MORSCO supplies more than 80,000 commercial and residential plumbing, HVAC, and PVF products to approximately 25,000 customers nationwide. Founded in 1917, the company once known as Morrison Supply has morphed into an ever-broadening family of business units operating under the MORSCO banner. Today, this includes seven separate companies consisting of 164 branches in 12 states that generate $1.2 billion in annual sales.
No other ERP provider knows distribution like we do. We are focused on the things that matter to you—from lot billing and EDI to contract pricing and front-counter capabilities. We build our software on industry best practices and 40 years of distribution experience.
Rexel Holdings USA, part of the world’s second largest electrical distributor, Rexel Group, initially selected the Epicor Eclipse wholesale distribution enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for its Rexel Inc. business in 2009. Operating on multiple legacy systems after multiple acquisitions, the company was looking to standardize its locations on a single ERP system for greater efficiencies.
If you’ve ever purchased so much as a printed t-shirt online, you understand eCommerce. Understanding how to make it work for your distribution operation is an entirely different story. The world is shifting from catalogs and cold calls to an era of convenience for the customer, and while eCommerce was once a fringe B2B sales channel for distributors, the convenience it allows is elevating it into the buying method of choice for B2B customers.
Digitalization is essential to the longevity of your business. It presents significant opportunities to address key operational issues, align products and services to the demands of today’s market, and achieve growth.
It’s no light matter to replace your enterprise software system. It’s essentially performing a heart transplant on your business. Replacement may appear to be a difficult and painful process, but done right, it can open numerous business opportunities.
Real-world examples of how leading companies were able to minimize risk, reduce costs and realize the full potential of their contractual relationships. The companies featured here come from a wide variety of industries, yet they share many of the same challenges.
ERP is a technology strategy that integrates a set of business functions, such as finance, HR, and purchasing, with operational aspects, such as manufacturing or distribution, through tight linkages from operational business transactions to financial records. If you are planning to implement an ERP system, there are multiple areas to consider.
Digital Transformation may be defined in a number of different ways by analysts or enterprise software vendors. But at its heart is the idea that as we use more digital technologies, those technologies change the way we live and, more pointedly, the way we conduct commerce and do business. Businesses are introducing new technologies in innovative ways to reduce cost, create new revenue opportunities and improve the customer experience.
Field service organizations are looking for new innovative ways to maximize operational efficiency and reduce operational costs. This change has created a fundamental shift in the industry, from expectations through to functionality and approach. As product-based companies move towards a service-based performance model, the shift from commoditization to servitization has become more evident as the way forward.