Distribution ERP Consulting

We Understand Distribution ERP

The distribution industry encompasses various sectors including consumer goods, industrial products, healthcare, technology, and more. Regardless of focus, all distributors face common challenges to their business operations:

  • Inventory Management
  • Efficient Order Processing
  • Supply Chain Visibility
  • Analytics and Reporting

These challenges require efficient and streamlined processes to ensure optimal productivity and profitability. Ultra Consultants can help marry ERP technology for distribution with your business goals for true digital transformation success.

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Ultra Consultants ERP Consulting Services

Solution Value

Meet today’s (and tomorrow’s) challenges with digitized distribution processes..

A smarter supply chain and greater connectivity inside and outside the warehouse make it possible to accelerate workflows and optimize core processes.

Inventory Management

Comprehensive insight into inventory levels, turns and costs (and more) enables better decisions on pricing, marketing and purchasing.

Ecommerce Enhancement

Retain and attract customers with consumer-like online ordering, automated reordering and vendor-managed inventory tools.

Supply Chain Modernization

Boost efficiency with visibility from purchase to warehouse to customer delivery, integration with partners and elimination of paper processes.

Customer Service Improvement

Modern tools offer detailed insight that improves execution, enables smarter stock decisions, speeds delivery and improves satisfaction.

Software Selection & Implementation for Distribution

Ultra combines critical insight into the capabilities of today's leading ERP systems with a deep understanding of the distribution industry's challenges. We put this expertise to work for our clients—driving a more predictable, on-time and on-budget digital transformation. 

Key Focus Areas for Distribution Consulting

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1. Improved Visibility and Control over the Supply Chain

With an ERP system in place, your business can track inventory levels, monitor orders and manage logistics in real-time. This enhanced visibility allows your organization to identify potential bottlenecks or inefficiencies in the supply chain and take proactive measures to address them. By having a clear view of the entire supply chain, your business can optimize operations and ensure timely delivery of goods to customers.

Plus, ERP systems provide comprehensive data analytics capabilities that enable your organization to examine historical data, identify trends and make data-driven decisions.

2. Increased Efficiency and Productivity

Through the implementation of ERP systems, your company automates manual processes and streamlines workflows. This eliminates the need for repetitive tasks and reduces the chance of errors. Additionally, ERP systems can automate financial management processes, such as accounts payable and receivable, payroll and tax calculations. This automation not only saves time but also allows your employees to focus on more value-added activities.

3. Improved Customer Service

ERP systems play a crucial role in improving customer service by providing a centralized and integrated view of customer information. This allows customer service representatives to access relevant customer data, such as order history, preferences and special requests, in real-time. With this information at their fingertips, representatives can offer personalized and efficient service to customers, resolving issues quickly and effectively.

4. Reduced Costs

ERP systems play a crucial role in improving customer service by providing a centralized and integrated view of customer information. This allows customer service representatives to access relevant customer data, such as order history, preferences and special requests, in real-time. With this information at their fingertips, representatives can offer personalized and efficient service to customers, resolving issues quickly and effectively.

4. Reduced Costs

Automating accounts payable and receivable processes reduces the likelihood of errors and late payments, avoiding penalties and fees. Additionally, ERP systems provide accurate and timely financial insights, allowing your organization to identify cost-saving opportunities, such as renegotiating supplier contracts or optimizing transportation routes.

5. Enhanced Compliance

Help your business ensure compliance by providing robust security features and built-in controls offered by modern ERP. These systems enable your organization to enforce data privacy and protection measures, ensuring that sensitive customer and business data is secure. By automating these processes, your business minimizes the risk of errors and ensures accurate and timely compliance with tax laws and financial regulations.

6. Improved Scalability

As your business grows, scalability becomes a crucial factor. ERP systems offer scalability by providing flexible and modular solutions that adapt to your changing business needs. Whether it’s expanding to new markets, adding new products or acquiring new distribution centers, ERP systems accommodate these changes seamlessly.

Moreover, ERP systems provide the scalability to handle increased transaction volumes and data storage requirements. This ensures that your business can continue to operate efficiently and effectively, even as you experience growth and expansion.

7. Improved Decision-Making

The distribution industry is highly competitive, meaning it’s crucial to make timely and informed decisions if you want to stay ahead of your competitors. ERP systems provide your business with a wealth of data and analytics tools to support decision-making processes. Through real-time data integration and analysis, your organizations can gain valuable insights into various aspects of operations, such as sales, inventory and customer behavior.

Key Focus Areas for Aerospace Consulting

ERP systems offer several key benefits for aerospace manufacturers. First, they improve inventory management by providing real-time visibility into stock levels, helping to minimize shortages or excesses. Secondly, ERP allows for better demand forecasting, facilitating optimized production planning and scheduling. Additionally, these systems enhance quality control by providing traceability and tracking capabilities, ensuring compliance with industry regulations. Last, ERP enables seamless communication and collaboration between departments, fostering increased efficiency and productivity.

ERP systems are designed to accommodate businesses of all sizes, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In fact, smaller aerospace manufacturers can often benefit the most from implementing an ERP solution, as it helps level the playing field by providing access to advanced functionalities that were once exclusive to larger corporations. So, whether you’re a small, medium, or large aerospace manufacturing company, ERP can be tailored to meet your specific needs and objectives.

As with any major software implementation, there are potential challenges and risks that organizations should be aware of. Some common challenges include data migration issues, resistance to change from employees, and ensuring the alignment of the ERP system with the company’s specific needs. However, with careful planning, stakeholder involvement, and proper training, these challenges can be managed. It’s crucial to choose an ERP vendor with aerospace manufacturing experience and a proven track record to minimize risks and ensure a successful implementation. An experienced ERP consulting firm can help ensure an ERP project that meets your company’s goals and delivers expected ROI.

Transform Business Processes to Maintain Your Competitive Edge in the Distribution Industry

With the distinction between supplier and distributor becoming blurred, forward-thinking wholesaler organizations are looking for ways to create differentiation, enhance their value to customers, and create advantages that allow them compete better on performance, price and product.

The solution: tools that automate workflows, improve supply chain management, enable sophisticated e-commerce, facilitate relationship-building customer interaction, and provide critical insight into core processes and functions. In short, it’s time to invest in and leverage a modern ERP solution.

After providing ERP consulting to the distribution industry for decades, Ultra Consultants can help you select and implement an ERP solution for wholesale distribution. These tools can help to streamline your business processes and position you for continued success even in an industry that is always changing.

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6 SOFTWARE SELECTION & IMPLEMENTATION PAIN POINTS + SOLUTIONS

Software selection and implementation processes often present challenges of their own. To steer you around trouble and help you drive success, Ultra’s experts compiled a list of pain points and solutions to be aware of as you embark on this journey.

6 SOFTWARE SELECTION & IMPLEMENTATION PAIN POINTS + SOLUTIONS

Software selection and implementation processes often present challenges of their own. To steer you around trouble and help you drive success, Ultra’s experts compiled a list of pain points and solutions to be aware of as you embark on this journey.