Purchasing and Supplier Management
Improved visibility, insight, accuracy and intelligent workflows
All inventory is accessible and accurate, and can be ‘flexed’ to ensure maximum sales potential and stock turn while safeguarding your business from overselling.
- Do you have a complete and accurate picture of all stock movements?
- Do you struggle with disjointed data in siloed systems that frustrates accurate forecasting?
- Are you able to fully realise the potential of your stock holding, with 100% stock visibility online?
- Is your legacy business system holding you back?
What do you need for effective supplier management?
SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT
Record ROI, track profitability and observe supplier performance.
Would you like to know more?PURCHASE ORDERING
Purchase Ordering is an essential part of any business, and keeping track of what you've ordered is essential for success.
Would you like to know more?Operational Efficiencies
SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT
As part of a comprehensive digital operations platform, IXO Commerce gives you the tools to set up and manage suppliers, comparing and contrasting their performance as it tracks purchase orders, lead times, and return rates.
Easily Scalable
Suppliers
Centralise your data and enter every supplier into IXO Commerce. Once there, they'll be used for reporting and Purchase Ordering and you can set up multiple suppliers per product. Hold all purchasing information, supplier contacts and delivery costs in a single system.
Unified CRM and Order Management
Empower your staff by providing them with all of the information they need to answer any query. With Purchase Ordering, CRM and Order Management all handled in the truly Unified IXO Commerce, your team will always have access to everything that they need, from detailed product prices to lead times.
Add Notes
Centralise your CRM by keeping a complete log of your communication with your customers and Suppliers. Notes can be added to Customer and Order records by user, allowing quick and simple note taking, highlighting potential issues and recording dialogue between your staff and the 3rd party.
Supplier Returns
Take control of stock shrinkage with a straightforward means of managing supplier returns. Mark products as damaged at Goods In, electronically request returns, store evidence of damage and view the status of all requests. Once approved, your invoices will be updated accordingly.
Cost and Profit Tracking
Don't just order from your Suppliers; track their effectiveness. Check sell through rates, profitability and return rates, all on a supplier by supplier basis. If you're experiencing too many returns, the data you need is at your fingertips; interrogate it, and you can highlight issues immediately.
Supplier Integrations
If you work with third party suppliers, why not have an automated stock feed. Those stock levels can then be used to power messaging designed to improve the customer experience. Look to automatically pull down Purchase Order updates; the only limit is what they can do for you.
Purchase Orders
Create and manage your Purchase Orders from IXO Commerce. Add suppliers, view cost prices and lead times, build up your orders and send them electronically. Add supplier discounts, record up to the minute lead times, store delivery notes and gain complete control over your inventory.
Purchase Order Invoicing
Once a Purchase Order has been created in IXO Commerce, either as part of a Back to Back ordering process, or for restocking, an invoice is automatically created based on quantity ordered and cost price. With Integrated Accounting, these Purchase Order invoices can be automatically posted.
Back to Back Ordering
Automatically create Purchase Orders for Made to Order items as the Sales Orders are placed. Multiple Sales Orders can be combined to meet minimum delivery thresholds and Purchase Orders can be held for manual review or sent automatically for fulfilment.
Inventory Demand Planning
With all of your sales and stock data in a single place, it's easy to get a holistic view of demand. IXO Commerce takes this data to intelligently predict required order levels, taking into account peak periods, recent sales and current stock levels.
Dropshipping
Dropship eCommerce and in store orders via a third party supplier. Create product listings, update availability and lead times; IXO Commerce will simplify your life by automatically placing orders with your suppliers, creating Purchase Orders and Invoices.
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING
The life blood of any successful business is being ‘on top’ of inventory. IXO Commerce lets you know what’s needed, what you have, where it is, what’s in transit, when it’s due in and when it becomes available – all across every channel and location, all day, every day, in real time.
Agile Online and Instore
Inventory Demand Planning
With all of your sales and stock data in a single place, it's easy to get a holistic view of demand. IXO Commerce takes this data to intelligently predict required order levels, taking into account peak periods, recent sales and current stock levels.
Reorder Level
Set Reorder Levels on all of your products to ensure that you never run out. Combined with Low Stock reporting, you can keep complete control of your inventory. Then, when building Purchase Orders, IXO Commerce will automatically order to the correct level.
