Goods and Distribution
Order management, inventory systems and process automation for wholesalers and distributors.
The landscape
Wholesale and distribution businesses coordinate suppliers, warehouses and customers on tight timelines. Small inefficiencies in ordering and stock handling add up quickly.
Typical challenges
- Manual order entry and re-keying between systems
- Inventory records that disagree with physical stock
- Approval and invoicing steps that depend on email chains
- Little insight into customer ordering patterns
Technology solutions
- Order management
- Order capture, allocation, fulfilment tracking and customer self-service.
- Inventory systems
- Location-level stock, batch tracking and reorder signals.
- Business process automation
- Approvals, notifications and document generation without manual steps.
- Data integration
- Synchronised records across ERP, accounting and logistics systems.
Example use cases
Illustrative solutions we can build. Not descriptions of specific client projects.
- A customer portal for repeat orders and statements
- Barcode-driven receiving and dispatch
- Automated purchase suggestions from sales history
Business benefits
- Less re-keying and fewer errors
- More accurate stock
- Faster, traceable approvals
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.
- Data Engineering and Database ManagementDatabase architecture, migration, performance and data pipelines across MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and Azure Cosmos DB.
- API and Integration ManagementAPI design, gateways, authentication and event-driven integration that connect your systems without turning them into a tangle.
Discuss a goods and distribution project
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