivation — gross minus all deductions
6. Payroll result persistence — stores employee-level and summary results

Payroll Runs follow a lifecycle: Draft → Running → Completed → Approved → Disbursed. Re-runs are supported in Draft and Completed states.

The Gross Calculator builds a per-employee wage-type breakdown before statutory deductions:

• Reads active IT0008 (Basic Pay) compensation components for the period
• Adds all active IT0014 (Recurring) components matching the payroll frequency
• Adds all IT0015 (Additional) one-time payments scheduled for the period
• Applies attendance-based proration via the Proration Service
• Outputs a gross pay register used by the country pack and payslip generator

The India Country Pack implements all four statutory deduction calculators required for India payroll:

• TDS (Income Tax) — old vs new tax regime, standard deduction, HRA exemption, 80C/80D deductions, surcharge and cess, month-wise TDS equalisation
• Provident Fund (PF / EPF) — employee 12 % + employer 12 % contribution split (EPF + EPS), wage ceiling enforcement, VPF support
• ESI (Employee State Insurance) — employee 0.75 % + employer 3.25 %, gross wage ceiling check, monthly eligibility validation
• Professional Tax (PT) — state-wise slab tables, monthly cap enforcement, exempt category support

Additional country packs can be registered via the pluggable CountryPackRegistry without modifying core engine code.

The Payslip Service produces a structured payslip for each employee after a payroll run is completed:

• Earnings and deductions breakdown by wage type
• Employer contribution summary (PF, ESI)
• Year-to-date totals and tax summary
• PDF download available from the employee self-service portal
• Bulk payslip email dispatch supported

The FnF Service automates the settlement calculation when an employee exits:

• Pro-rated salary for the partial last month
• Leave encashment calculation (earned leave balance × daily rate)
• Gratuity computation (15/26 formula per Indian Gratuity Act)
• Outstanding loan and advance recovery
• FnF payslip generation and approval workflow integration

The Arrears Service recalculates pay differences when salary revisions are applied retrospectively:

• Detects periods where the employee's compensation changed mid-cycle
• Recomputes gross and net pay for each affected period
• Generates an arrears adjustment record for the current payroll run
• Full audit trail: old pay, new pay, and delta per wage type

Off-Cycle Runs allow ad-hoc payroll processing outside the regular monthly schedule — for advance payments, bonus payouts, interim settlements, and corrections without waiting for the next regular cycle. Off-cycle runs go through the same engine pipeline but are tagged separately in GL posting and disbursement files.

After payroll approval, the GL Posting Service automatically creates journal entries in the Financial Accounting module:

• Salary expense lines per wage type and cost centre
• Statutory liability lines (PF payable, ESI payable, TDS payable)
• Net pay payable to employees
• Employer contribution expense lines
• GL account mapping configured via the Payroll Control admin page
• Reversal support for corrective payroll runs

The Bank File Service generates payment instruction files for salary disbursement:

• NEFT/RTGS bulk payment file in standard bank formats
• Per-employee net pay with bank account details
• Deduction payment files for PF, ESI, and PT challan generation
• Downloadable from the Payroll Run detail page after approval

Twelve end-user and administrator help articles added under the HRM – Payroll Engine category:

1. Payroll Engine Overview & Architecture
2. Running the Monthly Payroll Cycle
3. India Country Pack – TDS / Income Tax
4. India Country Pack – Provident Fund (PF / EPF)
5. India Country Pack – ESI (Employee State Insurance)
6. India Country Pack – Professional Tax (PT)
7. Payslip – Viewing, Downloading & Emailing
8. Full & Final Settlement (FnF) Processing
9. Arrears Re-computation Guide
10. Off-Cycle Payroll Runs
11. GL Posting & Journal Entry Configuration
12. Bank File Export & Disbursement

A regression that caused a validation error when saving Sales Orders under certain field combinations has been corrected. All save paths now complete successfully.

Under high concurrency, the application was exhausting the PostgreSQL connection pool, causing connection overflow errors for some requests. The connection pool settings and tenant database router have been tuned to prevent overflow under normal and peak load.

