With
increasing competition often dictating smaller profit margins on a per-sale
basis, wholesale distributors are
facing rising pressure. Savvy wholesalers are asking themselves the same
question: How can technology be leveraged to lower operational costs,
establish new competitive advantages, and better meet customer demands? Here ERP Software for Wholesalers comes in to the Picture.
What can distribution accounting software
do for you?
As the profit margin on individual sales can be narrow, distributors rely on a high volume of overall transactions to generate revenues. Accounting software for wholesalers needs to have the capability to handle a large number of database records. This is especially so given that the average distributor needs to maintain inventory records for each of the many products offered
Complete accounting software
Optimizing inventory
control and purchasing
As the profit margin on individual sales can be narrow, distributors rely on a high volume of overall transactions to generate revenues. Accounting software for wholesalers needs to have the capability to handle a large number of database records. This is especially so given that the average distributor needs to maintain inventory records for each of the many products offered
Complete accounting software
Aside from industry specific functionality, distribution accounting
systems contain all the normal modules you might expect in a standard back-office
accounting package. Accounting features include the ability to print checks,
pay bills, track expenses, manage payroll, create orders and invoices, manage
receivables, establish budgets, perform bank reconciliations, and create top
level financial reports.
Optimizing inventory
control and purchasing
There are numerous reasons that it is so important for distributors to
have the right predictive software to help optimize inventory. Maintaining
excess inventory eats away at profits, by incurring additional storage
expenses. Additionally, items that don’t move often need to be liquidated at
below ideal prices and sometimes even at a loss. Keeping a large amount of
inventory also means decreased agility and ability to meet changing customer
needs.
Meeting customer demands
Meeting customer demands
Successful
wholesalers are looking more and more to try to keep the minimum amount of
inventory to meet customer demands. In order to employ this strategy and reap
the cost saving benefits associated with it, it is critical to have visibility
into upcoming purchasing requirements. Our software (VRS UniERP Software) with advance features for distributors
is providing wholesalers with this capability. When inventory control, order
entry, and purchasing are integrated, distributors gain the ability to assess
historical data, upcoming orders and forecasts, and predictable trends such as
seasonal demand changes in order to plan their purchasing. Intelligent purchase
order systems also provide the ability to perform complex calculations that can
provide insight into how to reduce costs by taking advantage of volume buying
discounts and how to select the right supplier to both meet customer delivery
dates and minimize expenses.