Microsoft Business Solutions for Distribution
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If you're a distribution manager, you may sometimes wonder which century you're living in. On one hand, age-old distribution challenges are still here: How to plan inventory to satisfy customer demand, and how to control costs without compromising quality? On the other hand, 21st-century challenges such as new supply chain management procedures, are making the job harder than ever.
For many companies, the solution is effective, leading technology in form of Microsoft Business Solutions for Distribution, a set of integrated applications, tools, and capabilities that give you strategic insight into your current processes, helping you replace bottlenecks and inefficiencies. You can respond faster to customer demands and gain an important competitive advantage. And you can help keep profits from leaking away by improving productivity.
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 | Manage inventory more effectively |
| Keep customers happy |
| Remove roadblocks to profitability |
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Manage inventory more effectively
Microsoft Business Solutions for Distribution could help you significantly reduce data entry and save hours of time. For example, you can set up automatic daily purchasing tasks and transfer quotes, orders and back orders into fulfillment orders; those in turn transfer fulfillment orders into invoices and shipping labels. You could use SmartLists to create automated substitution and priority stock lists that help keep inventory flowing. And you could up automatic pick and pack procedures, and generate automatic warnings when stock falls below minimum acceptable shelf life rules.
Keep customers happy
Giving your employees access to real-time information about inventory can help you improve customer relations, and at the same time boost productivity. For example, with up-to-date data, your managers and sales reps can track orders and predict shipping dates with greater precision. They can more easily trace lot numbers or serial numbers for warranty information. With Microsoft distribution solutions, when employees key in a sales order, they can get access to the latest information in your database about price and product specifications. If needed, they can find alternatives, and keep the customer satisfied.
Remove roadblocks to profitability
In addition to significant improvements in warehouse and inventory processes, Microsoft Business Solutions for Distribution can help you manage all phases of your sales cycle. For example, you can track sales histories to identify top customers, and monitor sales efforts to help keep marketing and advertising efforts on target. Better access to customer data can also help you create add-on sales, earn repeat business, and focus on the revenue-building efforts that can bring the greatest return.
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