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Wholesale and distribution are facing a shift.

With the explosive growth of e-commerce, increased demands for faster deliveries, and more unpredictable customer flows, traditional ways of working are no longer sufficient. Distributors need solutions that can be adjusted in real-time—systems that support rapid adaptation, optimized processes, and seamless flows from order to delivery.

In a market where customer expectations change daily, flexibility, transparency, and data-driven management become crucial to stay competitive.

Our solutions

Our solutions are designed to help distributors overcome these challenges by optimizing inventory, improving warehouse operations, and delivering exceptional customer service.

Warehouse management

Efficient warehouse management is key to success in distribution. Our solution supports a wide range of picking strategies, allowing you to handle orders of different sizes and cater to unique customer requirements. We combine storage flows with cross-docking and merge-in-transit for consolidated shipments, while also performing value-added services that differentiate your offerings. By driving warehouse production in line with delivery commitments and optimizing resource utilization, our system helps integrate warehouse automation for increased efficiency.

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Order & inventory management

With our order and inventory management system, you can offer tailored services and run targeted campaigns to meet the diverse needs of your customers. Our adaptable solution supports digital commerce with real-time inventory visibility, ensuring your customers can always see what’s available. We provide flexible price models and agreements to suit different customer types, making ordering, delivery, and billing a seamless process. Additionally, our system ensures full visibility across sites and channels, enabling efficient multi-channel distribution.

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Inventory planning

In the distribution industry, ensuring product availability is crucial to meet the expectations of your customers. Our inventory planning solution predicts fluctuating demand, allowing you to minimize inventory costs while preventing stock shortages. We simplify the purchasing process by enabling easy sharing of forecasts and purchase plans both internally and with suppliers, helping to automate and streamline decision-making processes.

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Quality control

Maintaining high standards of quality is essential to building trust with your customers. Our quality control solution ensures smooth deviation reporting and systematic issue management, while also facilitating proactive error resolution. By integrating returns and claims into your logistics processes, we help you manage them in a transparent and efficient way, ensuring customer satisfaction and operational excellence.

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Transportation management

Transportation plays a critical role in distribution operations, and our solution integrates seamlessly with carrier services for bookings, labeling, and tracking. Whether you’re using external carriers or your own fleet, our system simplifies transportation management. It automatically generates all the necessary transport documentation, ensuring smooth and efficient logistics. You can also manage freight costs more effectively with automated freight invoice management and posting, which ensures accuracy and saves time. Additionally, our solution provides environmental impact analysis, helping you monitor and reduce your carbon footprint, ensuring a more sustainable supply chain.

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Why choose us?

As experts in distribution solutions, we understand the specific demands of this industry. Our proven track record of optimizing operations, boosting efficiency, and improving customer service makes us the ideal partner for your business.

Expertise: Deep knowledge of distributor challenges and proven solutions that drive results.
Innovation: We offer cutting-edge technology that keeps your business competitive.
Customer-centric approach: Tailored solutions to meet the specific needs of your business and its customers.
Reliability: Trusted by leading wholesalers to ensure smooth, efficient operations.

The vision is clear for the future; we need a resilient IT platform and we believe that IMI will continue to help us meet the future needs of our organization in strengthening our market position and enabling profitable growth

Claes Seldeby

CEO, Ahlsell

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