Wholesalers and Merchants

The wholesaler's role is to receive, warehouse, prepare and sell the produce sent by the packhouse. This may be undertaken on a commission basis or a merchant basis (involving outright sale of the product to the agent).

Wholesaler Program Functionality Overview

Business Structure

• A flexible company and infrastructure model (multiple offices/DC's/pack houses etc) for own business and all third parties (eg. packers, unloaders, transport companies, buyers) 
• Editable Payment Terms, Credit Terms, Credit Hold etc. per Company
• Flexible stock tracking structures for all sites through user-configurable storage facilities 

Product characteristics: 

• Produce Type (eg. Tomato, mango) 
• Variety 
• Size or Count 
• Colour
• Brand 
• Class (eg. First, Second) 
• Pack Type (eg. 14kg Carton, 7kg Tray, hat bin) 

Traceability levels in stock control: 

• carton/tray (unique carton number) 
• pallet (unique pallet number) 
• none (ie. Stock Sheet level only) 

(note: If tracking containers on any level, this is usually done with the aid of handheld wireless scanners) 

Real time stock control through direct entry of: 

• Receivables (Stock Sheets), managing a designated batch of product
  • In Transit
  • Received
  • Part Sold
  • Fully Sold
  • Fully Priced
  • Released
  • Advised
  • Paid
• Sales, with following sales types
  • Cash
  • Account
  • Credit
  • Allowance
  • Provisional (Buyer Order)
  • Unpriced Sale
  • Consignment 

Flexible charging and costing:

• Any number of customisable Levies, Transport Charges, Packing Charges, Commissions, Unloading Fees, Storage Fees
• Transport information supports Trans-Shipping
• All charges may be configured as costs (to agent), charges (by agent to client) or both (cost passed on to client)
• Supports Pooling (averaging) of prices and charges by Consignment, by Pack Date, or by Sell Date.
• Pallet Hire Tracking, paperwork generation with local tally or dehire options
• Flexible Periodic Billing with optional Billing Agency (eg. BMCA)
• Woolworth’s and Fresh Direct Invoice formats, with TI/HI, TU and Item Numbers
• Built in ledger or use external ledger (eg. Accounting Software)
• Sales Tracking by department, supplier, buyer and category

Full paperwork and analysis reporting:

• Purchase Memos, Stock Reconciliation, Grower Remittances, Dissections, Discrepancies, Exception reporting, Shortages
• Buyer invoicing (incl. Woolworths, Coles)
• Profit by Salesman/Division, Account aged balances
• Benchmarking, market/buyer performance analysis

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