Sales-to-Delivery for Forest Products
by SSNW
Enhanced sales-to-delivery process for Forest Products Enterprises using D365 Finance and Operations
With over 20 years of Forest Products experience working with clients, such as, Boise Cascade, South Coast Lumber, and States Industries, we have designed D365 Finance and Operations to increase the speed and accuracy of the sales-to-delivery process enhancing visibility on mill margin, delivered pricing, inventory and more.
Our sales offering equips Lumber and Plywood sales teams with the capability to view mill margin during the sale cycle and order inventory quantities using alternate units of measure. With an optimized product attribute search menu, enterprises empower entry-level team members with tools that help them quickly filter the full item catalog.
Delivered pricing
During the sales call, a salesperson can view delivered pricing alongside a mill price and margin, eliminating the need for manual calculation. Estimated freight for the order is captured and allocated to the individual lines for consistent profit estimation.
Additional UOM and price UOM on the sales order
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Enter and view sales quantities in multiple units of measure while pricing in a completely different unit of measure, such as, MBF for lumber or MSF for plywood.
Sales item selection based on attribute filters
Eliminate the need for item master memorization, cheat sheets, and complicated item description searches. This enables a salesperson to quickly filter and find item SKU’s based on attributes that match a customer’s request.
Inventory Alternate UOM’s
This enables users to see inventory displayed in any number of UOM’s, aligning sales, manufacturing, and inventory control on standard volumes, such as, MBF, MSF, M3/8ths.
Sales and Inventory overview
Enable users to see the net item balance per location, while taking into consideration inventory on-hand, sales demand, and transfers in and out. For each item, all open sales order lines can be displayed to help prioritize order fulfillment.
Load tendering enhancements
This enables the transportation coordinator to plan and dispatch loads from a single screen. By incorporating this streamlined approach enterprises can avoid complicated and costly transportation management setup.
Freight invoice journal
Automatically create accounts payable freight transactions that can be easily matched to carrier invoices and be used as the basis for a month-end freight accrual.