The Made-Up Costing calculator now correctly reads net consumption from the Cut Plan when building the Fabric BOM, rather than gross consumption. This prevents fabric quantity over-estimates in costing sheets.

Several field mapping issues on the Delivery → Invoice conversion page have been fixed, ensuring that line quantities, prices, and references carry over correctly without manual editing.

The Support Desk section of the Help Documentation centre has been reorganised and expanded with clearer article structure, improved navigation, and updated content reflecting the latest UI.

All static assets are now served with content-hash suffixes (e.g., main.a3f9c2.js), enabling aggressive long-term browser caching while guaranteeing instant updates on every deployment. A version tag is also displayed in the base template footer for quick environment verification.

The TC approval workflow has been refined for a more intuitive experience:

• Breadcrumb navigation updated across all TC workflow pages
• Overview screen redesigned for faster status visibility
• Internal workflow state transitions hardened against edge cases

Multiple quality-of-life improvements across CRM transactional documents:

• Sales Order and Delivery line-item forms updated with additional fields
• Task Templates linked to Sales Orders for automated task generation
• Materials Management (MM) and Purchase Order/Quote fields synchronised

The AI-assisted Customer PO → Sales Order extraction workflow has been improved to handle a wider range of PO document formats and field mappings, reducing manual correction effort after extraction.

The Real Estate Management (REM) module now has an improved React UI with full CRUD functionality for property listings, unit management, tenant assignments, and lease tracking.

Users with appropriate permissions can now delete Sales Orders and Delivery records directly from the list and detail views, with confirmation dialogs to prevent accidental deletion.

Phase 2 of the Business Network module is now live, extending the supplier registration and buyer onboarding capabilities introduced in Phase 1.

• Enhanced supplier-portal registration and dashboard views
• Expanded buyer-side discovery and onboarding workflows
• Additional API endpoints for network graph data

Automated email notifications added to each stage of the TC costing approval workflow via Zeptomail:

• TC User receives confirmation on submission
• TC Manager and Commercial Head receive approval-request emails
• Rejection and re-submission emails included
• Asynchronous delivery supported via WORKFLOW_USE_CELERY_EMAIL

The POS module now has a fully functional React UI including:

• Product search and cart management
• Payment processing screen with tender types
• Receipt generation and reprint
• Day-end cash reconciliation
• Resolved merger conflicts with Project Management module code

A dedicated Category management page has been added to the Project Management module, allowing project categories to be created, edited, and organised from the UI without requiring admin access.

Common reference data (currencies, countries, units of measure, tax codes, and other master tables) can now be seeded automatically via the updated management command, reducing manual setup time for new tenant onboarding.

Administrators can now trigger AI-assisted data seeding for Hierarchy Items (cost centres, profit centres, org units, etc.) from the Data Configuration screen. The AI generates a contextually relevant hierarchy structure based on the tenant industry profile, dramatically reducing initial setup effort.

Define distinct pay frameworks (e.g., Management, Factory Workers, Union) using the new Compensation Plan model. Each plan has a lifecycle status (Draft → Active → Frozen → Archived), a home currency, and a validity period.

• Equivalent to SAP Pay Scale Type (T510)
• Status control prevents accidental assignment to inactive plans
• Admin page includes inline tables for Zones and Bands

Ten end-user help articles added to the Help Documentation centre under the new HRM – Payroll Configuration category:

1. Module Overview & Terminology Reference
2. Compensation Plan – Creating Your Pay Framework
3. Compensation Zone – Geographic Pay Differentiation
4. Compensation Band & Step – Job Classification and Seniority
5. Compensation Grid – The Pay Scale Matrix
6. Employee Compensation (Basic Pay) – Assigning an Employee
7. Recurring Payments – Ongoing Allowances and Deductions
8. Additional Payments – One-Time and Ad-Hoc Pay
9. Employee Remuneration Info (IT2010) – Time-Based Pay Entries
10. Administrator Configuration Guide

Additional Payments record non-recurring pay items processed in a specific payroll period — bonuses, sign-on awards, festive allowances, salary arrears, advances, relocation payments, and gratuity.

