# Wholesale & Distribution Software in Southend-on-Sea > Need distribution in Southend-on-Sea? CubeERP implements and supports wholesale & distribution software across Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Colchester and Basildon and the wider Essex area. **URL:** https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/wholesale-distribution-software/essex/southend-on-sea Being comfortably within a morning’s drive of our Olney office, Southend-on-Sea is somewhere we get to regularly. Discovery, training and go-live are all better done in the room, and at 74 miles that is entirely practical. ## Details - **Solution:** Wholesale & Distribution Software - **Group:** Inventory & supply - **Platform:** CubeERP (https://cubeerp.co.uk/platform) - **Location:** Southend-on-Sea, Essex - **Distance from our Olney office:** 74 miles - comfortably within a morning’s drive of our Olney office - **Postcode districts:** SS0, SS1, SS2, SS3, SS9 - **Also known as:** Wholesale software, Distribution software, Trade counter software, Wholesale management system, Distribution ERP ## Coverage We cover Southend-on-Sea and the surrounding area, including Town Centre, Westcliff-on-Sea, Leigh-on-Sea, Eastwood and Thorpe Bay, across the SS0, SS1, SS2 and SS3 postcode districts. We also work with businesses in Chelmsford, Colchester, Basildon and Braintree and elsewhere in Essex. ## What is included - **Order entry built for speed:** Keyboard-first entry, part-number and customer-reference search, order templates, repeat orders and quick-add from history - for people taking orders on the phone at pace. - **Trade pricing that scales:** Price bands, customer-specific rates, quantity breaks, promotions, matrix pricing and cost-plus, with a clear precedence and margin visible on the line as it is entered. - **Multi-warehouse availability:** Stock by location with transfer lead times, so an order can be sourced from the right site or split, and the promise date reflects the sourcing decision. - **Despatch and carriers:** Pick, pack, label and manifest with the main parcel and pallet networks, with tracking pushed back to the order and emailed to the customer automatically. - **Back-to-back and drop ship:** Order-to-supplier linkage for non-stocked lines, with direct delivery to the customer where it makes sense and the margin still calculated correctly. - **Rebates and landed cost:** Supplier rebate schemes accrued and claimed, and freight, duty and clearance apportioned into item cost - because in distribution, list price minus buying price is not margin. ## Real-world use cases ### Margin that only appeared annually **Scenario:** A wholesaler priced from a list built on landed cost calculated once a year. Currency movement and freight increases meant several product groups had been sold below true cost for months. **Outcome:** Landed cost is now calculated per receipt. Two product groups were repriced immediately, and pricing rules were changed to work from live cost rather than an annual snapshot. ### A trade counter that queued **Scenario:** Counter staff used the same slow order screen as the office. At busy times customers waited, and regulars started phoning their orders through instead of visiting. **Outcome:** A fast counter mode with account lookup, repeat orders and immediate despatch cut transaction time considerably. Counter footfall recovered over the following quarter. ### Rebates left unclaimed **Scenario:** Supplier rebate agreements were tracked in a spreadsheet by one person. When they left, several schemes went unclaimed for two quarters before anybody noticed. **Outcome:** Rebate schemes are held in the system and accrued automatically as purchases are made. Claims are produced on schedule and reconciled against what was actually received. ## Figures - **Live** Landed cost, per receipt - **Fast** Counter and phone order entry - **Auto** Carrier labels, manifests and tracking ## Frequently asked questions **Can it run a trade counter as well as a phone room?** Yes. Counter mode handles account and cash sales, immediate despatch, card payment and printed receipts, on the same stock and pricing as everything else. **Do you support e-commerce and trade portals?** Yes. A customer portal for order placement, order history and statements, plus API integration with the common e-commerce platforms so web orders follow the same rules as any other. **How are returns and credits handled?** Returns are booked against the original order, inspected on receipt, and credited or replaced with the reason recorded. Return rates by product and customer are reported, which frequently changes a buying decision. **Can we sell in different units from how we buy?** Yes. Buy by pallet, stock by box, sell by each, with conversion factors held per item and the maths done consistently everywhere it appears. **Does it handle EDI with the big retailers?** Yes, for the common formats - orders in, despatch advices and invoices out - with label formats matched to each customer’s requirements so chargebacks stop being a monthly cost. ## Related solutions - **Stock Control Software** - Multi-location stock with bin locations, barcode scanning, batch and serial traceability, and figures that are right first time. https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/stock-control-software/essex/southend-on-sea - **Warehouse Management Software** - Directed put-away, wave and batch picking, packing, despatch and carrier integration - run from scanners on the warehouse floor. https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/warehouse-management-software/essex/southend-on-sea - **Order Management Software** - Take, allocate, fulfil and invoice orders from one screen - with live stock, part-shipments, back orders and contract pricing handled automatically. https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/order-management-software/essex/southend-on-sea - **Purchase Order Software** - Requisitions, approval limits, purchase orders raised from real demand, goods-in booking and three-way matching. https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/purchase-order-software/essex/southend-on-sea ## Elsewhere in Essex See https://cubeerp.co.uk/software/wholesale-distribution-software/essex for wholesale & distribution software across Essex. ## Contact - **Product:** CubeERP - **Trading name of:** Cube Systems Limited (company number 17220899, ICO registration number ZC216972) - **Email:** hello@cubeerp.co.uk - **Sales:** sales@cubeerp.co.uk - **Support:** support@cubeerp.co.uk - **Telephone:** 01234 672 617 (+441234672617) - **Address:** Unit 11, Olney Business Park, Osier Way, Olney, Buckinghamshire, MK46 5FP - **Opening hours:** Monday to Friday, 9am to 5.30pm - **Part of:** Crushed Ice Group (https://crushedicegroup.co.uk)