Running your business on one system.
Clear, practical thinking for wholesalers, distributors and product businesses — on B2B e-commerce, inventory, accounting, supplier rebates and what it really takes to run everything as one connected system.
Free B2B ordering software for wholesalers
The honest answer on what "free" gets you in B2B ordering — what to look for, what to avoid, and how to judge a system properly before you commit.
Read → Buying adviceHow to try an ERP before you buy
Almost nobody gives you a real trial — including us. What to insist on instead, and the one question that exposes a bad fit fastest.
Read → How-toHow to take wholesale orders online
A practical, do-it-this-week guide to getting trade customers ordering online at no cost — catalogue, logins, pricing, go live — then grow into the full ERP.
Read → GuideWhat is an all-in-one ERP with a built-in online store?
The concept explained — and why a store built into your ERP beats bolting a website onto separate systems.
Read → Buyer's guideThe best ERP for wholesale distributors in New Zealand
A buyer's guide to what distributors actually need — stock, customer pricing, B2B ordering, rebates and Xero — and how to choose.
Read → ComparisonERP with built-in e-commerce vs a website plus separate accounting
Two ways to run a product business compared — and the hidden costs and sync problems of the bolt-on approach.
Read → AccountingDo I still need Xero if I have an ERP?
Cognit has a real general ledger of its own and also sends your invoices and credit notes straight to Xero. Here's when each option makes sense.
Read → RebatesHow to stop losing money on supplier rebates and claim-backs
Why spreadsheets quietly cost distributors thousands a month — and how automated rebate tracking recovers it.
Read → MigrationHow to replace multiple disconnected business systems with one ERP
The patchwork problem, a sensible migration approach, and exactly what to consolidate first.
Read → InventoryInventory and stock control software for wholesalers
Why disconnected stock systems quietly cost distributors money — and what real-time inventory should actually look like.
Read → AccountingMYOB or an all-in-one ERP? What Australian wholesalers need to know
MYOB is solid at the books, but it wasn't built for B2B ordering, live stock or wholesale pricing. How to tell if it's still enough — and how Cognit fits either way.
Read → Food & beverageERP for food and beverage distributors: what to look for
Short shelf life, tight margins and customers ordering at all hours. What an ERP actually needs to handle food and beverage distribution — and where generic software falls short.
Read → ImportingLanded cost software for importers and distributors
If you're pricing off the supplier invoice, you're pricing wrong. What freight, duty and exchange rate actually do to your unit cost — and how to stop losing margin to it.
Read → PricingCustomer-specific pricing for wholesale distributors
Your best customers get a better price. If it only lives in a rep's head or a spreadsheet, you're one order away from getting it wrong — how customer pricing and price lists should actually work.
Read → Credit controlCredit limits and accounts receivable for wholesale distributors
Trade credit is normal — bad debt from ignoring credit limits isn't. How to enforce credit limits and trade terms automatically, on every order, without a rep having to be the bad guy.
Read → DeliveryDelivery routes and a driver app for wholesale distributors
If your run sheet is a printout and driver updates come through a group chat, here's what running delivery routes on the same system as your orders actually looks like.
Read → Food & beverageCatch-weight pricing for meat and seafood distributors
A carton of lamb racks never weighs exactly what the label says. Why catch-weight products break ordinary ordering software — and what catch-weight pricing and invoicing should actually look like.
Read → Food & beverageBatch and lot traceability for food distributors
If a supplier recalls one batch tomorrow, could you name every customer who received it within the hour? What real batch and lot traceability requires — and why a spreadsheet isn't it.
Read → InventoryConsignment stock for wholesale distributors
Stock sitting on a customer's shelf that you still own, invoiced only once it sells. Why consignment and sale-or-return arrangements break ordinary stock systems — and what tracking it properly should look like.
Read → IntegrationEDI order integration for wholesale suppliers
Big accounts increasingly want to trade electronically, on their terms. What EDI actually asks of a supplier — and how to connect it to your system instead of re-keying it by hand.
Read → SalesA sales rep ordering app for wholesale distributors
If a rep's order doesn't hit stock or the customer's account until someone keys it in later, you're selling on yesterday's numbers. What a real rep ordering app should do.
Read → InventoryUnit of measure conversions for wholesale distributors
Buy by the pallet, hold by the case, sell by the carton or the each — on the same product, sometimes to the same customer. What breaks when software only tracks one unit.
Read → Food & beverageFEFO expiry-date stock rotation for food distributors
Nearest to the door isn't always closest to expiry. What first-expired-first-out picking actually requires — and why relying on pickers to remember it doesn't work at volume.
Read → InventoryVendor-managed inventory (VMI) for wholesale distributors
A large account wants you to decide when they get restocked, not the other way round. What VMI actually asks of your stock and ordering system — and why a spreadsheet in the middle doesn't survive contact with it.
Read → AccountingReturns and credit notes for wholesale distributors
A pallet comes back damaged, short-dated, or just wrong. What handling returns, credit notes and restocking properly requires — and why most distributors still run it on a docket and a phone call.
Read → InventoryBackorder management for wholesale distributors
An order comes in for more than you've got. Ship part of it now, hold the rest, or hold the lot — what actually has to happen to stock, orders and invoicing so the promise doesn't get lost.
Read → PurchasingGoods receipt discrepancies for wholesale distributors
A case short, two cartons extra, or a pallet that turned up damaged. What actually has to happen to a purchase order, your stock and what you owe the supplier when what lands doesn't match what you ordered.
Read → WarehousePick-pack accuracy for wholesale distributors
Nine cartons instead of ten, or the right quantity of the wrong product. Why picking errors happen on a paper-and-memory warehouse floor, and what catches one before the truck leaves instead of after the customer calls.
Read → SalesCase-pack and MOQ enforcement for wholesale distributors
A customer orders 7 when it only ships in cases of 12, or places an order too small to be worth the drop. Why letting the order through anyway costs more than saying no at the point it's placed.
Read → AccountingAged receivables and customer statements for wholesale distributors
Knowing who owes you money is one thing. Chasing it off a debtor report that's already stale, then building a statement by hand when a customer asks for one, is another.
Read → WarehouseStocktakes and stock write-offs for wholesale distributors
The number on screen says forty cases, the shelf says thirty-four. Why stock drifts, what a proper cycle count vs full stocktake looks like, and how write-offs should flow through instead of quietly disappearing.
Read → SalesQuotes and margin guardrails for wholesale distributors
The standard price list isn't where margin leaks — the one-off quote is. Why an unmanaged quote has no cost floor in view, and what margin visibility at the point of quoting actually looks like.
Read → PurchasingReorder points and stock replenishment for wholesale distributors
Someone decides what to order from suppliers this week — usually by walking the warehouse. What a real reorder point needs from lead time, sales velocity and a minimum buffer, and why guessing costs you both stockouts and dead stock.
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