What Is an ERP for Traders and Distributors?
What an ERP does for a trading or distribution business, which modules matter, and how it differs from accounting software.
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ERP, GST and Inventory Guides
Practical guides for traders and distributors on ERP, GST, inventory, warehousing and distribution.
Guides
Guides Guides What Modules Should a Trading ERP Include?
The modules a trading ERP should include, from purchasing and stock to GST, and which ones traders, wholesalers, distributors and dealers can add later.
Guides Moving from Excel and Disconnected Tools to an ERP
A practical guide for traders, wholesalers, distributors and dealers on moving from spreadsheets and separate tools to an ERP: what to clean, import, count and check.
Guides How to Choose a Trading ERP
What to check before buying an ERP for a trading or distribution business: workflows, GST, stock, warehouses, branches, data migration, support and vendor questions.
Guides Order-to-Cash for Distributors
How order-to-cash works for distributors, from quotation and sales order to delivery, invoice, payment and dues, and how an ERP connects each step.
Guides Purchase-to-Payment for Traders
How purchase-to-payment works for traders and distributors, from purchase order and goods receipt to supplier bill and payment, and how an ERP links stock and GST.
Guides What Is Weighted Average Cost (WAC) Inventory?
What weighted average cost inventory valuation is, how it is calculated with an example, and how TradeFlow values stock for traders and distributors.
Guides Reports and Dashboards a Trading ERP Should Provide
The reports and dashboards a trading ERP should provide for owners, sales managers and stores, from sales and stock to finance, and what TradeFlow includes.
Guides What Is Reverse Charge (RCM) in GST?
What reverse charge mechanism (RCM) means in GST, what traders should watch for on purchases, and how an ERP such as TradeFlow records it and prepares the data.
Guides What Is ITC-04 and Who Needs to Report It?
What GST form ITC-04 is, who reports goods sent to job workers, the time limits to watch, and how TradeFlow tracks job-work challans and prepares ITC-04 data.
Guides How an ERP Applies CGST, SGST and IGST
How an ERP decides between CGST and SGST or IGST on each invoice and bill, what data it needs, how TradeFlow splits the tax, and what it flags for review.
Guides How GST Is Recorded Against Invoices and Bills
How an ERP creates GST records from sales invoices, purchase bills and notes, how edits, cancellations and period locks work, and how TradeFlow keeps them traceable.
Guides Why a Trading ERP Needs API Access
Why a trading ERP needs API access, what capabilities a distributor should look for, and what the TradeFlow REST API and webhooks provide and do not cover.
Guides What Should a Trading Business Automate First?
What a trading business or distributor should automate first: repeated typing, stock and ledger updates, GST data and dues prompts, and what TradeFlow automates today.
Guides How to Manage Expenses in an ERP
How a trading business can manage expenses in an ERP: recording, approval, posting, payment, GST and TDS, and how the TradeFlow Expenses module works.