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SmartStart for Household Products

SmartStart for Household Products, one of a unique set of mySAP All-in-One Wholesale & Distribution solutions, delivers a fully integrated, front and back office mySAP system, straight out- of-the box. Based on Chelford Group ’s extensive industry experience, it incorporates preconfigured functionality which meets the specific needs of household products distributors and ensures a rapid time to benefit.

A fully Integrated Front and Back Office Wholesale & Distribution Solution

Right across the Wholesale & Distribution sector companies have a unique set of business imperatives to manage –large stocks of inventory, a large and diverse customer base, tight delivery targets, aggressive pricing and discounting, for example. But, even within the industry, there are significant differences. For companies working with household products, capabilities such as sales and marketing, storage and product and margin control can be particularly important.

So, when it comes to choosing a business solution it follows that a one-size-fits-all system just won’t do, even if it is for the Wholesale & Distribution industry. Such systems simply will not deliver the specific functionality and, more importantly, the detailed insight into their business that household products distributors need.

Designed for you Business

Smartstart for Household Products, on the other hand, has been specifically designed to meet your needs. Based on their extensive knowledge of the sector, and how it works, Chelford Group have taken the relevant functionality and best practices from SAP ’s unrivalled business solutions and configured them to address your precise requirements.

A Broad Range of Core Modules

Like other solutions in the range, Smartstart for Household Products is built on a broad range of core modules from SAP ’s market leading business suite. These include Enterprise Management, Financial and Management Accounting, Customer Relationship Management, Sales Cycle Management, Supply Chain Management and Stock & Warehouse Control. Together these modules form the backbone of a company-wide, integrated system that will start achieving a return on your initial investment quickly.
This backbone can then be supplemented by a range of fixed scope value packs, for Human Resources, Payroll, Manufacturing or Electronic Sales, for example, to ensure the final implementation is personalised to your individual environment..

Supplemented by Specific Capabilities

But Smartstart for Household Products goes one step further, because it is specifically configured to provide the capabilities distributors of household products require.

Sample and literature distribution

Catalogues, promotions, point of sale materials, and samples – all these have to be managed for maximum business benefit. Smartstart for Household Products includes sophisticated capabilities to support, record, manage, measure and follow up customer requests for promotional items.

Sales & Marketing

Enhance your sales and marketing opportunities. Smartstart for Household Products includes the capability to manage direct mailing campaigns. Smartstart supports prospects and customers in a common database, has the ability to generate and manipulate address lists with user defined selection criteria and can create mailing lists for printing, e-mailing or calling.

Storage and product handling

The storage and management of products is key. Smartstart for Household Products ensures that all products can all be accommodated by providing the ability to assign different handling and storage criteria to products. This, in turn, leads to separate picking and packing lists, full warehouse location control, for multiple areas, and ensures the right documentation is generated for each type of product.

Cost/Margin Control

Managing new and replacement products is critical to a Wholesale and Distribution environment. With Smartstart for Household Products, you can manage product replacements, utilise forecasting and planning tools, monitor supplier performance, and use promotional pricing and up-selling to control costs and maximise margins.

Financial/Management Reporting

Reporting on and analysing data and information is critical. Smartstart for Household Products provides comprehensive tools for profitability and sales reporting, standard trade reporting for VAT, Intrastat and EC Sales List, operational reports for financial statements and cash flow. Tools for user defined queries, on-line analysis and export to Excel provide a flexible and easy to use reporting capability.

IMPLEMENTATION STRAIGHT OUT-OF-THE-BOX

Chelford ’s attention to detail has not only been put into the functionality of Smartstart for Household Products. It has also been used to develop automated implementation procedures and a standard Train &Go implementation methodology. Consequently Smartstart for Household Products can be implemented out-of-the-box. As a result deployment times are reduced substantially, as are the associated risks, ensuring you gain the fastest possible time to benefit.

FOR COMPANIES LIKE YOURS

If your company:

• is primarily a distributor with little or no manufacturing
• is generally dealing with large numbers of suppliers and customers
• has a variety of customers,ranging from large retailers and sheds to small specialist shops to end consumers
• has suppliers who are typically manufacturers and vary from large to small
  sells mainly branded goods
• often deals with very large inventories and needs to manage large stock levels
• deals with short delivery times and customer service is vital
• needs accurate margin visibility because pricing and discounting is critical
• has a sales and marketing focus, often running a series of campaigns to promote products
• needs flexible profitability reporting and sales analyses to highlight profitable lines and customers easily
• has products which follow consumer trends and fashions, resulting in a high number of product and range introductions

then Smartstart for Household Products has been designed specifically for you.

Call Chelford Group on 01256 685400 to find out more.