The Single Platform for Your Wholesale Distribution Business
Designed for wholesale distribution, NetSuite enables you to cut costs and improve cash flow. With NetSuite, you gain a single, flexible, powerful cloud-based platform that allows real-time inventory visibility to minimize stockouts and occasioned inventory, and improved order fulfillment, among other benefits on warehouse optimization, automated operations, and omnichannel commerce. Standardize and centralize your financials, on the other hand, and you also gain real-time business intelligence.
Core Functionalities of NetSuite:
For the Wholesale Distribution Industry
- Maintain real-time visibility of inventory levels across warehouses, distribution centers, and retail outlets.
- Employ the Supply Allocation feature to strategically match available supply with anticipated demand.
- Capture orders from multiple channels (B2B, B2C, EDI) in a single system.
Enable cross-subsidiary fulfillment to leverage inventory across locations and fulfill orders efficiently. - Set up complex pricing rules, volume-based discounts, and customer-specific pricing for streamlined sales processes.
- Enable warehouse staff to manage inventory, picking, and packing with real-time updates to NetSuite.
- Empower warehouse staff with SCM Mobile to manage and streamline operations and increasing efficiency.
- Track vendor performance and automate RFQs and PO creation for fast reordering.
- Include factors like freight, duties, and taxes to make accurate cost and margin analyses.
- Analyze customer data for personalized campaigns and upsell/cross-sell opportunities.
- Empower sales teams with mobile access to customer information and streamline the sales process.
- Support accounting compliance and generate detailed financial statements for decision-making.
- Leverage integrations like Avalara to manage sales tax across states and jurisdictions seamlessly.
- Create streamlined shopping experiences, integrating sales data with fulfillment workflows.
- Ensure website inventory accurately reflects in-warehouse stock levels, preventing overselling.
- Gain real-time visibility across sales, inventory, fulfillment, and financials with Supply Chain Control Tower.
- Drill down into detailed reports to extract business insights and drive informed decision-making.
- Maintain real-time visibility of inventory levels across warehouses, distribution centers, and retail outlets.
- Employ the Supply Allocation feature to strategically match available supply with anticipated demand.
- Capture orders from multiple channels (B2B, B2C, EDI) in a single system.
Enable cross-subsidiary fulfillment to leverage inventory across locations and fulfill orders efficiently. - Set up complex pricing rules, volume-based discounts, and customer-specific pricing for streamlined sales processes.
- Enable warehouse staff to manage inventory, picking, and packing with real-time updates to NetSuite.
- Empower warehouse staff with SCM Mobile to manage and streamline operations and increasing efficiency.
- Track vendor performance and automate RFQs and PO creation for fast reordering.
- Include factors like freight, duties, and taxes to make accurate cost and margin analyses.
- Analyze customer data for personalized campaigns and upsell/cross-sell opportunities.
- Empower sales teams with mobile access to customer information and streamline the sales process.
- Support accounting compliance and generate detailed financial statements for decision-making.
- Leverage integrations like Avalara to manage sales tax across states and jurisdictions seamlessly.
- Create streamlined shopping experiences, integrating sales data with fulfillment workflows.
- Ensure website inventory accurately reflects in-warehouse stock levels, preventing overselling.
- Gain real-time visibility across sales, inventory, fulfillment, and financials with Supply Chain Control Tower.
- Drill down into detailed reports to extract business insights and drive informed decision-making.
Challenges NetSuite Solved for Wholesale Distribution Companies
Unpredictable spikes or dips in sales make accurate forecasting a persistent challenge.
Intense competition and price sensitivity put constant pressure on maintaining profitability.
Balancing sufficient stock levels to meet demand without risking overstocking and dead inventory.
Juggling B2B, B2C, online, and potentially marketplace channels leading to data silos if systems aren’t integrated.
Balancing large volume orders with increased demand for customized service and fast delivery.
Vulnerability to delays and shortages, especially with long lead times or reliance on global suppliers.
Technology and Data Management: Legacy systems.
Complexity of managing multiple warehouses and distribution centers efficiently.
Unpredictable spikes or dips in sales make accurate forecasting a persistent challenge.
Intense competition and price sensitivity put constant pressure on maintaining profitability.
Balancing sufficient stock levels to meet demand without risking overstocking and dead inventory.
Juggling B2B, B2C, online, and potentially marketplace channels leading to data silos if systems aren’t integrated.
Balancing large volume orders with increased demand for customized service and fast delivery.
Vulnerability to delays and shortages, especially with long lead times or reliance on global suppliers.
Technology and Data Management: Legacy systems.
Complexity of managing multiple warehouses and distribution centers efficiently.
The StellarGrade Ecosystem
At StellarGrade, we believe that success thrives in collaboration. Our ecosystem brings together industry-leading technology providers, service experts, and innovative solutions to amplify the power of NetSuite.
