iNECTA Food: Food Distributor

Food Software to Help You Grow Your Business

The iNECTA Food solution is the perfect ERP system for Food distributors that primarily buy and resell food and produce to various customers, yet are comprised of several separate companies. Distributors benefit in the same way that traders benefit from the iNECTA Food system with the added functionality of handling repacking. Food distributors, like traders need to be able to track and trace the product from its origin to the point of purchase. Distributors rely on precise traceability to ensure that a product can be directly pinpointed in the event of a recall. Additionally, distributors must have premium transportation management, as transportation costs can vary from order to order. Food distributors must have the ability to create seamless delivery routes, and the iNECTA Food solution makes it simple and easy. Repacking and reselling accounts for a large portion of distributors' operations, iNECTA Food is designed to help distributors do what they do best, and with the utmost efficiency.

Connect All Your Departments: From Procurement to Sales

Extended Lot Management

Easily track and trace your supply chain forwards and backward in real-time.

Actual VS Estimate
Increase Lot Visibility and Usability
Lot Attributes
Minimum Expiration Date for Customer
Mass Item and/or Lot Attribute Substitution
Calculate storage costs using revaluation Journals
ELM Reports

Case Management

Case Management adds an additional unit of measurement layer to the system so the user can manage inventory in two units of measure at the same time. The Case Management feature also allows Food Distributors to buy in one unit of measurement and sell in another for the same item.

Pack Sizes and Cases
Variable Weight
Case Ledger Entries

WMS

Have your inventory in perfect order throughout the lifespan of the product.

Works on RF/RFID/smart scan guns
Traceability through the warehouse
Cross-Docking
License plating
Bin management
Integration with TMS
Shipping and receiving station
Scale integration (Receiving/Shipping)
Catchweight / Variable weight
Add-on 3PL Add-on UPS, USPS, FedEx integration

TMS

The Transportation Management functionality provides a multitude of screens and reports that provide the shipment managers planned routes and shipments on any given day, within the week of the order. The managers have the ability to pre-define routes within a city/state across multiple drop locations and assign customer orders to those planned routes. The system also allows the linking of shipping agent information to the transportation orders through which the invoice can be raised for transportation expenses.

Buyer Board

The Buyer Board gives food distributors one screen to do all of their purchasing and quote-making duties. Buyers can use this screen to look at what they have on hand for each item, while also seeing what is on the sales order and what is on the purchase order for the next 7 days. It also gives an account beyond the initial 7 days that can be conveniently filtered by day, week, month, quarter and year. Buyers can get a look at their inventory levels and make a purchase document for all items required for purchase with a simple click of a button.

Available Items

Food distributors need to be able to create orders quickly and efficiently. Available Items allows the user to shop for a list of lots that can be filtered on, e.g. location, expiration date, and more. The user can go down the list of lots and add the quantity/quantities required by the customer and add multiple sales lines to the sales order immediately, and in real-time.

Order Guide

With iNECTA's Order Guide feature, food distributors can automate and enhance the sales order process by creating a catalog of items most frequently purchased by the costumer or designated items sold to that customer. The order guide also allows the sales associate to upsell the customer by allowing the order guide to suggest items based on past sales of that same customer.

Finance

Managing your finances is a snap with the aid of iNECTA with a solution that is designed to service the produce industry. Keep your finances in impeccable order with Business Central powered accounting capabilities. Our industry-specific finance module offers multiple functions that elevate your business including cost accounting, fixed assets, bank account connection, and cashflow and much more.

Reporting

Elevate your business's reporting capabilities with the iNECTA Food solution. With iNECTA, your business's reporting is carefully handled through precise and accurate software that is unparalleled. In addition, iNECTA Food offers a base package for reporting specifically for Food Distributors with the ability to connect to Power BI for business intelligence reporting. Stay above the curve by acquiring peak reporting capabilities with iNECTA Food.

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All of our iNECTA Food verticals are powered by Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. This means that you have Microsoft's premier ERP solution powering your industry-specific operations 24/7.

BC is a cutting-edge solution with a myriad of operating features via one convenient database. Business Central allows you to seamlessly access data in real time, so you know exactly where your business stands at any given time. Business Central can also evolve to fit your needs, whether that means you require less or more functionality, BC is in your corner every step of the way.