Distribution Solutions

Altruas helps you minimize inventory levels while meeting customer expectations

STRIKING A PROFITABLE INVENTORY BALANCE

Challenges confront distributors from many angles. Competition is pressuring already low operating margins and managing supply chain logistics presents daily issues. All this while concurrently addressing customers whose service-level expectations continue to increase. Add to this, the arena of online selling and how distributors operate in that environment.

SUPPLY CHAIN
EFFICIENCY

Align organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in moving goods from supplier to customer.

OPTIMIZE
INVENTORY LEVELS

Balance capital investment constraints or objectives along with service-level goals over an assortment of stock-keeping units.

INTELLIGENT
PRICING STRATEGIES

Use supply and demand data to inform and influence sales plans, pricing, and help to retain profitable client relationships.

REAL TIME
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

Leverage real-time analytics to remove and eliminate the guesswork from the decision making process.

EFFECTIVE
COLLABORATION

Have immediate access to customer information for planning and managing the strategies for key customers. 

Facilitate orders & deliveries.

Managing Margins

Establish pricing that keeps you competitive through a steady flow of actionable information.

Real Time Insight and Supporting the Most Profitable Customers

DISTRIBUTION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

Contemporary ERP systems provide detailed insights across multiple locations and warehouses. Your ERP system needs to facilitate transaction processing and add value beyond simply moving materials in and out of stock.

Real-time insights allow distributors to slice and dice its performance to identify its most profitable customers, products and inventory status. A comprehensive ERP platform will support:

  • Purchasing
  • Inventory Management
  • Salesforce Integration
  • Reporting and Dashboards
  • Multi-Entity and Global Consolidations

DISTRIBUTION CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

Customers are demanding more. Expectations for more service and lower pricing are the new norm. And, to meet these requirements, a CRM platform should assist distributors in:

  • Increasing productivity with mobility and automation
  • Having visibility into customer history and activity
  • Leveraging dashboards and data to track leads and manage the sales team
  • Managing vendors and all supply chain partners

Arming sales teams with immediate access to customer data, pricing information, and discount structures will create greater efficiency that will support organizational profitability. Informed reps are better positioned for success.

 

WE'RE HERE TO HELP

Talk to Altruas to learn how distributors can achieve the optimal balance between managing inventory and maximizing customer satisfaction.

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