The core of retail is supply chain management, and cross-border e-commerce cannot bypass the supply chain. Simply put, the daily back-end management of cross-border e-commerce sellers can be roughly divided into: order acquisition, order allocation, order placement, inventory maintenance and settlement statistics, etc. As for how to connect the entire process to maximize efficiency, ERP software is usually required.
It is unimaginable for e-commerce to grow slightly without software-assisted management. Even if you use Excel to reach an expert level, it will still be a headache. It is no exaggeration. In today’s “software-defined world”, in any industry, including cross-border e-commerce, as long as you are familiar with or master the core software, your business level will directly advance to the advanced level!
Cross-border e-commerce The functions of ERP for international e-commerce are quite comprehensive, and it is different from the heavy-duty ERP of traditional SAP/Oracle, which is also not as simple as ordinary purchase, sales and inventory. This lightweight end-to-end management system with Internet characteristics is suitable for teams and small businesses. enterprise. Deeply connected to mainstream cross-border e-commerce platform APIs and connected to many international logistics channels to support the whole process of foreign trade retail from product procurement, commodity management to order capture, delivery, inventory, logistics, after-sales, settlement, statistics and other foreign trade retail processes, one-stop, intelligent automation Management, greatly improving operational efficiency.
Of course, due to the different levels of management sophistication, many large foreign trade companies or large sellers will eventually have to build their own customized management systems. To choose an ERP software that you can get started with, you must first support multi-platform and multi-store synchronous management. One account has multiple platforms, solving frequent switching of multiple stores, and completing all daily operations in batches and intelligently, such as large-scale SKU maintenance, synchronous automatic posting, and automatic orders. Get and abnormal price warnings.
Secondly, in terms of logistics management, all orders are automatically assigned to the corresponding warehouse for distribution according to the rules, the corresponding logistics method obtains the order and tracking number, and orders and distributes the goods. It supports multiple warehouses and multiple currencies. , multiple logistics companies, multiple logistics products, multiple freight templates, etc., compatible with overseas warehouses, automatically declare shipments, upload platform logistics tracking numbers, and track logistics status.
Thirdly, rigorous offline purchase, sale and inventory management, such as procurement, incoming and outgoing, inventory, loss reporting, out of stock, reconciliation and real-time inventory statistics, etc., timely acquisition of out of stock and automatic generation of purchase orders, Perform automated inventory maintenance, inventory security and automated purchasing recommendations. Finally, it can be integrated with external systems such as customer service, human resources, finance, warehousing, and email.
There are many popular foreign trade EPR systems on the market, including Tongtu, Dianxiaomi, Saitu, Caravan, Mango Store Manager, Sumai, Global Trading Assistant, Lazy, ECPP, 4PNT, Ibay365, and Jieshe Notes, wealthy businessmen, etc., download and operate it, and you will know 80% of the details of cross-border export operations. There are also some distribution and shipping platforms that also provide some ERP functions, such as Haodishi.com, Chengbaiyi, etc., which are suitable for small sellers and novices to use part-time.