Industries · Distribution
You hold stock in several places and serve customers from whichever one makes sense. The decision about which one is usually made by whoever picks up the phone, and its cost shows up in freight three weeks later.
The operation
A distributor holds stock in several places and serves customers from whichever one makes sense. The decision about which one is usually made by whoever picks up the phone, and its cost shows up in freight three weeks later.
The operating reality is allocation by habit rather than by landed cost, the same pallet promised to two customers, and slow-moving stock in one region while another is short. AlpineERP considers availability, transfer cost and lead time together when an order is placed, with the reasoning visible on the line. Landed cost (freight, duty and handling) distributes across received lines so channel margin is real, and reservations are genuine so overselling stops being possible.
What matters here
Availability, transfer cost and lead time considered together when an order is placed, with the reasoning visible on the line.
Freight, duty and handling distributed across received lines, so item margin and balance-sheet valuation agree.
Stock committed to an order leaves the available pool immediately. Overselling stops being possible rather than being discouraged.
Profitability by channel, region and customer computed from the same ledger the accounts close on.
What usually goes wrong
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Questions
The allocation weighs landed delivery cost, availability and completeness together, choosing the warehouse that can ship the whole order cheapest, or Alpine recommends one for review.
Yes, over the REST API and webhooks. Rate lookups, label generation and shipment status can be wired to your carriers with retries and error handling built in.
Purchase, company and reporting currency are held separately with revaluation and realised gains posted properly, so international sourcing reconciles with the ledger.
