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Wholesale & Distribution

Every invoice checked. Every credit claimed. Every PO processed.

Distributors run on thin margins and mountains of paperwork. A single unnoticed overcharge or forgotten credit can wipe out the profit on an entire order.

Sound familiar?

The work that quietly eats your week.

Manual tasks

  • Keying vendor invoices into accounting
  • Re-typing purchase orders from emails and PDFs
  • Chasing suppliers for promised credits

Expensive mistakes

  • Paying invoices above the agreed price
  • Credits for damaged goods that never arrive
  • Duplicate or mistyped purchase orders

Operational challenges

  • Hundreds of SKUs with changing price lists
  • Paperwork spread across inboxes and portals
  • Too little time to audit every line

Example automations

Watch it happen.

Three examples of what we could build for wholesale & distribution. Names and numbers are fictional.

Example 01 · Overcharge detection

Catch vendor overcharges before you pay.

Each vendor invoice is read line by line and compared to your agreed price list. Anything above contract is flagged before it reaches payment.

  1. 1Invoice PDF received
  2. 2Line items read
  3. 3Prices compared to contract
  4. 4Overcharge highlighted
  5. 5Buyer alerted before payment
harborline-inv-7731.pdf
Pallet wrap 18in × 40$212.00
Corrugated box 24in × 300$1,488.00
Packing tape × 120$264.00
Freight$95.00
Automated check
Found$1,488.00
Contract price$1,317.00
Discrepancy detected
Overcharge of $171.00 held for review

Example 02 · Supplier credits

Never lose a supplier credit again.

Promised credits for returns and damaged goods are matched against supplier statements. Anything missing is surfaced with a ready-to-send reminder.

  1. 1Promised credits collected
  2. 2Supplier statement imported
  3. 3Credits matched
  4. 4Missing credit found
  5. 5Reminder drafted
ReferenceCredits promisedSupplier statement
RMA-311 · damaged$420.00$420.00
RMA-318 · short ship$186.50— none —
RMA-322 · return$96.00$96.00
Needs attention$186.50
Credit reminder ready for Brightway Foods

Example 03 · Purchase orders

Purchase orders that enter themselves.

Customer POs arriving by email are read, validated against stock and entered into your system — with a confirmation sent back automatically.

  1. 1PO email arrives
  2. 2More orders queue up
  3. 3PO details extracted
  4. 4Order created in ERP
  5. 5Customer confirmation sent
Inbox

purchasing@cornerdeli.example

PO #55102 — weekly restock

orders@lakeviewcafe.example

PO #8841

buyer@summitmart.example

Urgent PO for Friday

ERP · e.g. NetSuite
PO #5510214 lines
Ship dateThu, Nov 6
Order total$3,920.40
Order confirmed and emailed to Corner Deli

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