What do Aerco, ECM Electronics, Flint Distribution, Richco International, Routeco, Soanar Electronics, Takbro, and Vitelec all have in common? Involvement in the electronic components market is the obvious answer, but these highly successful organisations share something else. They all use Strategix supply chain solutions.

what are the key challenges facing the electronics sector?
With customers like these, we are fully up to speed on some of the key challenges facing the sector:

• Recognised need to purchase better to improve margins whilst managing franchise relationships
• Improving customer service to build loyalty - particularly trade and volume discounted pricing agreements and after-sales service
• Price Transparency - a squeeze on margin from all directions
• Need for e-commerce functionality capable of managing warranties, through life costs, spare parts programmes and customer-specific pricing agreements
• Stock Optimisation - achieving the right mix from extensive and growing product ranges

• Increased margins by consolidated purchasing using Sales Forecasting, Purchase History, Purchase Requirements Planning and Order Book Analysis
• Smarter e-commerce through truly integrated web trading e-commerce objects
• Predict seasonal demand fluctuations - providing the customer with what he wants, when he wants it
• Manage complex order processing - for companies with extensive, overlapping product sets with a wide range of complementary accessories and related warranties
• Record costs accurately - Landed Costs module allows flexible methods of allocating costs to imported goods
• Assembly costing by Kit or line by line components

• Industrial-strength distribution software
• Special focus on cost and margin management
• Integrated customer service provision
• Proven e-commerce capabilities
• Our track record in your sector and commitment to it
• Industry-specific functionality

• Batch traceability - providing the ability to trace detailed product source of supply information
• Purchase Requirements forecasting - ensuring the customer gets what they need when they need it through suggested purchase order production
• Returns Material Administration - claims and warranty handling, scrapping of goods and returns to source of supply
• Landed costs monitoring - effective franchise and cost management
• Customer specific pricing agreements handling - regardlesss of whether the order is placed by phone, over the web, via EDI etc

• You get industry-specific functionality as standard
• We produce a continuous product enhancement stream, enabling you to take advantage of business opportunities quickly
• Strategix has the ability to anticipate developments in the market - so you keep one step ahead
• Our personnel have extensive experience implementing the software within the sector. This ensures smooth implementation and also offers the opportunity to use our skills to maximise the benefits of introducing new business practices associated with the software.