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Improve Supply Chain Profitability with Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016

by Martyn Kemp
ERP Sales Specialist, Advantage Business Systems,

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016

Running a profitable distribution business is simple, right? Well, not quite. If it were, all distribution companies would be as successful and profitable as Amazon. The concept of analysing the profitability and efficiency of a distribution cycle, from customer order through to delivery, should be simple. However, there are a plethora of elements that can eat into the perceived margin made on each sale.

Incremental bites can be taken out of the profit ‘cake' during the sourcing of goods from suppliers, shipping of those goods to warehousing facilities, and storing and processing goods movements within the warehouse. Then there are the incremental costs of providing the customer with the goods, such as initial marketing to gain sales in the first place, sales overhead costs, buildings and administration overheads, possible returns, etc.

A range of technical solutions can be used to generate, monitor, measure, and analyse the mass of data and detail of each of the associated costs highlighted above, including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, best-of-breed systems (finance system, linked to a warehouse and inventory management application, linked to a sales/contract application, etc) or bespoke in house systems.

Independent analysis of global supply chain business and commentary indicate that the key pressures of a distribution business mainly relate to:

  • Global supply chains generate longer lead times and therefore greater variability of supply
  • Supply chain efficiencies and data accuracy needs to be increased
  • Knowledge of shipment data, both inbound and outbound, is more critical
  • The pressure to lower supply chain costs that erode precious margin
  • The ability to efficiently manage inventory at ...

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About Martyn Kemp

Martyn Kemp is a Microsoft ERP Sales Specialist with over 13 years' sales experience of Microsoft Dynamics NAV and a prior 7 years sales experience of the ERP SME UK market. Martyn has been responsible for driving new sales of NAV combined with managing some of the existing strategic NAV clients at Advantage Business Systems for the last 6 years.

For more information on NAV 2016, call Advantage on 0203 004 4600 or email martyn.kemp@advantage.co.uk. 

About Advantage Business Systems Ltd

Advantage Business Systems are a leading Microsoft Gold ERP partner with over 17 years' experience providing ERP, CRM and BI solutions and IT support services to businesses throughout the UK. We specialise in the consultancy, implementation and support of Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics CRM and third party Business Intelligence systems.

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