Distribution Process Management Features and Functions
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Process Management
Manufacturing management encompasses a group of applications for planning production, taking orders, and delivering products to the customer.
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Inventory Management
Solutions for inventory management are used for the record-keeping of goods that are warehoused, and managing the movement of these goods to, from, and through warehouses.
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Purchasing Management
Purchasing management encompasses a group of applications that controls purchasing of raw materials needed to build products and that manages inventory stocks. It also involves creating purchase orders/contracts, supplier tracking, goods receipt and payment, and regulatory compliance analysis and reporting.
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Quality Management
Quality management refers to the set of actions taken by an organization to ensure that it creates and delivers high-quality products. In order to do so, organizations must comply to national and international rules and regulations related to product quality, but they often also create and use internal requirements for quality control. Specific procedures need to be set up in order to ensure that the end products comply to internal or external quality standards. All these activities need to be well documented in order to provide the information needed when customers are not satisfied with the quality of the products received. Government agencies may also require this information for control and verification.
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Sales Management
Sales Management encompasses a group of applications that automates the data entry process of customer orders and keeps track of the status of orders. It involves order entry, order tracing and status reporting, pricing, invoicing, etc. It also provides a basic functionality for lead tracking, customer information, quote processing, pricing & rebates, etc.
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ERP - Distribution Features and Functions
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