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Wholesale Distribution: Challenges Tight margins Inventory management –Eliminating excess and dead stock –Balancing carrying costs against order fill rates –Streamlining warehouse operations –Reducing shrink and waste –Just-in-time (JIT), cross-docking, and drop-shipping Competition for customers –Innovating and adding value to earn customer loyalty –Managing service, warranties, and maintenance –Online and self-serve options Cost control

How Technology Can Help Maximize inventory value Optimize your warehouse Streamline order fullfilment Link people, processes, and information Gain insight to enhance operational and management decision-making Empower your people with tools that fuel productivity

Maximize Inventory Value Improve replenishment –Create reliable forecasts based on past sales –Handle long lead-time items –Gain leverage with suppliers Better balance inventory cost and value Safeguard customer expectations –Track inventory more accurately –Look up available-to-promise quantities

Maximize Inventory Value continued Gain product insight –Manage margins, profitability, turns –Eliminate slow-moving and dead stock –Identify non-stock candidates –Anticipate seasonality and trends Ease inventory tracking –Maintain more accurate records –Support cycle counting and ADCS/RF

Optimize Your Warehouse Map inventory records to warehouse locations –Automatically direct put-away –Streamline picking processes Integrate ADCS/RF technology or automate over time Capture cross-docking and drop-ship opportunities

Streamline Order Fulfillment Save time –Reduce or automate manual processes –Automatically generate compliant manifests –Enable electronic Advanced Ship Notices (ASNs) and invoicing Integrate label creation and shipping Avoid compliance penalties Gain insight to eliminate bottlenecks and improve process flows

Link People, Processes, and Information Office Employees Management Collaboration, labor tracking, human resources management Suppliers Profit visibility, improvement insight, strategic decision-making Warehouse coordination and optimization, directed put-away, inventory management, order picking and processing, integrated shipping, data and regulatory compliance Sales and Customer Service Account histories, pricing, available-to-promise, order entry, warranties, service/support Operations Replenishment, e-commerce, supply chain integration, logistics Customers CRM, e-commerce, compliance initiatives

Gain Insight for Growth Simplify reporting –Monitor key indicators and trends –Streamline analysis with easy-to-use tools –Use an intuitive Microsoft ® Office Outlook ® interface Take control of your data –Capture data for regulatory or compliance needs –Simplify charts of accounts by assigning dimensions –Maintain audit trails

Empower Employees and Partners Provide 24-hour access to data –Put up-to-date information at their fingertips –Easily drill down to details Give partners self-service –Empower customers to enter orders –Provide status information conveniently Enable global exchange –Work with partners in their own languages –Easily convert currencies

Partner to Build Success Customer need Microsoft Certified Partner Customization tools Vertical solution Team up with a strong IT partner with industry expertise Implement a tailored solution Enjoy tools and support to build success