Business Central for wholesale distributors

Accurate stock, faster purchasing and a warehouse that ships the right order the first time.

Common challenges

Where distributors lose time and margin

Inventory you can’t trust. System counts drift from what’s on the shelf.
Manual purchasing. Buyers reorder from memory or spreadsheets.
Picking errors. Wrong items or quantities shipped, and costly returns.
Hidden costs. Freight and duty aren’t added to item costs, so margins look better than they are.

How Business Central helps

Built around the order-to-cash and procure-to-pay flow

Multi-location inventory

Stock by location and bin, transfers, cycle counts and item tracking.

Purchasing & replenishment

Reorder points, planning suggestions and vendor lead times turned into purchase orders.

Warehouse processes

Receiving, put-away, picking and shipping documents by bin.

Shipping

Shipment documents, carrier integrations and tracking.

Landed cost

Freight, duty and handling charged to the items they belong to.

Margin reporting

Profit by item, customer and salesperson on live data.

Example workflow

A typical order, start to finish

Order
Sales order entered with live stock and pricing.
Release
Order released to the warehouse.
Pick
Pick list created by bin and handled.
Ship
Shipment posted, stock reduced.
Invoice
Invoice posted, ledger updated.

Right-sized

Is Business Central enough for your warehouse?

Often the right fit