Industries
Distribution
Distribution lives on two numbers: what is actually on the shelf and what the line really earns. We make both continuously true across warehouses, vans and channels.
- Sector focus
- Stock accuracy, route discipline and margin visible at SKU and customer level.
- Services most used here
- Odoo ERP · Oracle NetSuite · Integrations
What we find
The four problems we are usually called in about
Recognisable? Each one has a root cause in process or data design rather than in software capability.
Stock is right on paper, wrong on the shelf
Adjustments are posted to close the gap instead of finding it, and every stock-take resets an argument rather than settling it.
Channels drift apart
Wholesale, retail and online each hold their own price and availability, so oversell and manual correction become routine.
True margin is unknown
Freight, discount, damage and credit cost sit outside the line, so the fastest-moving SKU may be the least profitable.
Van sales are reconstructed after the fact
Loading, delivery, returns and cash collection are reconciled at the depot the next day, if at all.
Services
Most relevant to distribution
Odoo ERP
Modular, open-source ERP for growing companies that want to start small and stay flexible.
ODOOOracle NetSuite
Cloud ERP for multi-entity groups that have outgrown local accounting software.
NETSUITEIntegrations
Contracted, monitored interfaces between ERP, CRM, e-commerce, banking and the floor.
INTEGRATIONMaster Data Governance
One customer, one item, one vendor — with rules and stewards that keep it that way.
MDMPower BI
A governed semantic model first, then dashboards executives actually open.
POWER_BIHardware & Software
Specified, licensed and installed to match the architecture — one accountable supply line.
SUPPLYCase study
One inventory engine behind three sales channels
Wholesale, retail and e-commerce moved onto one Odoo inventory and pricing engine, with integration contracts, batch and expiry control, and margin reported at SKU and customer level.
We had eleven versions of our item master across three companies. Techlyst rebuilt it as one governed standard and then made sure it stayed that way. Stock accuracy went from an argument to a number.
FAQ
Distribution, specifically
Yes — catalogue, price, stock, order and fulfilment sync with Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento or a marketplace, including the reservation logic that prevents overselling during a refresh window.
Below roughly 15,000 lines a day, a well-configured ERP warehouse module with scanning usually wins on total cost. Above that, or with complex wave picking, a dedicated WMS earns its integration.
FEFO allocation, shelf-life rules at receipt and dispatch, and an ageing dashboard with automated action thresholds so near-expiry stock is a decision rather than a write-off.
Other sectors
Also delivered in
Manufacturing
Costed BOMs, real shop-floor capture and margin you can defend line by line.
MANUFACTURINGTextile
Lot, shade and width tracked end to end — from bale to shipped container.
TEXTILERetail
POS, stock and online joined into one inventory and one customer view.
RETAILHealthcare
Clinical, supply and finance systems connected — with access control that holds.
HEALTHCARENext step
Talk to the lead who covers distribution
Forty-five minutes, no deck. Bring one process that frustrates you and we will tell you how we would approach it.