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Bottom Line Benefits
EDS provides a comprehensive integration of all processes present in
the entire supply chain typical for the distribution industry. It consolidates
information from all business partners involved in the procurement and sales
activities. By implementing and using EDS, distribution companies will be able
to streamline operations across all channels and:
- Shorten time of realization of client's orders
- Reduce stock level with unchanged ability for realization of client's orders
- Instantly and effectively react to unexpected changes in the market demand
- Closely monitor and reduce costs through all stages of a distribution chain process
- Conduct very flexible price policy
Increase clients' satisfaction by:
- Improving service quality through a fast and reliable realization of orders
- Tightening cooperation with partners, by enabling direct access to current and historical data
- Reduce losses related to late-paying or not-paying business partners, due to the centralized client credibility alert system
- Automate different labor and time consuming operations, such as warehouse product counts or dispatch
- More effectively manage the company's sales force
- Instantly and easily access any information stored in the databases, avoid data duplication and re-entry
- Generate extensive, customized reports on request
- Perform sophisticate analyses of distribution activities allowing further optimization of the distribution process, better market positioning, as well as more effective forecast and planning
- Support and integrate both domestic and international trade operations
- Carry out secure, real-time communication with remote facilities, through the Internet
- Integrate EDS with other systems already in use, for example the accounting system
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