Sector expertise · Distribution
Data, margins and supply chain for distribution
In distribution, availability for the end customer depends on clean master data, accurate replenishment and a smooth-running warehouse. Epure Ops helps distribution SMEs and mid-sized companies manage margin, stock and service from a single source of data shared by purchasing, logistics and sales.
What makes the difference
What drives a distributor’s performance
Products available in the right place
Forecasts, reorder points and replenishment aligned with actual sales, serving every customer while keeping stock under control.
Margin read at the right level
Margin by family, supplier, channel and customer, including back margins and logistics costs.
Reliable product master data
Codes, pack sizes, EANs, prices and suppliers aligned across ERP, WMS, web shop and catalogues.
A warehouse that keeps pace
Receiving, picking and shipping organised around seasonality and activity peaks.
Our three disciplines
How we work with you
Data management
A unified item and supplier master, prices and pack sizes aligned across ERP, WMS and sales channels, with monitored EDI exchanges.
- Harmonisation of item records and EAN codes
- Monitoring of order, despatch and invoice EDI flows
- Omnichannel sales, purchasing and inventory model
Business analysis
Commercial and logistics reporting for management, buyers and warehouse managers.
- Net margin by family, supplier and channel
- Turnover, cover and stock-outs by item
- ABC / XYZ analysis to shape the range
Process optimisation
Review of replenishment, receiving and picking processes, with written procedures for each workstation.
- Replenishment rules and reorder points
- Picking and slotting organisation
- Training for purchasing and warehouse teams
Decision-making tools
The indicators we put in place
Every indicator is defined with the people who decide, calculated on a controlled data model and documented.
- Stock-out rate by item
- Customer service level
- Inventory turnover and cover
- Gross and net margin by family
- Picking productivity (lines per hour)
- Picking error rate
- Dock-to-stock time
- Inventory discrepancies
Typical assignments
From diagnosis to skills transfer
Securing availability of key items
ABC / XYZ classification, review of replenishment parameters and a weekly stock-out report for buyers.
Measuring true margin by channel
Logistics costs and supplier terms built into a margin report shared by management and sales.
Making order picking reliable
Warehouse observation, slotting reorganisation and illustrated step-by-step work instructions.
Our method
Three stages, never the other way round
An honest diagnosis is worth more than a rushed roll-out.
01
Understand
Your flows, your exports, your pain points, on site. We listen before we propose.
02
Design
A data model and tools designed for your organisation, not a standard configuration.
03
Embed
Implementation, checks, training and skills transfer. We stay until it runs without us.
FAQ
Your questions, answered
Do you work with both B2B and B2C distributors?
Yes: wholesalers, specialist distributors, store networks and e-retailers. The method stays the same; indicators adapt to each channel.
Can you help with our EDI flows?
Yes. We map exchanges with customers and suppliers — orders, despatch advice, invoices — check their consistency with the ERP and document anomaly handling.
Our data sits across ERP, WMS and web shop: where do we start?
That is the most common starting point. The data model reconciles these sources and establishes a shared master before the first dashboard is built.
Do you work on site?
Yes, in the warehouse as well as at head office. Epure Ops is based in Geneva, and works throughout France and Switzerland.
Other sectors we support
Manufacturing Services Transport & logistics Trading See our three disciplines
Ready to give your operations fresh momentum?
A thirty-minute conversation, with no commitment, to take stock of your data, your tools and your priorities.