Order entry is re-typed by hand from emails and phone calls — typos become wrong shipments.
Wholesale
You move volume: pallets and cases out the door every day, with razor-thin margins that leave no room for errors.
The three biggest headaches
Fast sellers run out with no warning while slow stock sits in the way for months.
Picking the wrong case on a mixed pallet shipment costs money and trust with the customer.
Recommended apps, in rollout order
- OMS · Order ManagementOne place for every order: check live stock, promise wisely, ship, and handle returns.
- Purchase · PurchasingFrom request to approved PO to planned arrival — no more guessing what’s coming in.
- WMS · WarehousingPhone-guided receiving, putaway, picking, packing, shipping, and counts — mistakes blocked at every step.
- TMS · Transport ManagementPlan, dispatch, track live, capture PODs, and reconcile freight — office and drivers in sync.
A typical day
- 1
Morning: open today’s order queue — orders from phone, email, and repeat customers already in.
- 2
Midday: check low-stock alerts and reorder the fast sellers before they run out.
- 3
Afternoon: wave the day’s picks — scan-guided picking keeps mixed-pallet orders accurate.
- 4
End of day: everything picked is already loaded on the day’s outbound trucks in TMS.