FMCG
Distribution apps, inventory visibility and order processing for fast-moving consumer goods.
The landscape
FMCG businesses move high volumes through long distribution chains: distributors, stockists, retailers and field sales teams. Margins depend on knowing what stock is where and turning orders around quickly.
Typical challenges
- Limited visibility of stock held by distributors and retailers
- Orders captured on paper, phone calls or messaging apps
- Sales teams working from outdated price lists and schemes
- Data split across ERP, accounting and spreadsheets
Technology solutions
- Distributor and retailer ordering
- Web and mobile ordering with live pricing, schemes and credit checks.
- Field sales applications
- Beat planning, visit logging and order capture that work offline.
- Inventory visibility
- Consolidated stock positions across warehouses and channel partners.
- Data integration
- Reliable links between ordering, ERP, accounting and reporting.
Example use cases
Illustrative solutions we can build. Not descriptions of specific client projects.
- A secondary-sales app for distributor salesmen
- A dashboard of stock and sell-through by region
- Automated order flow from app to ERP
Business benefits
- Faster order-to-dispatch cycle
- Fewer pricing and scheme errors
- Earlier warning of stock-outs and overstock
Relevant services
- Application EngineeringWeb, mobile and backend software built to be maintained: clear architecture, tested code and interfaces that hold up as the business grows.
- API and Integration ManagementAPI design, gateways, authentication and event-driven integration that connect your systems without turning them into a tangle.
- Data Engineering and Database ManagementDatabase architecture, migration, performance and data pipelines across MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and Azure Cosmos DB.
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