Cycle time is increasingly important and can be a key differentiator
Limit sales to available stock (unsold stock)
cycle time implies commodity where price negotiation is important.
Costs are moving fast bringing a focus on order margin
Other systems can pass orders directly to the system using our API’s
Integrated systems may ask for customer specific
pricing
limited product lists
Current Available stock
Terms or available credit
The customer logs in and get treated much better
Their prices and preferred items listed
quick order entry / review / cancellation or change
complex promotions, discounts, use credits etc
Rapid find / review / price items with margin detail and recent history
Freight cost calculations or call to external providers
Sending confirmations / capturing payments
Picking across a warehouse
Packing and related documents
Booking couriers