At StellarGrade, we believe that success thrives in collaboration. Our ecosystem brings together industry-leading technology providers, service experts, and innovative solutions to amplify the power of NetSuite.
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How NetSuite Optimizes Wholesale Processes
Why Choose StellarGrade for NetSuite in Wholesale Distribution?
Deep NetSuite Expertise
Our consultants possess intimate knowledge of NetSuite's core modules and their direct application to wholesale distribution. We excel in configuring inventory tracking for multi-location warehouses, handling lot/serial number requirements, and streamlining workflows for landed cost calculations. We seamlessly integrate omnichannel commerce, whether B2B-centric or with added B2C functionality.
Streamlined Wholesale Distribution Workflows
StellarGrade understands the critical importance of the order-to-cash cycle in wholesale distribution. We optimize NetSuite to accelerate processes from the moment an order is received through pick/pack/ship operations all the way to final invoicing and payments. We integrate your demand planning processes to enhance inventory management. Additionally, we establish vendor workflows and procurement optimization strategies within NetSuite to maintain reliable supply chains.
Long-Term Partnership, Not Just a Transaction
We see our role as a strategic technology partner to your wholesale distribution business. As your needs change, we scale NetSuite alongside you, recommending advanced features, integrations, or optimizations to support expansion and new sales avenues. We monitor NetSuite's roadmap and act as your trusted advisors, informing you of new capabilities that add value or help your business stay ahead of competitors.
Training and Ongoing Support
StellarGrade’s training goes beyond bland generic NetSuite overviews. We’ll analyze each of your team member’s roles and responsibilities and provide focused training plans that relate to your employee’s daily tasks within the system. We offer post-implementation support options of varying flexible tiers, with fast response times, to keep your NetSuite Questions or troubleshooting simple.
Cost-Effective Solution
StellarGrade’s experience working with multiple clients in the wholesale distribution industry allowed us to pick up on many industry best practices and pre-build configurations that will speed up your NetSuite deployment. We understand the cost constraints many wholesale distribution businesses are under, and we work hard to avoid “scope creep” and focus on your core needs in order to provide your company with a comprehensive solution on a very controlled budget.
Deep NetSuite Expertise
Our consultants possess intimate knowledge of NetSuite's core modules and their direct application to wholesale distribution. We excel in configuring inventory tracking for multi-location warehouses, handling lot/serial number requirements, and streamlining workflows for landed cost calculations. We seamlessly integrate omnichannel commerce, whether B2B-centric or with added B2C functionality.
Streamlined Wholesale Distribution Workflows
StellarGrade understands the critical importance of the order-to-cash cycle in wholesale distribution. We optimize NetSuite to accelerate processes from the moment an order is received through pick/pack/ship operations all the way to final invoicing and payments. We integrate your demand planning processes to enhance inventory management. Additionally, we establish vendor workflows and procurement optimization strategies within NetSuite to maintain reliable supply chains.
Long-Term Partnership, Not Just a Transaction
We see our role as a strategic technology partner to your wholesale distribution business. As your needs change, we scale NetSuite alongside you, recommending advanced features, integrations, or optimizations to support expansion and new sales avenues. We monitor NetSuite's roadmap and act as your trusted advisors, informing you of new capabilities that add value or help your business stay ahead of competitors.
Training and Ongoing Support
StellarGrade’s training goes beyond bland generic NetSuite overviews. We’ll analyze each of your team member’s roles and responsibilities and provide focused training plans that relate to your employee’s daily tasks within the system. We offer post-implementation support options of varying flexible tiers, with fast response times, to keep your NetSuite Questions or troubleshooting simple.
Cost-Effective Solution
StellarGrade’s experience working with multiple clients in the wholesale distribution industry allowed us to pick up on many industry best practices and pre-build configurations that will speed up your NetSuite deployment. We understand the cost constraints many wholesale distribution businesses are under, and we work hard to avoid “scope creep” and focus on your core needs in order to provide your company with a comprehensive solution on a very controlled budget.
Key Benefits
Implementing NetSuite through StellarGrade offers several key benefits for your service company:
Improved Efficiency
NetSuite streamlines and automates key aspects of your business, enhancing decision-making visibility and resource optimization, leading to improved efficiency and profitability.
Comprehensive Solutions
NetSuite’s integrated applications cover financial management, project and resource management, customer relationship management, and more, providing an end-to-end solution for your organization.
Anytime, Anywhere Access
With NetSuite’s cloud-based platform, you can access your business information online and via mobile devices, allowing your team to work flexibly and efficiently, regardless of location.
Cost-Effectiveness
NetSuite’s subscription model eliminates the need for expensive hardware maintenance and upgrade costs. The latest software enhancements are applied automatically, and customizations carry over with each upgrade.
Customizability
NetSuite’s SuiteCloud allows for easy customization of the platform to meet your unique business needs, ensuring a tailored solution that fits your organization perfectly.
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