Industrial distributors require planning and operational solutions to manage complex supplier networks, inventories and evolving commerce models:
- Pressure to reduce shipping costs while meeting customer demands for delivery timeframes and visibility plus complex global regulations
- Lack of real-time information flow with supply chain partners
- Balancing inventory carrying costs and costs of outages
- Production and inventory planning associated with mixed direct serve and distribution demand
- Evolving customer-service business models including ecommerce
- Managing risk across extensive supplier networks
QAD, a trusted partner to distribution enterprises for decades, helps in the management of their global planning and delivery of diverse product offerings:
- AI-driven forecasting to plan and optimize inventory and distribution delivery
- Align plans and measure revenue, supply chain costs and profits against budgets
- Real-time communication with suppliers, streamlined procurement and reduced inbound supply risks
- Single global shipping platform ensures trade compliance, local support, (carriers/languages/currencies) while reducing/eliminating duty through Free Trade Zone or an FTA
- Production and desktop shipping with the automated production of shipping documentation
- Reduced costs for optimal mode and service level through standardized enterprise-wide shipping rules