Sales Reports
Track your stock from Purchase Order to Despatch with full analytics. Sell through rates, reported by store, warehouse and channel all provide detailed, up to the minute, product analytics. Nothing is missed and nothing is lost, letting you spot Best and Worst Sellers, Overstocked SKUs and more.
Stock Reports
IXO Commerce's prebuilt suite of Stock Reports comes with everything that you need to retain oversight of your business. Whether you're running a busy warehouse, keeping an eye on inventory turn, or tracking shrinkage, we've got exactly what you need.
Stock History
Track the full stock history of any item, over any period, with this easy to understand report. Every transaction is noted, the date and user recorded, as well as stock entering or leaving the system. Keep tabs on stock movements and enjoy easy access to data that can help to explain anomalies.
Stock Holding
When you use IXO Commerce for stock control, reporting can give you full and accurate Inventory Valuation in real time. Automated reports can also be set up to send this data monthly, weekly or daily to key individuals in your business; tailor this for your requirements.
Identify Overstocked SKUs
Simply by combining current stock figures with a sell through rate for a given period, it's easy to see which products are overstocked; even better, you can view this at company level, or by individual stores. See exactly where your money is tied up, and act on that data.
Find Your Best and Worst Sellers
Any business system will highlight Best Sellers, but what about the Worst Sellers? Not only will IXO Commerce do that, but it will allow you to compare Best and Worst Sellers between stores, so you can ask why a product is moving quickly in one location, but not at all in another.
Supplier Integrations
If you work with third party suppliers, why not have an automated stock feed. Those stock levels can then be used to power messaging designed to improve the customer experience. Look to automatically pull down Purchase Order updates; the only limit is what they can do for you.
PURCHASE ORDERING
IXO Commerce collates every order into one easy to manage list, streamlining your purchase ordering. There’s no need to hunt down missing telephone orders, ring around multiple stores, or wait for your eCommerce integration; every order is ready and visible as soon as it is placed.
Award Winning
Purchase Orders
Create and manage your Purchase Orders from IXO Commerce. Add suppliers, view cost prices and lead times, build up your orders and send them electronically. Add supplier discounts, record up to the minute lead times, store delivery notes and gain complete control over your inventory.
Back to Back Ordering
Automatically create Purchase Orders for Made to Order items as the Sales Orders are placed. Multiple Sales Orders can be combined to meet minimum delivery thresholds and Purchase Orders can be held for manual review or sent automatically for fulfilment.
Dropshipping
Dropship eCommerce and in store orders via a third party supplier. Create product listings, update availability and lead times; IXO Commerce will simplify your life by automatically placing orders with your suppliers, creating Purchase Orders and Invoices.
Inventory Ordering
When ordering for stock, either use Low Stock Thresholds for 'Order To' levels, use Inventory Demand Planning or simply create ad hoc Purchase Orders as required. Stock visibility is signposted to eCommerce and EPOS customers, along with a dynamic preorder feature.
Inventory Demand Planning
With all of your sales and stock data in a single place, it's easy to get a holistic view of demand. IXO Commerce takes this data to intelligently predict required order levels, taking into account peak periods, recent sales and current stock levels.
Barcoded Inventory Management
IXO Commerce takes your barcodes and uses them to drive precise controls across the platform. Goods In, Picking and Packing, Returns, Stock Taking and more are enhanced by the use of barcodes to automatically count products in and out of the warehouse.
Supplier Returns
Take control of stock shrinkage with a straightforward means of managing supplier returns. Mark products as damaged at Goods In, electronically request returns, store evidence of damage and view the status of all requests. Once approved, your invoices will be updated accordingly.
Purchase Order Invoicing
Once a Purchase Order has been created in IXO Commerce, either as part of a Back to Back ordering process, or for restocking, an invoice is automatically created based on quantity ordered and cost price. With Integrated Accounting, these Purchase Order invoices can be automatically posted.
Unified CRM and Order Management
Empower your staff by providing them with all of the information they need to answer any query. With Purchase Ordering, CRM and Order Management all handled in the truly Unified IXO Commerce, your team will always have access to everything that they need, from detailed product prices to lead times.
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