IND-DST
Custom ERP and order management for distributors and wholesalers
Distributor margins are thin, so a wrong price or a shorted line costs real money.
Wholesalers handle contract pricing, back-orders, split shipments and rebates across many customers and suppliers. Packaged software covers the standard cases. The exceptions are where margin is made or lost, and where spreadsheets take over.
§ 01Where it hurts
Problems we plan for in this industry
- Customer-specific pricing
- Tiered, contract and promotional prices kept in someone's workbook.
- Orders keyed by hand
- Orders arrive as emails, PDFs and portal downloads, and get re-typed, with the errors that follow.
- Stock you cannot promise
- Available stock is wrong across locations, so you oversell or overbuy.
- Unit-of-measure mistakes
- Each, case and pallet conversions applied inconsistently between quote, pick and invoice.
- Slow credit control
- A past-due balance is not visible when a new order is entered.
§ 02What we build
What a project usually includes
Your project includes only the parts that pay off for you.
- Pricing engines with customer, contract and quantity-break rules
- Order intake from email, EDI and customer portals
- Multi-location inventory with unit-of-measure conversion
- Credit-limit and past-due holds at order entry
- Vendor and customer rebate and chargeback tracking
- Dealer and customer portals
§ 03Details that matter here
Details that matter in this industry
- Sub-verticals we scope differently
- Automotive and aftermarket parts need cross-reference and fitment data and core charges. Building materials need delivery scheduling and mixed loads. Medical supply needs lot and expiry control.
- Retailer requirements
- Selling to large retailers usually means EDI documents, routing-guide labels and deductions for mismatches. See EDI & B2B Integration.
§ 04Services most used here
Services most used in this industry
- SVC-ERPCustom ERPOrders, inventory, purchasing and finance postings in one system built around your process.
- SVC-EDIEDI & B2B IntegrationPurchase orders, ship notices and invoices exchanged with retailers and suppliers in their required formats.
- SVC-WMSWarehouse Management (WMS)Receiving, put-away, picking, packing and shipping directed by handheld scans.
- SVC-PRTPortals & Internal ToolsCustomer, dealer and supplier portals, mobile apps for crews, and admin tools for your staff.
- SVC-CRMCustom CRMLeads, accounts, quotes and follow-ups organized around how your team sells.
Blueprints for this industry (illustrative)
BP-01From emailed orders to a clean ERP entryA wholesale distributor receives most orders as emails and PDFs from repeat customers. Two people re-type them into the ERP each day.BP-05Onboarding a retailer's EDI requirementsA distributor wins a retailer account that requires EDI purchase orders, advance ship notices and invoices, with routing-guide labels.
IND-DST
Distributor margins are thin, so a wrong price or a shorted line costs real money.
Send a project brief. Discovery ends in a fixed-price proposal for the first release, and you keep it whether or not you hire us.