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Janitorial Supply Distribution
A comprehensive solution that maps to your unique business processes.
Strengthen Your Competitive Advantage
As a Jan/San distributor, your business needs to compete profitably against big box online retailers while differentiating itself in the market. Epicor ERP combines Jan/San distribution expertise with an end-to-end, web-enabled infrastructure and modern technology stack. It’s how you can improve margins. Power critical business processes. Harness data through Artificial Intelligence (AI) to quickly identify and respond to changing trends. And keep your business healthy and thriving in a highly competitive marketplace.
Benefits
Keep Customers Satisfied
You know your customers better than anyone. Epicor ERP provides the tools and technology to protect them from competitive threats while remaining profitable. With embedded CRM functionality you can easily manage prospect, customer, and contact information—from opportunity to quote to order.
- Stay ahead of buying trends, sales, and inventory needs to improve customer interactions
- Leverage customer information to better understand their business needs
- Grow your business by identifying additional profit centers
Transform with Technology
Epicor Prophet 21 Software is designed to help your distribution business scale, change, and grow without major system modifications. Choose from cloud and on-premise deployment. Epicor makes it easy to start with the on-premise version and migrate to the cloud as your business grows.
Trust an Expert Partner
You need a technology provider that understands Jan/San distribution. You also want a business partner with a vision to help guide you into the future—Epicor offers both. When you partner with Epicor, you can expect leading technology solutions and professional services, as well as the industry-specific functionality you need to drive your business forward.
Challenges Solved for Jan/San Distribution
Using customer information from Prophet 21’s CRM functionality, you can use the Advanced Demand Forecasting feature to take the guesswork out of ordering the right amount of inventory that customers want. Prophet 21 uses an intuitive system of industry-proven weighted averages, standard reports, graphical views, and user-defined formulas to identify the unique demand pattern of every item you stock. It also detects seasonal or trending items so you can anticipate customer needs.
Gain vital insight into your company’s current and future financial well-being with detailed solutions made with you, for you. Receive up-to-the-minute financial statements, track outstanding customer invoices, and integrate your inventory receipts and purchase orders to streamline your AP processes.
Epicor Commerce is a robust e-Commerce platform that integrates with Prophet 21 to help you gain market share cost-effectively while offering the self-service buyers demand. It empowers you to give buyers what they want, increasing their loyalty along with your profitability. An interactive site enables your customers to:
- Chat online with one of your employees
- Download materials and watch demonstration videos
- Research and compare products specific to their individual needs
- Quickly order desired products 24x7
- “Click and deliver”: place online orders for delivery or pickup
Enter and process service quotes and orders at all phases of a service transaction using the Service and Maintenance Module for Epicor Prophet 21. Order and replenish parts directly from your existing inventory, set up labor and technicians to manage work performed, track full sales and service history for all serial numbers, and minimize data entry through automated processes.
Reduce supply chain risks and dependencies to transform your shipping area into a profit center. Epicor Quick Ship is a one-stop, multi-carrier shipping software that lets you manage rates and ship via multiple carriers, reduce freight spending, fines and return shipments.