A retail ERP consultant starts with the stock. When stores, the warehouse and the online shop each keep their own count, nobody trusts the inventory number on the balance sheet and margins get reconciled after the fact. Lucentive puts accounting and inventory in one system and connects the sales channels to it.
One inventory across every channel
- Stock by store, warehouse and online channel, valued in the ledger.
- Transfers and adjustments posted as they happen.
- Margin by product, category and location.
Point of sale and e-commerce connected
Your point of sale and online store stay where your teams know them. Sales, returns and payments flow to the ledger each day, so finance is not rebuilding them from exports.
Purchasing against real stock
Buyers reorder against on-hand quantities and open orders in the same system finance reports on, rather than from a spreadsheet that is a week old. Vendor returns and cost changes are recorded in the same place, so margins stay current.
How an engagement runs
A fixed-fee ERP advisory recommends a platform or tells you to stay put. Implementation designs items, locations and the chart of accounts, and a parallel close proves inventory value before go-live. Distributors: see wholesale distribution ERP consultant.
Common questions
Will our stores have to change point of sale?
Not usually. The point of sale stays in the stores and sends sales, returns and payments to the ledger. Replacing it is a separate decision.
Can online and store inventory share one count?
Yes. Every channel draws from the same item records, so stock and margins are reported once for the whole business.
Can the system handle seasonal buying?
Purchase orders, open quantities and forecasts sit in the same system, so seasonal buys are planned against real stock and open orders.
How are returns handled?
Returns from stores and online flow back into inventory and the ledger the same day, so stock and margins reflect them straight away.
How we work
- Assess: a fixed-fee advisory, usually two to four weeks, built from your actual close and ending in a recommendation you can act on.
- Implement: chart of accounts, integrations and data migration, proved by a parallel close before go-live.
- Support: the principal consultants who built the system stay on after launch.
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