Deloitte Launches Solution to Help Wholesale Distributors Enhance Business

NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Deloitte has launched Deloitte Consulting Distribution Solution (DCoDS), a preconfigured, industry-specific version of the SAP® ERP application, specifically designed to help wholesale distributors address shrinking margins and customer demands for higher service levels. It is scalable, customizable, and can assist organizations in their efforts to manage profitability – from customers to channels to products.  DCoDS is also a qualified SAP All-in-One partner solution.

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"Deloitte's offering is designed to enhance the value that clients get from SAP's technologies and can help wholesale distributors remain competitive in an increasingly challenging business environment," said Christopher Lafaire, leader of Deloitte's SAP DCoDS solution. "Our deep industry experience was integral in developing DCoDS, enhances the impact of the solution set by reducing a company's implementation time and can accelerate the benefits to their business. This can be crucial for this dynamic industry, where time to market matters."

DCoDS assists the core functions of a business including financial management, supply chain, operations, sales, marketing, and distribution through pre-configured SAP solutions for sales and distribution, FICO, general ledger, financial supply chain management and advanced planning specification. In addition, DCoDS can improve the capabilities of wholesale distributors for forecasting, cash flow management, product traceability, quality inspection, returns, and transportation planning. DCoDS differentiates itself further through the enablement of mobile applications for virtual business processing.

SAP Business All-in-One partner solutions are qualified by SAP and developed, sold, deployed, and supported by SAP channel partners as a defined-scope implementation with consulting services, and offer the flexibility to accommodate the various business needs of each customer. Qualified SAP Business All-in-One partner solutions are preconfigured, industry-specific versions of the SAP ERP application combined with SAP Best Practices offerings, facilitating streamlined operations, lower costs, and a tested path to growth.

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