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In today’s competitive markets, merchants and wholesalers need systems to do more than just keep the books balanced. Solarsoft’s approach focuses on the special needs of merchants and wholesalers to deliver:
- Better management information
- More effective sales order processes
- Smarter buying
- Efficient stock/warehouse operations
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Solarsoft’s investment in research and development delivers products that are:
Modern - built for the future using today’s technology standards
Open - connect easily with Excel or other systems to share data
Reliable - validate data to ensure database integrity at every step
Easy to use - have a Windows user interface that is quick and easily learned
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Management Information
Linked to our Management Information Option, xVP gives business owners and managers an instant feel for:
- Margin by product, supplier, sales representative or customer
- Supplier and customer behaviour and performance
- Patterns of sales by product, region or between products
- Stock turn, ageing and outages, cost of carry
- The impact of changes in volume, prices and margins
The Management Information Option summarises operational data on a dashboard that gives an immediate insight into key performance indicators for the business. What’s more, with a few clicks of the mouse, the system allows you to “drill down” to get a detailed line-by-line breakdown of the transactions behind the summary or to export data to Excel for further analysis.
Sales Orders
In creating xVP, our goal was not simply to provide efficient order entry but to make each customer contact into a sales opportunity. xVP supports the multiple sales channels essential to a modern, full-service merchant business. There’s a web sales option for online account management and sales and trade counter support optimized for rapid order entry. The system provides a complete set of quotation, pricing and delivery options and full recall of order history:
- Rapid entry for prompt service on the phone or at the counter
- Integrated PO generation for back-to-back orders
- Kitting and calculators
- Full search and histories available with flexible search
- Targeted promotions – up sell, cross-sell and vouchers
Pricing flexibility is built in – but can be controlled product by product to ensure that staff keep to required margins.
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Purchase Orders
Small and larger businesses can maintain full control over their purchases using the requisition and purchase order process controls in xVP. Purchasing is completely integrated with ledgers, sales order processing and stock control, offering:
- Efficient order quantity alerts for breaks and promotions
- Comprehensive history and drill down
- Best price/performance – reliability, defects, discounts
- True cost comparisons – freight, stockholding, scrap
Optional clearing system and EDI integration is available for full automation of payments and orders
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Industry References
Hundreds of specialist merchant and wholesale companies use our software:
- Builders’ supplies
- Electrical & plumbing
- Bathroom & kitchen
- Timber & insulation
- Decorators’ supplies
- Windows and doors
- Fastenings
- Electronic parts
- Industrial supplies
- Power tools
- Motor trades
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From basic heavyside builder’s products to complex, high value electrical parts, xVP promotes efficient operations, timely delivery and precise stock management. Multiple warehouses and optional bin-level stock control are available with full support for a complete range of movements and operations:
- Streamlined GRN operations – orders, returns, goods-in and PO matching
- Forward order stock allocation, contracted delivery schedules and drop shipment and collections
- Accurate stock using smart wireless devices and perpetual inventory
Large product catalogues are easily maintained and managed using the powerful key word search that does not require users to memorise product codes to find items quickly and accurately.
Technology
Powered by our xVP platform, our Merchant & Wholesale software comprises a rich, core application with a range of upgrade options that may be added over time. Your system can grow and expand with your business.
All Solarsoft applications are backed by our professional services teams. We will take care of installation, configuration and data upload. And once your system is up and running we will provide training and ongoing service and support.