Receivables are the business
Most of a wholesaler's working capital is sitting in customer balances. If the ledger is not exact, neither is the cash-flow picture.
Wholesale & distribution
Wholesale and Distribution Management Software
Wholesale is a credit business with a stock problem attached. Large orders, thin margins, and a receivables ledger that decides whether the month was any good.
What makes wholesale & distribution different
Margins are thin enough that cost errors matter
At single-digit margins, freight and duty left out of product cost turn a profitable line into a loss-making one on paper and in reality.
Orders are large and repetitive
Entering a forty-line order by hand, every week, for the same customer, is where both time and accuracy go.
How EncoderPOS handles it
Customer ledgers, credit limits and installments
Every trade customer carries a running balance, a credit limit checked at the point of order, and an installment record for staged payments.
Explore EncoderPOS sales & quotationsLanded cost recorded against the receipt
Freight, duty and handling are apportioned across received lines, so each unit carries the cost of getting it into the warehouse.
Explore EncoderPOS purchasesBarcode-driven order entry
Scanning drives bulk order entry the same way it drives a retail till, which is what keeps a forty-line order from becoming a forty-line typo.
Explore EncoderPOS barcode & labelsReal accounting behind the ledger
Double-entry journals and a full chart of accounts mean receivables, payables and stock are one set of books, not three.
Explore EncoderPOS accountingWholesale & Distribution — common questions
Does EncoderPOS handle customer credit and installments?
Yes. Each customer has a ledger with a credit limit and installment support, and balances update as payments are recorded.
Can I include freight and duty in unit cost?
Yes. Landed cost is recorded against the goods receipt and apportioned across the lines received.
Is there proper accounting, or just sales reports?
The Enterprise plan includes a full accounting and finance module with an international-standard chart of accounts and double-entry journals.
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