Wholesale and Distribution

Whether you’re a large or small wholesale or distribution business, Acorn BMS has innovative solutions to manage everything from your stock control and Material Resource Planning (MRP) to invoicing, quotations and price books.

Sage 200cloud

Sage 200cloud Professional is a popular choice for wholesale and distribution businesses. Ideal for larger companies with up to 200 employees, it is the natural upgrade from Sage 50 and is designed to bring your finances and business management processes into one place.

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Sage CRM

Sage CRM is a flexible business management solution designed with the needs of small and medium sized wholesale companies in mind. It improves customer relationships by providing your customer service teams with features to resolve issues more efficiently.

It can also help you target the right customer at the right time with integrated marketing tools, and accelerate sales performances by offering your sales team real-time information about leads and sales activities.

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Sage 50.

Sage 50 Accounts enables you to manage your accounting, invoicing, quotations, budget control, stock control and much more all in one place, giving you a complete view of your business and helping you run your wholesale or distribution operations more efficiently.

Features and Benefits

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Financials

Maximise your budget control by seeing your financial position at any point in time. Features include period accounting, invoicing and Sage 50 Payroll integration.

Commercials

Manage your supply chain, including stock management, stock control, purchase order processing, sales order processing and serial and batch traceability (Professional only). Enabling you to keep control of your distribution and expand your operations.

Bill of Materials

Monitor, control and cost your processes, with multiple Bill of Materials (BOMs) that come with different options for sub-assembly builds, stock or multiple units of measure.

Business Intelligence

Gives you the power to identify trends and pinpoint any areas of inefficiency, helping you to make more informed decisions based on accurate and timely information.

Integrations 

At Acorn BMS, we go one step further by integrating our Sage solutions with technology from selected Independent Software Vendors (ISV). This means you get a product tailored to the needs of your company, designed with wholesale and distribution processes at its core.

Sicon

Our ISV partner Sicon has been developing solutions to integrate with Sage products for over 20 years. Sicon Barcoding and Warehousing is used to issue and return stock, write-off damaged stock, move stock, perform stock takes and print barcode labels; while Sicon Distribution includes modules for warehouse replenishment, material planning, stock matrices, and sales and purchase order processing.

Eureka Solutions

Eureka Solutions provides a range of add-ons that integrate with Sage products to streamline your business processes and deliver significant time and cost savings.

From Sales Order Plus (which helps you process sales orders quickly) and Purchase Order Plus (which speeds up purchase orders), to Courier Link – which connects Sage 200 directly with couriers, generates tracking numbers and shipping labels and arranges courier collections – the add-ons dramatically expand the functionalities of Sage software to meet the demands of the wholesale and distribution sector.

Inspired Software

At Acorn BMS, we have developed our own Inspired Software to work alongside the core Sage products. This includes a range of specialised products for the construction industry.

Mobile Sales
Data Capture

Mobiles Sales Data Capture is used to obtain sales data at its point of entry and to integrate customers, price lists and products with Sage software. The data is uploaded to the main office directly, thus delivering electronic data interchange integration and eliminating manual data entry.

Warehouse Management

Our Warehouse Management Solution (WMS) streamlines the goods in/goods out process in your warehouse, featuring a database that stores your stock items with their stock codes, quantities and locations. It also enables you to record goods received, move stock and run a stocktake.

Document Management

Our Document Management software uses OCR Technology to instantly scan and index your documents. Key benefits include barcode scanning, quick document retrieval, company-wide collaboration and EDI integration.

WebPos
Solution

WebPos software lets you create purchase requisitions from outside the office that are posted directly through to a purchase order in Sage. This eliminates the need for manual entry data entry or feeding information back to the office by phone or email.

MMS NI Ltd

Case Study

MMS NI Ltd

MMS NI Ltd is a global sourcing company, specialising in sourcing and importing components from China. When they experienced a period of rapid business growth their current systems struggled to cope, leading to delays and inaccuracies in stock control.

Acorn BMS implemented Sage 200 paired with our unique Warehouse Management software, enhancing their processes for warehousing, stock management and distribution. It streamlined the goods received and goods out procedure, ultimately increasing the efficiency of stock handling, enhancing functionality and increasing productivity.

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