Business Central is the ERP system for wholesalers that offer additional services—value-added services. The ERP system offers everything a traditional wholesaler needs and adds a whole new layer of functionality for modern distribution companies that do more than just move products from A to B. Think of additional services such as consulting, installation, maintenance, leasing, rentals, full-service support, and managed services… Make your wholesale business future-proof and “as a service” ready with this powerful ERP solution.
The ERP Solution for Wholesalers and Value-Added Distributors
Automate your business processes and the tracking of your value-added services with Business Central. Work on project basis or with contract modules, Digitize Your Maintenance Staff and installers. Easily (and digitally) transform from a product distributor to a value-added distributor and Increase your margins.
Challenges Facing Modern Wholesalers
In today's world of wholesalers In today's entrepreneurial climate, digitization is the key to success. The traditional product-distribution model is shifting toward a more service-oriented approach, in which offering value-added services provides a competitive advantage. However, this transition brings its own set of challenges.
From product distribution to “Product as a Service“
Monitoring and ensuring the profitability of value-added services
Digitize Your Field Employees
Digitization of the Supply Chain
Optimize Operations with Your Partners
Efficient Inventory and Pricing Management
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The Composable VAD ERP Solution
The VAD ERP solution is based on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central which is used by thousands of companies worldwide. “Composable” means you can build your solution from the modules you need. This way, the solution scales to meet your digital transformation needs.
▶︎ Finance
Optimizing Financial Processes
Get a quick overview of your company's performance. Optimize your financial processes, manage invoices, receivables, and payables, analyze your cash flows, or allocate costs and revenues.
▶︎ Buying & Selling
Sales of Products and Value-Added Services
Improve your sales processes from leads to invoicing. Get real-time insights into sales figures and trends. Use advanced pricing, special orders, returns, price list imports, or purchase invoice scanning.
▶︎ Microsoft Copilot in Business Central
New!
Take advantage of the AI assistant in the ERP system for VADs and wholesalers in Business Central. Streamline processes, work more efficiently, and improve performance.
▶︎ Project Card
Everything about a project at a glance
With the project card, you can easily manage customer information, orders, purchases, project phases, logistics tracking, inventory management, documentation, and similar items on a project-by-project basis and by project type.
▶︎ Project Follow-Up
Never Forget a Step Again
Create templates that include the standard steps and phases involved in carrying out a project. Define the customized steps or phases for specific installations, repairs, or types of maintenance.
▶︎ Contract Module
Working with Licenses or Recurring Payments
Combine product sales with recurring payments, licenses, or contracts. Create contracts from sales orders and invoice recurring payments in bulk.
▶︎ Inventory and Warehouse Management
Automatic Inventory Replenishment
Take control of your inventory and warehouse management. Move, receive, and pick items; set inventory levels; and automatically place purchase orders when shortages occur—all with the powerful mobile WMS application.
▶︎ Logistics tracking and transportation planning
Tracking Delivery Times
Track the status of your purchase orders in your ERP system or plan your own shipments using the transportation planning tool. Get insight into delivery times or view logistics details such as weight, packaging, or container units.
▶︎ Service and Maintenance
Digitize Your Field Employees
Streamline your technicians' work with the field service app. Plan your resources more efficiently, view maintenance history, check parts lists, track purchases, add photos, communicate more quickly, and process service orders.
▶︎ Assembly
Managing Assembly Efficiently
Efficiently combine materials and components to meet customer demand. Manage scheduling and delivery. Optimize the use of your assembly capacity and ensure product availability.
▶︎ Production and Manufacturing
Optimize production processes
Optimize your production with work orders, production routes, and bills of materials. Manage your production capacity and scheduling, and reduce production costs. Create schedules for your machines and employees.
▶︎ Schedule
Plan your resources efficiently
Manage your production and assembly scheduling. Coordinate machines and employees. Manage inventory reservations and warehouse operations. Efficiently store assembly inventory or ship orders immediately.
▶︎ Online Store and Portal
Connect Your ERP to Your E-commerce Platform
Connect your ERP system to your online store. Automate online orders, manage your inventory, and ship more efficiently. Create custom customer portals so customers can easily track your value-added services.
▶︎ Advanced SharePoint
Document Management for Projects
When you create a project or order through your ERP, a SharePoint library is automatically generated with a structure tailored to the specific project type, complete with the appropriate folders and necessary documentation.
▶︎ Real-Time Reporting
Analyze Your Business Performance
Generate real-time insights into your company's performance. Analyze data by dimension, create financial reports, review your online store results, or gain valuable insights from your value-added services.
[White Paper] Digital Transformation in Modern Wholesale
Find out how to use the Value-Added Distribution (VAD) and a modular ERP solution take your business to new heights. From optimizing your value-added services and digitizing field operations to streamlining collaboration with partners and efficiently managing inventory and pricing. Be inspired by real-world examples and discover your next step toward a competitive and forward-thinking organization.
Our team is here to help you!
With extensive experience in the wholesale/VAD sector, we’re happy to help you find the right solution.
Alistar is a Microsoft Certified Partner and has a team of experienced business consultants, engineers, and experts who are happy to guide you through the entire process. Our goal is to ensure that your ERP project runs as smoothly as possible.
Jeroen De Vuyst
Business Central Consultant, VAD/Wholesale
+32 (0)9 329 93 06