Our Distribution Expertise


	Consumer Packaged Goods	Durable Goods
	Sporting Goods	Paper and Office Products
	Industrial Supplies	Plumbing and HVAC Supplies
	Electrical & Electronics	Building Supplies
	Other	Food Distribution


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Consumer Packaged Goods Distributors		Durable Goods Distributors
We go beyond traditional enterprise resource planning (ERP) to provide financial management, product management, customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM) and more. With our Solution, you can expect improvements in efficiency, flexibility and overall visibility, resulting in more effective business management. Use our built-in forecasting tools Streamline shipping management with support for international origins, carriers and documentation Flexible pricing and discount options Strengthen inventory and warehouse management with use of barcode management Integrated lead-time management and available-to-promise capabilities		Durable goods companies are achieving great results with our solutions. You can benefit by: Accurately forecast demand by item, location, customer and/or group Efficiently source, manufacture and distribute branded product anywhere Synchronize supply-side lead times Accurately monitor the delivery of goods Coordinate a global supply chain network Balance customer service targets, safety stock and replenishment plans Improve warehouse and transportation efficiencies
Sporting Goods Distributors		Paper and Office Products
Managing your business well requires a winning game plan. Staying ahead of seasonal demand, overseas importing and retailer compliance issues can help. We understand the unique needs of the sporting goods, toy and novelty industry. We help bring some of the industry's most recognizable brands to market every day.		The industry needs effective solutions for long-range issues, such as competition and consolidation, system integration and financial control. Planning, procurement and product configuration are especially critical for meeting the ever changing demand-driven needs of customers.
Meet retailer compliance requirements, including EDI, RFID, UCC-128 labels, cross-docking, direct shipments and more for improved margin performance Consolidate orders for more efficient bulk picking and order staging Track warehouse inventory real time using wireless warehouse Integrate import lead times, sales trends, seasonality, and more for improved forecasting accuracy		Support for multiple units of measure such as cartons, layers or pallets Item segmentation support for variations in dimensions, thickness or color Contract sales pricing including discounts and promotions Multiple language, currency and tax handling Automated order entry, laptop/remote ordering Flexible and integrated financial routines.
Industrial Supplies		Plumbing and HVAC Supplies
Our solution offers enhanced distribution and logistics solutions, including transport and shipping optimization. We can give you an important competitive advantage by reducing the transport and shipping costs to your customers. Further benefits vital to industrial supplies distribution include:		Plumbing and HVAC distribution is a demanding business. You must fulfill complex order requirements effortlessly including emergency product delivery. The name of the game is sourcing quickly and efficiently while controlling costs and margins.
Coordinate direct deliveries from suppliers to customers, helping to eliminate costs associated with receiving and picking sold goods Total, automated tracking power lets you track individual items through serial number from stock receipt through to customer invoicing. Lot and batch tracking is also supported Fully integrated support for bar coding and RF handling allow quick tracking and communication of serial and lot numbers or batch codes, helping to provide labeling accuracy through the reduction of human error and paperwork Dealing with tens of thousands of stock-keeping unit (SKU) numbers, often with catalog support for non-stocked items, is a huge task in industrial supply distribution. We help you manage the number of SKUs you need to stock, helping to reduce overhead costs Inventory Control provides you with tools for dynamic demand forecasting for different item segments, automated replenishment suggestions, inventory analysis and simulations. All of these functions help to ensure that the right components are available in stock, keeping lead-times on target and inventory at economical levels.		Control across order management, demand forecasting and visibility, core materials management, financial and transaction, job management, multi-site distribution, and sales operations help optimize customer service, inventory levels, productivity, and profitability. Seamless connection with suppliers, sourcing and procurement automation, purchasing consolidation. Excellent inventory control is vital to the health of your business, and tracking your inventory effectively is key to maintaining good customer service and manageable stock levels. Prophet 21's strong inventory management capabilities help you meet service levels without investing too many valuable dollars in stock. In the plumbing industry, quoting prices for 50 line-item orders is a daily -- if not hourly -- practice. You can easily turn those quotes into orders saves customer service representatives' valuable time and reducing errors. Light manufacturing functionality enables you to keep items like a water closet in your solution, at one price with one item code, eliminating the need to re-enter a long list of line items each time you sell and assemble the items. This saves order-entry personnel time and prevents costly errors and mix-ups.
Electrical & Electronics		Building Supplies
We provide electrical & electronics distributors with the tools they need to meet the unique challenges of the their distribution industry. From pricing updates to rebate functionality, we will help you run your business more efficiently, ultimately driving dollars to your bottom line. We also provide you with features such as accessory items, lot tracking, and contract pricing.		Building supply distributors face enormous challenges from dealing with complicated products, seasonal product management to working with building contractors, reducing inventory, improving supply chain performance—and doing it all with less. Some key features include:
Robust rebate functionality to save distributors from the nightmare of managing rebates manually. You track vendor rebates electronically, resulting in more accurate books and a healthier bottom line. Pricing Updates. Updating prices in a timely manner is important to your business' health. Failing to update prices one month -- or even one week -- after a supplier sends a price update can drain thousands from your bottom line Contract Pricing - If your customer needs 120 electric meters for an apartment complex, and you offer him special pricing for those units -- and those units only -- tracing that information manually can be time-consuming, labor-intensive, and confusing -- negating any value you or the customer may have received from initial pricing negotiations.		Contract / matrix pricing Inventory management Automated picking Pick scheduling Margin calculator Automated purchasing Automatic allocation Multiple UOM Multi-location support Integrated G/L Replenishment Executive reporting Multiple UOM ordering and purchasing Job or Project Billing Usage Tracking Kits and BOM Alternate items

Totally Integrated Solutions		Forecasting and Demand Planning
Complete Financial Management Executive Dashboard Sales & CRM Mobile Sales and Service Inventory Full Warehouse Management ECommerce/Ebusiness Portals for Employees & Customers Service Management Integrated Shipping EDI		Forecasting module capabilities include but are not limited to : EOQ calculation and order quantity Weighted average calculation Six month average calculation Min / max order quantities Line point / order point Safety stock calculation by ABC codes and service levels Vendor lead time calculations Vendor minimums by dollar, quantity, volume and weight Automated purchase order creation and reviews