MDS Enterprise

MDS Enterprise is a fully integrated, real-time distribution system, offering end-to-end supply chain management for the wholesale and retail distribution industry. The application gives you the ability to manage your operation, from product procurement to delivery, with all of the functionality in-between.

Robust functionality

Managing your entire operation has never been simpler. Control your purchasing, inventory, order processing, pricing, promotions, and sales – all within a single application. MDS Enterprise will allow you to:

• Increase sales, gross margins, and profitability
• Reduce inventory and investment
• Improve fill rates and customer service
• Increase labor productivity and shipment accuracy
• Reduce transportation costs

Real-time visibility

Know where your inventory is at all times with functionality that gives you a current look at your customers’ orders. Real-time data provides you with accurate information to make appropriate and customer-focused decisions. Precise inventory counts give you a better option for forecasting and purchasing – all with the goal of keeping your inventory at the appropriate levels.

Flexibility to meet customers’ demands

MDS Enterprise helps you adjust to the various demands of your broad base of customers. This flexibility allows you to offer new products and services, as well as efficiently manage different cycle counts, shelf lives, reports, shipping schedules, and packaging.

Scalability is crucial in choosing a system that will work for you long-term. An open-ended architecture allows interoperability with many other solutions. MDS Enterprise grows with your company – adapting its capabilities to the additional capacity of your operations.

MDS Enterprise Base Modules

Purchasing

• Replenishment forecasting
  • Daily and weekly forecasting
  • Seasonal influences
• Automatic PO generation (automated procurement)
• Integrated with costing

Warehouse Management

• User-defined configuration
• Directed putaway, RF integrated, event-driven replenishment
• Product rotation based on FIFO, ‘best before date’ or lot number
• Real time accurate inventory visibility
• Historical inventory adjustment tracking
• Physical inventory and cycle counts scheduling

Order Processing/Invoicing

• Order entry (phone-in, handheld, PC, internet)
• Pre-booked orders
• Auto error checking
• Clean invoice processing
• Credit processing
• RF picking

Cost/Pricing/Promotions

• Effective dating
• User-defined cost components
• Bracket costing
• Unlimited number of user-defined price plans
• Price change notifications
• Contract pricing
• All promotion types
• Separates the buying side from the selling side

Routing & Transportation

• Fixed or dynamic route interface
• Permanent and temporary load schedules
• Unscheduled stops
• Configurable load balancing by weight and capacity
• On-time delivery performance

Sales & Marketing

• Customers/retailers can be grouped for purposes of pricing and reporting
• Customers can be defined by a business type
• Customized invoices by customer
• Charges / rebates
• Retail price management
• Order guide processing
• Salesperson tracking for commissions

Other Available Add-on Modules

Advanced Warehouse
Let the application find the optimal putaway location for your inventory. Advanced Warehouse considers velocity, storage requirements, and usage requirements in placing your products in the best location every time.

RF & Voice
Track your inventory on RF mobile and voice devices. Perform many of the on-screen and paper-based activities on an integrated mobile and voice devices. Activities include Receiving, Put-away, Picking, as well as many others.

Labor Standards
Increase efficiency and maximize worker performance through enhanced labor tracking. Labor Standards gives you an accurate overview of multiple employee activities – ensuring you have the information you need to optimize your operations.

Accounts Receivable
Billing and collecting will be at your fingertips. Integrated with the Invoicing module, Accounts Receivable allows you to bill your customer and collect their balances.

Computer-Generated Ordering
Keep ample stock of the retail stores’ high value and most popular items. Computer-Generated Ordering forecasts and creates accurate order quantities needed for each store – proven to optimize inventory and increase sales revenue.

eCommerce
eCommerce gives your customers and salespeople the ability to place and edit orders, view promotions, and track sales via a web portal – providing real-time, automatic updates for both you and your customers.

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