Commerce Management SystemManage margins, stock and purchasing across channels
We connect your commerce data so margins, stock, forecasts and purchasing can inform everyday decisions.
How do we manage margins, inventory, purchasing and marketplaces across channels?
The Commerce Management System connects shop, marketplace, inventory and financial data in a shared view of margins, stock and purchasing. It works as an operational layer above existing systems and does not replace your ERP or shop.
What changes afterwards
A shared set of figures spans all channels.
Profitability includes costs as well as revenue.
Forecasts inform purchasing decisions.
The system supports action as well as dashboards.
Does this sound familiar?
Amazon, our shop and the inventory system show three different versions of the figures.
Every analysis starts with the question of which figure is correct.
We can see revenue, but not contribution margin.
Fees, returns and advertising costs only become visible at month-end.
Purchasing is planned in Excel.
Order quantities depend on individual people and their spreadsheets.
From available data to a decision
Five stages each show the situation before and after, making the change at every stage clear.
Connect data
Calculate profitability
Plan demand
Make decisions
Write back
optionalResults and your contribution
Typical results
Not included
Your contribution
We need access to the relevant systems and specialists in purchasing, operations and finance.
The first conversation clarifies the current situation and the best starting point. The complete scope is defined later.
When a management system fits
A good fit when
Less suitable when
From an ongoing project
The starting point
Sales ran across several channels, while inventory and transaction data were scattered across the shop, marketplaces and inventory system. Purchasing was planned separately in spreadsheets.
Our contribution
We connected the data sources, established shared margin calculations and used them to derive demand planning and order suggestions.
Impact
Purchasing and operations work from the same figures. Order quantities are derived from forecasts and stock coverage.
Order quantities came from separate spreadsheets using month-end figures.
Order suggestions use forecasts and stock coverage in daily operations.