Today’s distribution companies are sourcing and selling globally, while having to maintain localized availability and customer service levels. Faced with expanding inventories, geographies, and value-added services, they must seek new ways of adding value to their customers and, at the same time, maintain profitability. Problem is, they have to do more with less across an increasingly complex operating environment.
In a discrete manufacturing environment, maintaining a lean, yet flexible supply chain is not enough. There’s opportunity for enterprise-wide process improvement. You must be able to survive aggressive cost cuts and supply chain complexity, yet thrive by meeting consumer demand for customization and variety.
Deep rooted distribution, light manufacturing, and warehouse operational expertise is housed within a talented group of software engineers and application consultants at Aktion Associates. This team is the outside technical department for over 200 supply chain customers- a mix of wholesale distribution and discrete manufacturing. These customers typically have national or regional distribution operations meeting their logistical business requirements with a multi-warehouse delivery schemes or they operate single site discrete manufacturing facilities with unique operation, manufacturing and system requirements.
Meeting our customer’s IT challenges requires a deep understanding of complex ERP systems, current CRM integration capabilities, leading edge eCommerce and Website Marketing capabilities. Our go-to partner for delivering application solutions to wholesale distributors is Infor, a global provider of business software solutions.
Key industries include:
- Medical Supplies
- Medical Equipment
- Janitorial and Sanitation Supplies
- Candy and Tobacco
- Fine Paper
- HVAC Supplies
- Plumbing Supplies
- Industrial Supplies
- Electrical Supplies
- Food and Beverage
- Aftermarket Automotive Parts
Learn more about lean distribution and how you can do more with less. Download Infor's white paper Lean Distribution: A Dramatically Different Approach To Doing Business.
