JPlatform DMS | Distribution Management System for Small & Medium Business

Real household spending in India is getting back on track after two years of lowered spending amid lockdowns and public health measures necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Led by urban consumer demand, the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector in the country is seeing an upward growth trend.  Rural demand for FMCG is also showing signs of a major recovery. FMCG companies are going head-to-head to capture consumer wallet share, and the competition will only intensify in the short-to-medium term. Product quality is given in the sector, and most products deliver near-identical benefits.  So, FMCG brands can no longer hope to cut through the clutter and wow customers solely on the basis of product performance. Increasingly, these businesses are seeing speedier and cost-effective transportation and delivery of products as value propositions to attract customers. This has huge implications for distributors since it’s essentially their responsibility to take the brands faster t...

The definition of a dealer usually states businesses (such as wholesalers, super stockists, sub-stockists, and distributors) that purchase goods from a manufacturer and resell them to retailers. Modern retail consumers expect to be able to access anything they want with just a few clicks. Dealers can lose a lot of money even with the smallest flaw or inadequacy in the quality of customer support. Customers who are dissatisfied with product supply shortages, quality issues, and restricted product features and capabilities may simply stop buying the brand without giving it a second thought. Dealers require a dealer distribution management system that can deliver an ongoing flow of important information from the manufacturer, retailer, sales rep, and across various divisions to stop losing customers and remain in business. Most dealers rely significantly on outdated distributor management systems, which are increasingly ineffective at gathering real-time insights from all points of their...

The distributor sits snugly between the manufacturer and retailer—or so it looks to the casual spectator. But in fact, the distributor, as an intermediary, often has a tough time tracking the flow of goods from the manufacturing facility to the retail store via warehouses. The process of recording orders from retailers and fulfilling them is still managed using manual or partially manual setups at many distributor businesses. Order details held in spreadsheets and other dated software are unlikely to help distributors have real-time updates on what’s happening in the field and which salesperson is doing what. Outdated distributor management software takes time to reflect new orders, order modifications, cancellations, and other sales events, leaving significant gaps between demand and supply. For years, distribution businesses have dealt with data on, say, a certain product in silos. The concept of master data ("SKU") that rolls out at once to all the distributor’s units is r...

Here’s How. Being a small and medium enterprise (SME), it is very crucial to know the current stock in hand & the geo-location of the goods at various levels to be able to serve the right quantity at the right time to minimize the risk of a stock-out & wrong products being out at various wholesale and retail levels. Lack of clarity may also lead to a lack of supply to the rising demand which in the end might lead the exasperated customers to choose the competitor products from any supermarket or retail outlet! Lack of stock and sales visibility may also result in overstocking of goods which may cost businesses to pay more for increased storage and refrigeration. Wrong or Expired supply might also lead to some serious issues where people might instantly take the situation to social media & badmouth the brand, eroding the hard-earned reputation. Hence, no clear visibility of inventory or stock at various ends may create serious issues.    A good distribution manageme...