Infor Distribution Essentials

Solving the essential challenges of the distribution industry.

Today’s distribution companies are sourcing and selling globally, while having to maintain localised availability and customer service levels. Faced with expanding inventories, geographies, and value-added services, they must seek new ways of adding value to their customers and, at the same time, maintain profitability. Problem is, they have to do more with less across an increasingly complex operating environment.

Infor Distribution Essentials includes business-specific solutions with industry experience built in to solve the most pressing challenges of distribution companies—from searching for better ways to strengthen value-added services, extend their inventory, and grow their business to sustaining profitability in this expanded environment.

Infor Distribution Essentials is driving the flow of more than $100 billion of goods and services through the North American supply chain.

Infor Distribution Essentials help companies like yours:

Manage increasingly complex products and product offerings
Increase the productivity of your inventory
Reduce operating costs
Enhance customer satisfaction
Improve agility and supply chain performance
Enable greater flexibility to address changing market conditions

More than 5,700 pure distributors—from small and medium-sized firms to some of the largest distribution companies in the world—rely on Infor’s distribution solutions to grow their businesses. Backed by domain experts who understand the requirements of distributors, Infor Distribution Essentials includes the following core components:

Infor Building Materials (BMAT) Essentials—automatic conversion of units of measure, full bid system, added buyer’s assistant, tracking and multicurrency capabilities improve inventory management and productivity.

Infor Electrical Essentials—high-volume purchase optimisation, complex inventory management, inventory sourcing, tracking, full vendor managed inventory, and warehouse management automate solution delivery to customers.

Infor Industrial Essentials—customer contract management, automatic order creation, vendor catalog integration, and inventory sourcing help establish end-to-end control of operations.

Infor Janitorial Essentials—operational and financial applications help distributors and their customers accurately budget and optimize inventory decisions.

Infor Fine Paper Essentials—special order management, integrated web storefront, flexible product pricing, and integrated customer relationship management improve accuracy and accelerate the sales process.

Infor Plumbing, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (PHVAC) Essentials—integrated vendor catalog, trading partner collaboration, and service warranty and claim management tools enhance communication with vendors and customers while improving service.