ERP for distribution companies

Multiple warehouses, thousands of SKUs, complex pricing policies and tight margins: the ERP that turns stock, sales and logistics data into a competitive advantage.
GS1
EDI
ISO 9001
ISO 22000
FIFO / FEFO
WMS

About Aritmos in distribution

Aritmos is a Sage Platinum Partner based in Lleida, with more than 40 years implementing ERP in companies that buy, store and sell in volume. Its experience is particularly concentrated in agri-food distribution —where expiry date management, batch traceability, EDI integration with retail chains and logistics cost control are everyday requirements— but it equally covers distributors of industrial goods, supplies and consumer products.

+40

years working with distribution companies

Sage X3

ERP designed for distribution at scale

EDI

native integration with retail chains

From supplier to customer, with controlled margin on every transaction

Purchasing and procurement

Supplier management with evaluation, purchasing terms (volume discounts, rebates, carriage) and framework agreements. Automatic replenishment proposals based on minimum stock, reorder point and demand forecasts. Purchase orders with tracking of partial deliveries. Control of incoming invoices and price verification. Import and customs declaration management for distributors with international suppliers.

Goods receipt and warehouse

Goods receipt with verification of quantities, quality and documentation. Multi-warehouse management with locations (aisle, rack, shelf). Stock control by batch, serial number and expiry date. FIFO or FEFO rotation configurable by item. Periodic and perpetual inventories with handheld terminals. Cross-docking management for transit products that do not pass through the warehouse.

Pricing policies and commercial terms

Flexible pricing engine: price lists by customer, customer group, channel and zone. Discounts by volume, product family and customer-item combination. Periodic rebates with automatic calculation. Promotions with validity dates. Special contract prices. All integrated into the sales flow: the sales rep sees the correct price on every order with no manual intervention.

Sales and order management

Customer orders from multiple channels: sales team (ERP), B2B portal, ecommerce, EDI, email. Automatic checking of customer credit, stock availability and commercial terms. Partial delivery notes when items are out of stock. Sales agent commissions. Sales analysis by agent, zone and product family.

Picking, shipping and transport

Location-based picking with handheld terminals and barcode scanning. Shipment verification (right item, right quantity, right batch). Palletising and GS1/SSCC labelling. Document generation: delivery notes, packing lists, loading orders. Integration with carriers. Logistics cost control per shipment.

Invoicing and treasury

Bulk invoicing by selecting delivery notes. Invoices grouped by customer, period or project. Collections and due date management. Credit risk control by customer. Bank remittances. Cash flow forecasting. Integrated general and cost accounting. Real margin analysis per transaction: selling price minus purchase cost minus logistics cost.

Connect your entire distribution chain

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B2B eCommerce

Online ordering portal for trade customers. Real-time stock, personalised price lists, order history.
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EDI

Electronic interchange of orders, delivery notes and invoices with retail chains and key accounts.
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Handheld terminals

Picking, goods receipt, inventories and shipment verification with barcode scanning.
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Power BI

Margin analysis by SKU, customer, zone and sales agent. Stock rotation. ABC sales analysis.
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CRM

Sales pipeline, visits, opportunities and quotations. Integrated with the ERP order flow.
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Transport management

Logistics cost control by shipment, zone and carrier. Integration with hauliers.

Sage X3 Agro: the solution for the agri-food industry

If your company belongs to the agri-food sector, discover Sage X3 Agro, the specialized version of Sage X3 with specific functionalities for the management of crops, livestock, cooperatives, oil mills and wineries.

What distributors ask us

Yes. Sage X3 supports multi-warehouse management with locations at aisle, rack and shelf level. Each item can hold stock in multiple locations and warehouses. The system manages movements between warehouses, transfers, quarantines and inventory control with handheld terminals. For food distributors, it adds control by batch, expiry date and FIFO/FEFO rotation.

Sage X3 has a very flexible pricing engine. It lets you define base price lists, price lists by customer group, price lists by individual customer, volume discounts, periodic rebates, time-limited promotions and special contract prices. Everything is applied automatically to the order: the sales rep sees the correct price with no manual intervention. For distributors with hundreds of SKUs and different terms for each customer, this is critical.

Yes. Sage X3 supports EDI for the automatic exchange of orders, confirmations, delivery notes and invoices with retail chains and key accounts. This is essential for distributors working with chains such as Mercadona, Lidl, Carrefour or Eroski, where the order flow is electronic and the documentation requirements (GS1 labelling, packing list, code list) are strict.

Yes. Sage X3 calculates the real margin by combining three components: selling price (according to the price list applied to the customer), purchase cost (at weighted average, standard or last price) and logistics cost (transport, storage, handling). With Power BI, margin can be analysed by SKU, customer, zone, sales agent and period. This makes it possible to identify which customers and products are genuinely profitable.

Yes. Sage X3 integrates with B2B eCommerce portals where trade customers see their personalised price lists, real-time available stock and their order history, and can place orders that go straight into the ERP without manual re-entry. This reduces the sales team’s administrative workload and improves the customer experience.

Aritmos has 40 years of experience implementing ERP in companies that buy, store and distribute, with a particular focus on agri-food distribution (where expiry dates, batch traceability and EDI integration with retail chains are mandatory). In addition, it positions Sage X3 as the solution, not Sage 200: for distributors handling multiple warehouses, thousands of SKUs and complex pricing policies, X3 offers the scalability that Sage 200 lacks.

It depends on the number of warehouses, users, SKUs, order volume and the complexity of commercial terms. Aritmos offers a free preliminary analysis. Get in touch for a demo with data from your type of distribution business.

Food, industrial or consumer goods distributor?

Tell us how you currently manage your multi-warehouse stock, customer price lists and EDI integration, and we will show you how Sage X3 handles it.