• Equivalent to SAP Infotype 0015 – Additional Payments
• Payment Reason classification: Bonus, Incentive, Arrears, Advance, Relocation, Sign-On, Festival, Gratuity, Correction, Other
• Payroll Period field (YYYY-MM) for targeting a specific period independent of the payment date
• Reference Number for approval number or HR ticket cross-reference

Recurring Payments capture pay components that are automatically included in every payroll run for the validity period — monthly car allowances, loan EMI deductions, meal subsidies, and similar ongoing items that are not part of the basic pay structure.

• Equivalent to SAP Infotype 0014 – Recurring Payments/Deductions
• Payment Frequency: Monthly, Semi-Monthly, Bi-Weekly, Weekly, Quarterly, Annual
• Deduction Type: Pre-Tax or Post-Tax, for accurate tax treatment
• First/Last Payment Date scheduling for finite-term allowances (e.g., a loan that ends after 24 instalments)
• Reference Number field for loan account numbers and policy references

Employee Compensation records assign an individual employee to a position in the pay scale (Plan / Band / Step / Zone) for a validity period. A change reason (New Hire, Promotion, Annual Review, Transfer, Correction) is captured for every new record, creating a complete audit trail.

• Equivalent to SAP Infotype 0008 – Basic Pay
• Capacity Utilisation % supports part-time pro-rating
• Child Compensation Components table stores individual wage-type amounts (Basic Salary, HRA, Transport, etc.) per employee
• Time-delimited: each record has Valid From / Valid To; history is preserved by creating new records rather than editing old ones

The Compensation Grid stores the actual salary amount at every Plan × Band × Step × Zone intersection. Each cell specifies an amount, amount type (Monthly/Annual/Hourly/Daily), and an effectiveness period — enabling annual pay revisions with full history.

• Equivalent to SAP Pay Scale Matrix (T510)
• Optional Wage Type FK allows component-level breakdown (Basic, HRA, Transport…)
• Composite unique constraint: Plan + Band + Step + Zone + WageType + Effective From
• Cross-FK validation: Band, Step, and Zone must all belong to the selected Plan

Compensation Bands classify jobs by level (Band A – Junior, Band B – Professional, Band C – Senior). Each Band carries an optional link to an Organisation Management Job Grade for cross-module consistency.

Compensation Steps represent seniority progression within a Band (Step 1 – Entry, Step 2 – Developing, Step 3 – Expert). Steps support auto-advance eligibility (configurable in months) for future payroll automation.

• Bands equivalent to SAP Pay Scale Group; Steps equivalent to Pay Scale Level
• Steps are managed inline on the Band admin page
• Min. years of experience field aids HR decision-making at promotion time

Compensation Zones allow the same plan to pay different amounts based on the employee's work location (e.g., Metro, Tier-2, Rural, Overseas). An optional Cost of Living Factor provides an informational multiplier for benchmarking.

• Equivalent to SAP Pay Scale Area
• Zone codes are unique within a plan
• At least one zone is required per plan

Revised Purchase Order PDF template with improved typography and clause rendering. Admin UI updated with inline PR-to-PO action and custom template tags for currency/date formatting.

Define granular task definitions within a project and wire them together with predecessor/successor dependencies.

• Dependency grid shows blocking relationships at a glance
• Pivot view for cross-project dependency analysis
• Unplanned Task Form updated for new definition model

Nine new help articles added to the Help Documentation centre covering Contract Management: clause library, templates, digital signatures, PO T&C assembly, and administrator guides.

Create reusable task templates to standardise recurring project structures. Templates can be applied to new projects to auto-populate tasks, saving setup time and enforcing best practices.

• Grid view with Syncfusion Grid (filter, sort, export)
• Pivot analysis view for template usage analytics
• Full CRUD from the Task Management sidebar