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PowerERP for Distributors..

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Key Capabilities

The list below describes the key functionality specific to distribution. This list is over and above the general system capabilities listed in the applications description.

Order Management

• Specify kit and subassembly items
• Automatically compute pricing
• Generate pick lists
• Create purchase orders to vendors for drop shipments
• Consign inventory to customers

Inventory Management

• Break kit items and assemblies and track individual SKU
• Manage regional warehouses and distribution centers
• Compare forecasts to actual usage

Warehouse Management

• Utilize an integrated shipping manifest
• Conduct vendor managed inventory (VMI)
• Pick inventory for all available orders for a customer
• Conduct radio frequency (RF) inventory receiving
• Conduct RF inventory picking

Purchasing

• Choose from multiple purchasing options - blanket purchase orders, single location, central distribution enter (CDC), regional distribution center (RDC), or usage-based
• Conduct vendor substitutions
• Track vendor rebate programs

Financials

• Write automated dunning letters
• Consolidate payments for corporate accounts
• Print collection notes on aged trial balance
• Process rebates
• Pull up inventory receipt by the external purchase order number
• Adjust inventory value with price discrepancies

Hand Held and Mobile Technology

• Enter orders and quotes remotely
• Process returns and credits remotely
• Capture signatures electronically
• Report on productivity
• View manifests

Electronic Commerce

• Enable customers to enter orders online
• Give customers password-protected logins
• Conduct secure, online transactions
• Provide around-the-clock customer service
• Maintain customer favorites lists
• Publish online catalogs

Commissions Tracking

• Multiple sales reps per order
• Commission structure based on profits margins, product line, item number, territories, and customer category

Pricing Management

• Multi-tier, customer specific, table based pricing structure utilizing customer and product information to determine foundation price and associated promotions
• Effective date driven price structures and associated discounts or promotions
• Multiple foundation pricing structures, including:


• Standard list price
• Contract price
• Formula based calculated price
• Cost plus price
• User-defined pricing rules
• Any combination of the above pricing structures


• Multiple discounting structures, including:


• Dollar based discounts
• 3-tier percentage based discounts
• Quantity break discounts
• Surcharges
• Any combination of the above discounting structures


• Multiple promotional structures, including:


• Line item, groups of lines or total order based
• Quantity, price, or units based
• “Buy X get Y free” based
• Any combination of the above promotional structures
• Manual price overrides with associated security and audit trail