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Stock lands at Kannur by rail and along the highway, then goes out on credit to shops from the coast to Alakode; distribution software puts figures behind that credit.
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Wholesale in Kannur follows the map. Goods arrive by rail into Kannur and Thalassery and by lorry along National Highway 66, sit in godowns around Baliapattom and Valapattanam, then fan out to small shops along the coast and up into the hills. A salesman covers his route weekly with a notebook and the van follows him. Credit is given on relationship, and the schemes from the principal companies change every month.
Wholesale and distribution software on ERPNext runs the whole cycle: purchase from principals with scheme and claim tracking, godown stock by batch and expiry, route-wise order taking on a phone, pricing by customer category, delivery planning, credit limits and collection. GST invoicing with e-invoice and e-way bill is part of it, and margin is visible by product, by route and by salesman.
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A salesman writes an order at a shop already past what it should owe, because he has no figure in front of him. Outstanding and credit limit on the order screen move that conversation to the shop counter, before goods are loaded.
Schemes passed on to retailers have to be claimed back from the principal with proof. What is not recorded is not claimed. Schemes captured on the invoice, and claim statements produced per principal, recover money that otherwise disappears into the paperwork.
Food and consumer goods carry dates, and in a hand-run godown the oldest cases end up furthest from the door. Batch-wise picking by expiry, with a warning as a batch nears its date, allows a return while the principal still accepts it.
An example
The Alakode route runs on Wednesday. Orders taken on the phone yesterday are already priced by customer category, and two are held because the shops are past their credit limit; the owner releases one against a payment promise and leaves the other for the salesman to collect on. The loading sheet prints in batch order, so older stock leaves first, and the e-way bill is generated with the invoice. On the road the driver marks each delivery as it is made, and a damaged case is entered at the shop rather than remembered at night. By evening the van's collection, the day's sales and the godown stock agree without anybody totalling a book.
We would rather ride a route before configuring anything. A day with your salesman and the delivery van shows how orders, returns and collection really work here. Masters and pricing are then built remotely. Salesmen are trained on the order app in short sessions in Malayalam, and we go live one route at a time so a problem stays small. Godown and accounts staff are trained at your premises.
Discovery. Your customers, price lists, routes, warehouses and how orders are taken.
Blueprint and fixed scope. A clear plan, the deliverables and the timeline, agreed in writing before configuration starts.
Configuration. Price lists, schemes, sales orders, delivery, credit limits and collections.
Data migration. Customers, items, price lists, opening stock and outstanding balances.
Training, go-live and support. Your team tests on real data, we stand beside you at launch, then support continues under a plan.
The scope and timeline are agreed in writing before work starts.
Retail and wholesale trade
Provisions and consumer goods agencies with route-wise order booking, van loading sheets, collection recorded by the salesman, and daily reporting on which routes and which brands actually carry the margin.
Plywood and timber
Board, laminate and hardware dealers supplying carpenters and contractors, with stock by brand, thickness and grade, quotations tied to a project, and delivery scheduled to sites rather than to a counter.
Spice and plantation trade
Merchants buying pepper, cashew and rubber from the hill markets and selling on in lots, with weight and moisture recorded at receipt, lot-wise costing, and supplier advances tracked against deliveries.
An ordinary Android handset is enough. Towards Alakode and Iritty where coverage breaks, orders are written offline and sync once signal returns. We test on your own routes during the rollout and adjust for any stretch that stays unreliable.
Yes. Price lists run by customer group, such as retailer, sub-dealer or institution, and pricing rules add quantity slabs or scheme discounts on top. The right rate appears as soon as the salesman picks the shop.
Items are grouped by brand or principal, and sales, margin, stock holding and pending claims are reported for each. It becomes clear which agency earns its keep once godown space and credit are counted against it.
After a first conversation about your customers, price lists, warehouses and how orders are taken today, we agree the scope and send you a written quotation. The price, the deliverables and the timeline are fixed against that scope before any work starts, so nothing grows without your sign-off.
You speak to someone who does this work, not a call centre. They ask about how orders come in, how you price and how collections are followed up. If it looks like a fit, we agree the scope and put it in writing, with the timeline, before any work starts. If it does not, we tell you.
Kannur Railway Station (CAN)transport
NSG-2 station on the Shoranur–Mangalore line, four platforms, second-largest in Palakkad division by passenger revenue
One of the busiest stations on the line brings goods in for the town's agencies, so receipts, transit damage and the godown entry behind them all begin here.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgNational Highway 66transport
coastal highway through Payyanur, Kannur and Thalassery linking Kozhikode and Mangaluru; four-laning under way
The coastal highway through Payyanur, Kannur and Thalassery is the spine every delivery van uses, and planning a route here is mostly a question of how far off it a shop lies.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSIDCO Mini Industrial Estates, Baliapattom and Thaliparambapark
Two small SIDCO estates administered from Palayad, each of roughly 0.4 hectares with a handful of sheds for micro units.
Small estates and the sheds around them hold the stock of local makers and agencies, which is where batch, expiry and godown-wise balances start to matter.
Source: keralasidco.comAzhikkal Porttransport
Kerala Maritime Board non-major port 12 km from Kannur with a 226 m wharf, 4 m draft, mobile harbour cranes and a reach-stacker; serves timber, plywood and tile trades
A coastal port handling timber, plywood and tiles gives dealers consignments that arrive as one lot and have to be costed and cleared as one.
Source: kmb.kerala.gov.inPlaces and organisations are named for local context only. Acube Innovations is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
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