Distribution

Northstar Distribution

FMCG ERP Rollout

Replaced QuickBooks + Excel across 24 warehouses with a unified ERP — order cycle 4h to 35min.

Multi-warehouse inventory

Sales order pipeline

Supplier portal + auto-PO

Multi-currency accounting

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Operations

Northstar Distribution · 24 warehouses

Live

1,284

+12%Orders / day

99.2%

+0.4Stock accuracy

21.6

−3.1DSO (days)

Warehouse stock levels

SO-8431

TZS 4.2MPicked

SO-8430

TZS 1.8MInvoiced

SO-8429

TZS 6.1MDelivered

The challenge

Northstar Distribution ran 24 warehouses across three regions on a patchwork of QuickBooks, Excel inventory sheets, and WhatsApp purchase orders. Every reconciliation took two days; stock variance was a running joke. Northstar needed one system to own the full FMCG flow — purchasing, multi-warehouse inventory, sales orders, customer credit, and finance — without a 9-month implementation freezing operations.

What we built

Multi-warehouse inventory
Real-time stock across 24 sites with auto-transfer rules, reorder points, and batch/expiry tracking for FMCG SKUs.
Sales order pipeline
From quote to invoice to delivery with credit-limit checks, partial fulfilment, and route-planning.
Supplier portal + auto-PO
Suppliers see live demand forecasts; reorder points auto-generate POs that wait for one human approval.
Multi-currency accounting
Books in TZS, KES, and USD with daily FX revaluation and consolidated group reporting.
Field-rep mobile app
iOS/Android app for sales reps — order entry, stock check, customer ledger, and route GPS tracking.
Executive dashboards
Real-time revenue, gross margin, top SKUs, and DSO with drill-down to invoice level.