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

Capturing Orders

Other Online Systems

Other systems can pass orders directly to the system using our API’s

Integrated systems may ask for customer specific

1. pricing

2. limited product lists

3. Current Available stock

4. Terms or available credit

Online Ordering directly in the system

The customer logs in and get treated much better

1. Their prices and preferred items listed

2. quick order entry / review / cancellation or change

3. complex promotions, discounts, use credits etc

Manual Order Entry

Rapid find / review / price items with margin detail and recent history

Freight cost calculations or call to external providers

Sending confirmations / capturing payments

Fulfilling orders

Picking across a warehouse

1. Packing and related documents

2. Booking couriers