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Easy Access to Information : The Price List, the Latest Stock position and the Production Plans are all handy to the Dealers wherever he is, whenever he needs !!!.
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Online Order Placement : The Dealer can book his complete order Online with great convenience and efficiency. This eliminates lot of paper work which otherwise goes into it.
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Faster Order Execution : The Online delivery of Order placed results into reduction of Order Processing cycle time.
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Easy Announcements : The facility of one-to-many declaration of Schemes, Special Discounts and Small to Large Announcements saves a lot of cost incurred otherwise on Physical communication and promotional activities.
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Easy communication : The facility of one-to-one communication between Manufacturer and Dealers reduces telephone bills and makes the communication clear and unambiguous resulting into better co-ordination.
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Order Status Update : Provides easy access of Order Status till Dispatch Details to even remote dealers for proper customer commitment, thus improving Corporate image.
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Reduced Overheads : On the Corporate side, the overhead of dealer queries and undue communication are removed, resulting into more productive utilization of your resources otherwise wasted.
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Net cost valuation : Care has been taken to deal with the difference in Net cost of the products based on different Tax / VAT and Octroi structure applicable to the dealers located at different locations. This results in the calculation of the order value to the exact amount of goods. Still, provision has also been made to incorporate variations, if any, before generation of the final invoice.
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Online Banking Transactions : Wise corporate management realizes the benefits from the availability of online banking channel, which reduces the physical financial transactions between Manufacturer and Dealers. The resources thus saved could be applied to the core business strength.
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Online Commission Payment : The commission payable to the Dealers can be paid Online through the portal. The transaction automatically gets recorded into the system with due remarks for Reconciliation at any later date.
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Easier Reconciliation of A/c.s : Apart from the Bank statements, the order as well as commission transactions between the Manufacturer and the dealer for any specific period is readily available online for confirmation at either end. This facility provides great level of comfort to both parties in reconciliation of A/c.s which many times proves to be a major tiring and time consuming exercise.
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Improved Production Planning : A unique feature allows the Dealers to declare their projected requirements product wise with target date of order. The consolidated product wise projected requirement report makes the production planning quite efficient and also ensures timely availability of goods to dealers. This eliminates loss of market share due to unavailability of your products off the shelf in the marketplace.
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Stock Monitoring : The stocks to be maintained at the Distributor / Dealer end can be monitered online once the resp. Dealer / Distributor starts punching daily sales summary online. The product wise cut-off levels of stock can be compared with defined ones and then based on them, the Stock transfer can be initiated at the Manufacturer end itself without waiting for the Dealer / Distributor to place an order.
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Dealer Performance Monitoring : A comprehensive Dealer wise, Product wise monthly performance report for specified period in tabular as well as graphical form is an important MIS available for constant monitoring of Dealer performance.
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Product Performance Monitoring : The Dealer wise, Product Wise reports also reflect the regional response and the product performance. The marketing decisions based on these figures considerably improves market penetration.
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Self Assessment by Dealers : The self performance report available to the Dealers help them know their periodic cumulative performance which may otherwise not be compiled by him. This enables the Dealer to improve upon his weak areas and also keeps him alert of his non-performance, if it exists.
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Restricted Access : The access is restricted through passwords maintained in encrypted form. The Dealer information is defined online by the Manufacturer alongwith distribution of Login and Passwords. Even within authorised log-ins, the heirarchy of login status restricts the access of information automatically based on the status of login.
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Safe Financial Transactions : The transactions of the portal with the Bank are designed for utmost secrecy of information and the online payment is completely controlled and handled by the Bank's site which is already secured to the 128-bit international firewall standards providing full security of Financial Transactions.
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Direct Order / Payment Update facility : For the Dealers unable to link online with the Portal, the existing order placement procedure can be simultaneously maintained. The Direct Order / Payment Update facility provides the Corporate a way to still include their transaction details online to maintain uniformity and to get a complete overview.
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Transaction Irregularity Marking : In case of a Return Cheques or other irregularity observed in financial transactions with the Dealer, in online / offline mode, a caution note has been incorporated for reference of the Supplier while executing further orders from that Dealer.
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Seamless Mail confirmations : Every important steps in the order processing is backed by an Automatic Mail confirmation system in addition to the Online screen confirmation given to the User. This generates a greater level of faith and reliability among users who might be frightened to perform e-commerce transactions. This also imparts a good control mechanism.
Due care has been taken to cover the maximum practical operational needs and difficulties, it is still probable that the functioning of the Dealer / Channel Network Management practices adopted by your business house may have little variation. And hence it has been designed with sufficient flexibility to mould to the specific and peculiar needs of your dealer network operations.
