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Tile Distribution Software
Meet business supply challenges head on.
We Know Your Niche
Tile wholesalers may face the toughest challenges within the business supply industry. You're not only tracking detailed information like color lots and shades, product, import, and labor costs, but also managing it across several customer segments:
- Vendors and retailers
- Homeowners
- Builders and contractors
- Architects
- Tile specifiers
Streamlining the process of managing the endless flow of supplies and information is vital to your business.
The Tile Distribution Landscape
Is the tile distribution world changing? You bet. This report outlines the shifting that is impacting your world, five key opportunities, and what you’ll need to future-proof your business.
Benefits
Industry-Specific Functionality
Tile distribution is unlike any other industry. That’s why Prophet 21 fits—it’s developed with the functionality to track and manage samples and remnants, popularity trends, accessory items, and slabs of stone moving through the warehouse. One of its many features is vessel and container tracking to provide insights about the location of your tile order and when you can expect to receive it. Another unique capability offered is dye lot tracking—so you can match the correct dye with the right tile orders. Prophet 21 is built by a technology provider that understands your needs and how to achieve your goals.
Increased Profits
Balance what your customers need and maximize your return on investment at the same time. Epicor’s distribution software enables smart inventory management and automated business processes so you can reduce operating costs and realize a greater impact on the bottom line.
Strengthen Partnerships
Delivering a world-class customer experience strengthens relationships and increases customer loyalty.
Our best-of-breed solution makes it easy to manage relationships with vendors, homeowners, contractors, architects and specifiers. Keep customers and partners informed and engaged. And maximize every opportunity to grow each relationship.
Master Long-Term, Complex Projects with Epicor Project Hub
Managing long-term, complex projects can be challenging, but Epicor Project Hub streamlines processes with a real-time, cloud-based solution. It integrates with Prophet 21 to manage commercial projects like hospitals, schools, and stadiums. Serving as a central hub, this tool keeps stakeholders informed and helps distributors handle everything from bidding and BOM to invoicing and reconciliation.
Challenges Solved for PVF Distributors
It’s crucial to streamline and continually optimize your order management process.
- Minimize errors
- Reduce process redundancies
- Provide continual, real-time data
- Trim labor and inventory holding costs
Epicor ERP for PVF distributors provides a well-organized order management process that results in better speed, agility, and enhanced cohesion throughout your supply chain.
Epicor arms you with the right tools to swiftly manage your front-counter operations.
Epicor ERP for PVF distributors delivers efficiency and organization to your busy days by providing access to your entire inventory in seconds. From there, you can review pricing details, complete orders, process payments, and accurately record transactions.
You rely on your loyal, repeat customers, so show them your appreciation using Epicor ERP for PVF distributors. Don’t wait until a long-term customer is ready to leave before you offer special pricing and incentives.
You can easily customize pricing to reward your best customers. This includes preferred pricing, quantity discounts, and other promotional offers.
Strong inventory management is crucial for the success of your business as it ensures:
- Enhanced forecasting and planning to minimize overages and limit stockouts and backorders
- Optimized supply chain operations centered on receiving, storing, and fulfilling orders
- Minimizing obsolete inventory by continually monitoring product lifecycles and identifying slow-moving items
PVC distribution customers use Epicor to track and analyze purchase patterns and other customer behaviors. This approach ensures you stock the right amount of the right items and continually optimize for process efficiency and reduced costs.