NetSuite For Wholesale Distribution
What NetSuite Does for Distributors
- When a customer order comes in, NetSuite checks actual inventory across all your warehouses, accounts for committed stock, and factors in-transit POs. Sales reps see real available-to-promise quantities. No more "let me check and call you back."
Orders flow to the warehouse for wave picking with barcode scanning. EDI transactions process automatically. Shipments trigger invoices and update inventory instantly. Freight costs hit your books immediately, not three days later. Finance sees accurate COGS in real time because everything lives in one database.
Operational Problems NetSuite Solves
Core Features for Distributors
Real-time visibility with ATP calculation for on-hand, committed, and in-transit stock. ABC classification, reorder points, lot/serial tracking.
Wave/zone picking with barcode scanning, cartonization, cross-docking, automated packing slips and BOLs.
Unified processing across EDI, phone, web, and reps with enforced pricing, credit limits, backorders, and drop-ships.
Automates 850 POs, 810 invoices, 856 ASNs—orders in overnight, release at 6am, ship by noon.
3-way PO matching, landed cost allocation, vendor scorecarding, blanket POs.
Management
Perpetual inventory accounting with real-time COGS, GMROI analysis, multi-subsidiary consolidation.
360° customer view with self-service portals that reduce support calls 50%.
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Real-time inventory and customer-specific pricing with Ariba/Coupa punch-out support.
Optimal reorder points using sales history and seasonality. Improves turnover from 4x to 6x.
Distribution-Focused NetSuite Expertise
30-minute response
Support that sticks
No wasted hours
How NetSuite Improves Daily Operations
- Single source of truth
Sales, warehouse, and finance work from identical inventory numbers. No checking three systems to answer "do we have stock?"Accurate ship date promises
ATP calculation happens at order entry. Reps see real availability across all locations instantly.Faster fulfillment
Wave picking batches 50 orders into one run. Barcode scanning eliminates paper tickets. Cycle time drops from 4 hours to 90 minutes.Zero EDI penalties
ASNs transmit automatically when warehouse confirms shipment. Big-box retailer chargebacks disappear.Margins stay intact
Customer price lists enforce at order entry. Reps can't discount below thresholds without manager approval.Smarter purchasing
Demand planning uses actual data, not gut feel. Frees up $200K-$500K tied up in excess inventory.Instant lot traceability
Supplier recall? Run a 30-second report showing which customers received the affected batch.Self-service reduces support load
Customers check order status and download invoices themselves. Inbound calls drop 40-60%.
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Common Questions
Dedicated consultant who specializes in distribution operations. We handle troubleshooting, SuiteScript automation, saved searches, and quarterly optimization. Unlike ACS, hours roll forward without quarterly resets
Proactive monitoring, user administration, saved search optimization, workflow maintenance, SuiteScript updates, EDI adjustments, and release impact analysis.
30 minutes guaranteed acknowledgement for S1 tickets, 7 days a week.
Reorder points, safety stock, allocation rules, pricing exceptions. Most tune these 60-90 days post-launch. Examples reflect typical tuning; client systems may vary.
We review EDI logs, ATP accuracy, allocation performance, and integration errors. Quarterly health checks catch issues before they impact fulfillment. Monitoring provided is for operational health and performance, not a compliance or audit guarantee.
Advanced Inventory, WMS, EDI integrations, Advanced Pricing, Demand Planning. We tune wave picking rules, ATP calculations, bin strategies, and item fulfillment workflows. Optimization is post-go-live configuration and process tuning, not NetSuite core code modifications.
Yes. We build SuiteScript automation for PO generation, customer price updates, transfer order workflows, lot traceability reports, and EDI monitoring based on your current processes. Scope of automation is custom scripts and workflow configurations, not changes to NetSuite base modules.
We specialize in troubleshooting the data-mapping layer between EDI middleware and NetSuite, ensuring documents like the 850, 856, and 810 successfully create or update NetSuite transaction records.
Yes. We configure new locations, set up transfer orders, build location-specific reorder points, and extend ATP logic for additional fulfillment sites.
Role-based training on Item Fulfillment, Wave Management, Bin Transfers, Cycle Counts, and the custom workflows already configured in your system.
