Technology for Wholesale Distributors
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Technology for Wholesale Distributors
Distribution runs on tight margins and tighter timings. The order has to be right, the stock has to be there and the van has to leave on time. When the systems behind that do not talk to each other, people fill the gaps by re-keying orders, exporting spreadsheets and checking one screen against another.
We have spent years working inside distribution businesses, across ERPs including Epicor Prophet 21 (P21) and Microsoft Dynamics. We connect the ERP to the tools around it, build the software that off-the-shelf products do not cover, and move data safely when systems change.
Where we help distributors
The same pressure points come up in almost every distribution business we work with.
Orders in, without re-keying
Orders from your website, trade portal or sales team flow straight into your ERP with live stock and customer-specific pricing, so nobody types an order twice and customers only see what they can actually buy.
Deliveries planned from real data
Orders go to your route-planning tool automatically and the optimised routes come back into your ERP. Staff holidays and absence can feed in too, so the delivery plan reflects who is actually working.
Stock and forecasting in step
Inventory, demand and supplier data stay in sync between your ERP and forecasting tools, and product lifecycle rules flag lines for phase-out, discontinuation or substitution before they turn into dead stock.
Customers and sales in one picture
New accounts created in the ERP appear in your CRM automatically, so sales, marketing and finance all work from the same customer record.
Systems we work with
Our distribution projects have involved:
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Epicor Prophet 21 (P21), including Epicor's Automation Studio (Workato)
Our P21 integration work -
Descartes route planning and optimisation
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Slimstock Slim4 inventory optimisation
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Also
- Microsoft Dynamics 365
- MaxOptra route planning
- Bespoke online stores and trade ordering sites
If your business runs on P21, our Epicor P21 integration page explains how we connect it to the rest of your business.
Changing ERP without losing your footing
Moving to a new ERP is when integrations are most likely to break. When one distributor moved to P21 from an ERP that had reached end of life, we reconnected their Slim4 forecasting to the new system so stock planning carried on without a gap. We plan integration and data migration work alongside the ERP project, not after it.
Ready to take the manual work out of distribution?
Tell us where the re-keying, spreadsheets and workarounds are. We will tell you honestly what can be automated and how we would approach it.
Work we have delivered
Anonymised examples of projects for wholesale and distribution businesses.
Eliminating manual customer onboarding with an Epicor P21 to HubSpot integration
At Quaytech, we love finding ways to simplify business processes and cut down on repetitive admin work. Recently, we partnered with a client who wanted to…
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Seamless Route Optimization: Connecting Epicor P21 with Descartes
Overview Our client, a distribution company , relied on Epicor’s Prophet 21 (P21) to manage their orders. However, they wanted to optimize their delivery…
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Seamless Integration: Moving data from Epicor’s Prophet 21 to Slim4
Overview Our distribution client had been using Slim4 alongside Sage 1000 to manage their inventory and supply chain. However, with Sage 1000 reaching…
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Automating Product Lifecycle Management: A Smarter Approach
Project Overview Managing a product's lifecycle efficiently is crucial for maintaining inventory accuracy, optimizing stock levels, and making informed…
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Building a Dynamic Online Store with Full ERP Integration
Overview Our client wanted a more dynamic and customized online store to sell their products effectively. Instead of using an off-the-shelf eCommerce…
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Barcode Readers - Wireless Networking
Wireless Networking Our client needed to improve the wireless network across their warehouse. They were having frequent drop-out issues, causing their…
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Distributor - Custom Stock Check Module
Our client required a custom stock check module. This was to give them the ability to get their warehouse to perform a stock count by Product Grouping. So…
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