Distribution & Inventory

Connect Demand, Purchasing, and Fulfillment

Distribution depends on information arriving at the right time. Sales needs a reliable view of availability. Purchasing needs meaningful demand. Operations needs records that reflect what was received, moved, delivered, or returned.

InnovanSIS helps distribution teams examine one product flow and the exceptions around it.

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One product flow

Demand

Availability and allocation

Purchasing

Approved order and receipt

Inventory

Transfers and adjustments

Fulfillment

Delivery, return, or closure

Workflows

Workflows Worth Reviewing

Order to Delivery

Connect customer demand, availability, allocation, delivery status, and follow-up.

Procure to Receive

Define how a purchase request becomes an approved order, a receipt, and a reconciled record.

Inventory Movement

Clarify who records transfers, adjustments, reservations, and exceptions.

Return to Resolution

Give returns a defined path through inspection, decision, replacement, credit, or closure.

From Odoo’s channel

Stock on the move, in a demo and a customer story

Odoo’s demo for beverage distributors, plus a vending-machine seller describing life before its inventory was in one place.

Odoo demo · 3:39

A distributor’s day: crates, bottles and orders

Pallets scanned in at the door, stock counted from full crates down to single bottles, and B2B orders created from an emailed request.

Video from Odoo's official YouTube channel. It shows Odoo software and was produced by Odoo, not by InnovanSIS. InnovanSIS is an independent Odoo implementer and is not affiliated with Odoo S.A.

Source: Odoo on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=vmw1vO-jNkA

Customer story · 3:53

A vending-machine seller gets its inventory under control

Orders and inventory used to live on sheets and paper, with write-offs whenever something went wrong. The owner explains what changed once it all ran in one system.

Customer story from Odoo's official YouTube channel. The results shown are those of this Odoo customer, not InnovanSIS results. InnovanSIS is an independent Odoo implementer and is not affiliated with Odoo S.A.

Source: Odoo on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=MOvQVZmKAjQ

Odoo made these videos to show what its platform can do, and some of what they show belongs to paid editions or extra apps. Before we quote anything, we tell you which features are in the edition you would use.

Next step

Begin with a Product Flow

We map the current process, identify competing sources of information, and define a first improvement. The scope can include process design, system configuration, integration, data preparation, user acceptance, and operating guidance.

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