Distribution management modules covering distributor operations, order processing, inventory control and secondary sales right across a South African network
Retailer orders, approvals, inventory allocation, delivery notes, and secondary sales
Track sellable stock, warehouse inventory, transit stock, and automate replenishment
Multi-site inventory, stock transfers, batch tracking, GRN and dispatch
Batch-level tracking, FEFO/FIFO/LIFO allocation, expiry monitoring, and stock rotation
Value-based, volume-based, and free goods schemes with auto-application
Customer-specific, geography-based pricing with validity dates and auto-application
Product catalogue with Brand, Category, Product, SKU hierarchy and UOM conversions
Configurable geography hierarchy, beat planning, outlet mapping, and user assignment
No-code workflows with conditions, triggers, notifications, and multi-level approvals
24+ default reports, real-time dashboards, sales trends, and CSV export
Outstanding tracking, credit limits, invoice payment allocation, and credit notes
Multi-level returns, damage claims, credit notes and GRN discrepancy handling
B2B ordering platform for distributors with self-service ordering and payments
Order booking app with GPS attendance, market visits, beat execution, and AI assistant
Conversational AI assistant, auto order validation, intelligent FIFO/FEFO, and automation
Admin portal: receiving managers watch Pending Receiving, Completed Today and Received Value, then work down the GRN table by Source, Supplier, Warehouse and Status. Mobile app: depot and warehouse staff raise the GRN, capture batch and expiry, set the receiving warehouse and flag short or damaged lines — still working when coverage drops on a rural route or inside a township trading hub.




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Raise a clean GRN against the source PO or supplier invoice, whether the stock is a primary receipt or a container consignment cleared at Durban or Cape Town.
Features:
Why It Matters:
Every inward receipt is logged and tied back to its source document before a single case reaches the depot record.
Compare received quantity with the PO or invoice and push any shortfall or excess straight back to the supplying party.
Features:
Why It Matters:
Mismatches surface at the receiving bay, so stock records and supplier balances both stay accurate.
Send each GRN to the receiving Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban or Gqeberha depot and update inventory the moment it is confirmed.
Features:
Why It Matters:
Stock sits in the right depot record from the moment it is received, ready for orders and transfers.
Record batch, manufacture date and expiry at GRN for SAHPRA-regulated SKUs so FEFO works from the first receipt.
Features:
Why It Matters:
Clean batch data at intake drives FIFO, FEFO and expiry alerts across pharma, FMCG and food lines.
Follow inward volume, discrepancy rates, supplier reliability and processing time depot by depot across South Africa.
Features:
Why It Matters:
Pick up unreliable suppliers, repeat shortfalls and depot bottlenecks before fill rates suffer.
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