Report: ‘Become A Digital Wholesaler’
BECOME A DIGITAL WHOLESALER: REDUCE COSTS AND MORE USING DIGITAL PLATFORMS: REPORT 2020
Category: Guides: Going Digital
Digitise Your Warehouse
Adopting digital tools, platforms and processes in the warehouse can increase fulfilment efficiency, improve inventory visibility and accuracy, maximise labour productivity as well as improve space utilisation. It enables staff to spend less time tied to a computer or writing out forms, and instead focus them on picking, packing and shipping.
Communicate Digitally
COVID brought lock-down, and safety concerns and although a sense of normality has returned, the potential second wave may once again lead to home working and the need to communicate digitally. The financial effect on businesses has forced companies to find ways to be more efficient and communicate more effectively.
Embrace BIM (Building Information Modelling)
As Autodesk put it: BIM is used to document and design building and infrastructure designs. The best way to think of BIM is an interactive 3D model of a building which contains all of the electrical and mechanical products within it. As a BIM ready supplier ourselves, we have 3D ready files which can be used to create these building models.
Manage Product Data
EDATA is established by the electrical distributors association (EDA) and intends to be the product data pool for our industry. Luckins by Trimble is a listing and product data resource that is also used.
Make Your Move to eCommerce
There are many concerns when it comes to moving into eCommerce. For most wholesalers, it is effectively increasing their sales channels by a third, adding in online sales to the existing phone and physical transactions. It is indeed a big move, but one that not only is consistently proven to provide considerable benefits but is very much in demand by your customers.
Understand Industry 4.0
Industry 4.0 is also known as The Fourth Industrial Revolution. The Wikipedia description is “the ongoing transformation of traditional manufacturing and industrial practices combined with the latest smart technology.” In simple words it’s smart digital technology and manufacturing automation without the need for human intervention.
Going Digital: 6 Ways To Embrace Digital In Your Electrical Wholesale Business
Every industry is increasingly embracing ‘digital transformation’ – but what does that actually mean? We dive in to various digital platforms and how they can help you… Drive efficiency | Reduce costs | Improve service …and ultimately stay relevant by becoming a ‘digital wholesaler’.