Being a successful wholesaler in a competitive environment is about much more than booking the most sales. It requires accurate costing and timely supply chain mangement, it depends on getting the latest and most useful information to your sales force, and it relies on being able to analyse which brands, territories, product groups etc. are working and which are not. Apparel 21 provides you with the tools you need to drive a successful colour/size wholesale business and to get the most out of your existing resources.

Supply Chain Integration

• Link sales and production orders for better visibility of date issues and preallocation of stock
• Automatically generate production orders based on sales quantities
• Just-in-time ordering for stock service businesses based on forecast sales
• Detailed costing functions including import charges and other overheads for more accurate initial margin estimates

Sales Process Automation

• Fully integrated EDI functionality with flexible document definition for importing orders directly from customers
• Web-browser based ordering function for agents, reps or customers to enter orders directly including real time stock information
• E-mail based ordering function for agents or reps to enter orders with the need for a live internet connection
• Automated report scheduling function for sending reports (eg. free stock reports) to agents or reps without user intervention
• Real time PDA based stock enquiry and CRM modules for agents or reps using PDA phones

Sales Analysis

• Fully customisable category structure (eg. season, brand, product type, territory, customer type etc.) available across all reports
• Flexible Sales Analysis report writer - choose fields and layout options
• Choose what level of detail to report eg.SKU, style, season
• Graphical and text based reports
• Real time integration (with drill down) to the financials module
• Automatic sales commission calculations and reporting
• Margin reporting, delivery performance reporting, sales person performance reporting, stock sell through reporting, comparative customer sales reporting an much more