Purchase Order Management

Sourcing products from multiple distributors and suppliers means more choice, higher margins, and the ability to shop around for the best price, and immediate availability. However, it's not worth your sales reps' valuable time to spend their day researching multiple 3rd-party catalogs and Web sites for the right deals.

Purchase Order Management

ChannelOnline's powerful sourcing and procurement tools enable you to compare real-time pricing and availability from multiple distributors and suppliers in one place. Your sales and purchasing agents are able to source products easier and guarantee faster delivery to end-customers by ordering only from stocked warehouses. You can create purchase orders for any distributor or supplier and have your products blind-shipped or drop-shipped, with access to full shipping and tracking details.

Key Purchase Order Management Functions:

  • Real-time pricing and availability from supported suppliers (Ingram Micro, Tech Data, SYNNEX, Azerty, D&H, HP PartnerDirect, Bell Micro) with ETA and quantity on order
  • Automated download and import of daily supplier file with real-time alerts to notify of any issues such as invalid password, etc.
  • Electronically submit orders to Tech Data, SYNNEX, Azerty, D&H and Ingram Micro for automatic fulfillment
  • Supplier prices based on pre-negotiated reseller rates
  • Order processing and tracking integration with suppliers
  • Purchase order management for supported and custom suppliers
  • Select warehouse per line item on a purchase order
  • Aggregation of multiple sales orders into a single PO
  • Drop-ship and blind-ship support
  • Ship complete and allow back order support
  • Flooring providers support in purchase order process
  • PO terms management
  • Education and government special pricing through Ingram Micro, Tech Data and SYNNEX
  • Integration with Warranty Corporation of America (WaCA) for the sale and servicing (if qualified) of extended service plans
  • Supplier database for supplier contact information including multiple contacts, phones, PO terms, credit limit, flooring, etc.
  • Serial numbers can be manually entered on POs and sales orders or show automatically for autofulfilled POs
  • Access to "street price" through CNET shopping services (Shopper.com)
  • Support multiple billing accounts such as terms, flooring, leasing, etc.