Warehouse Distribution Software for advanced Distribution Management

Think of three similarities between your distribution business and a fighting ship:

1. Do extraordinary people and leaders make the difference between winning and losing?
2. Does superior equipment make the difference?
3. Do ingenious strategy and execution make the difference? (more…)

Results differ widely among trade lines.

Which factor in wholesale distribution do you think is the best profitable indicator?

1. Distributors with faster asset turnover?
2. Distributors with bigger margins?
3. Distributors with higher sales per employee? (more…)

If your employees want the good stuff, they must make themselves invaluable.

What do you suppose grades and report cards have to do with your distribution business?

1. We give our people regular evaluations of what’s expected and how they are doing.
2. We try to give our staff some feedback but we don’t do it regularly or often enough.
3. Grades and report cards are for school kids, not for us. Our employees are adults. (more…)

Need a powerful, agile and simple solution for your distribution business? With 1,000+ new features and enhancements, our solution combines a rich set of core capabilities with an innovative approach to enterprise resource planning (ERP). Together, they enable your people to work more effectively and your organization to rapidly change to meet emerging opportunities. See ADAX 2012 in action at our preview webinar!

Advanced Distribution for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Preview

Speaker: Russell Goble, I.B.I.S. Manager of Industry Solutions

Need a powerful, agile and simple solution for your distribution business? With 1,000+ new features and enhancements, our solution combines a rich set of core capabilities with an innovative approach to enterprise resource planning (ERP). Together, they enable your people to work more effectively and your organization to rapidly change to meet emerging opportunities. See ADAX 2012 in action at our preview webinar!

Advanced Distribution for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Preview

Thursday, December 1, 2011 11:30am-1:00pm

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Hanging on to excess inventory and dead stock leads to decreased turnover and profitability.  For that reason, it is essential to the health of your business that you liquidate unusable stock items so that you can better control and manage your inventory going forward.  However, that is often much easier said than done.

It can be tempting to try to recoup your costs for the inventory items that you are trying to liquidate.  However, as Jon Schreibfeder, president of Effective Inventory Management, Inc., says, “inventory is not worth what you paid for it. It is worth what someone is willing to pay you for it.”  In light of that, your goal should be to cover the cost of liquidation and consider anything above and beyond that “found money.”  What you don’t recoup, you will make up for in improved profitability once your warehouse is fully stocked with inventory that you CAN move.  (more…)

Distribution companies today face real challenges in a rapidly changing industry. Global competition and intense price pressure at the retail level are eroding margins. Shorter product lifecycles require businesses to adapt quickly to new circumstances.

Today’s distribution management challenges include: (more…)

How many sales reps do you need in your distribution business?

1. We have more reps than we need but we don’t have the courage to deal with it.
2. We need more. You can’t have too many sales reps in a business like ours.
3. We have exactly the right number of outside sales representatives. (more…)

Are you looking for a powerful, agile and simple solution for your distribution business? With more than 1,000 new features and enhancements across core enterprise resource planning (ERP) and industry capabilities, Advanced Distribution for Microsoft Dynamics AX (ADAX) 2012 will provide more business value faster, enable agility and insight in your organization, and help drive faster adoption, broader usage, and easier maintenance and upgrade through a continued emphasis on simplicity. See ADAX 2012 in action at the preview webinar!

Advanced Distribution for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Preview

Thursday, December 1, 2011 11:30am-1:00pm

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When searching for a new distribution software solution, so many organizations focus only on the product and ignore the other elements that are essential to having a successful implementation and ongoing experience.  There are three pieces to the distribution software selection puzzle: Partner, Process, and Platform.  Placing too much emphasis on any of these elements individually can hamper the overall success of your software project.  Therefore, it is critical to find the right balance by being deliberate while you: (more…)