SAP Distribution- SAP Business One Distribution, SAP Wholesale

The Intelligent Enterprise in the Experience Economy

for the Wholesales Distribution Industry

Expand beyond traditional industry boundaries and become a proactive, insight-driven distributor with wholesale distribution solutions from SAP.

SAP enables wholesale distributors to drive new revenue sources, reduce costs, and differentiate your business by simplifying digital transformation and supporting new business models and customer-specific services.

Find wholesale distribution software tailored to your needs

Run flexible, tightly integrated processes to achieve operational excellence – from demand planning and CRM to inventory and supply chain management.

Paving the Way for Business Model Innovations

In 2025, much of a wholesale distributor’s revenue will stem from customer-specific solutions that transform the business and differentiate it from its peers in the marketplace.These solutions include value-added services, infinite inventory with secure logistics, project -based collaboration, and automation to refocus employees on higher-value tasks. New services and business models will provide additional sources of revenue for distributors and will also contribute to customer loyalty and “stickiness.” Distributors can secure their place in the supply chain and position themselves for the future.

Four Priorities for Success

We have identified four strategic priorities necessary for wholesale distribution companies to transform their business.

THE VALUE-ADDED SERVICES DISTRIBUTOR
THE “ANYTHING, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME” DISTRIBUTOR
THE SOLUTION-ORIENTED DISTRIBUTOR
EMPOWERMENT OF THE MODERN EMPLOYEE

THE VALUE-ADDED SERVICES DISTRIBUTOR

In 2025, distributors will offer even more value-added services–including light manufacturing and kitting, financing, risk audits, ad hoc virtual training, automated tracking of sensors for maintenance, provisioning of third-party logistics services, and predicting and selling data on future demand patterns based on material consumption. All these services will provide their business partners with a more attractive customer and brand experience.

THE “ANYTHING, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME” DISTRIBUTOR

To move toward this business model, distributors will identify efficiency issues and cut slack out of existing processes. They will push standardization and simplification, thus becoming more responsive along the supply chain from procurement to delivery. Then, they will extend the business model by leveraging smart tools for automated handling of material-related data, inventory optimization, and logistics capacity management. This will increase responsiveness in end-to-end processes, focusing manual work on high-value tasks and exception handling. With these efficiencies in place, they will transform their business by using intelligent technologies backed by robotic process automation and machine learning for customer price optimization, predictive inventory stocking, or chatbot-supported order management. This will drive custom-tailored, real-time responsiveness.

THE SOLUTION-ORIENTED DISTRIBUTOR

Wholesale distributors will engage proactively with business partners to evolve from a reactive business model to an influencer of business relationships. They will collaborate closely around customers’ projects and product life cycles to secure critical materials, resources, and services contributing to their long-term success–whether it is provisioning of electrical equipment for the renovation of a stadium, the turnkey handover of a complete surgery wing of a hospital, or guaranteeing the supply for the whole lifecycle of the next generation of graphics cards.

EMPOWERMENT OF THE MODERN EMPLOYEE

Wholesale distribution companies can optimize their current processes and improve employee experiences by providing their teams with easy access to real – time insights. Armed with knowledge, they will identify and realize automation opportunities to eliminate repetitive tasks and reallocate employees to higher-value tasks.

Then, companies can be transformed by empowering employees with intelligent technologies that support their daily work.

SAP Distribution Solution

Find wholesale distribution software tailored to your needs

MTC Group —— Industry Depth, Global Breadth