Software for Office Products

axis diplomat - Back Office software for Office Products Dealers

From the solid base of our Accounting and Business Information Systems that have been in continual develop since the nineteen eighties, axis diplomat for OP provides the following features designed specifically with Office Products Dealers in mind:

  • Electronic Wholesaler Links for a range of suppliers, including Spicers and Vow
  • Powerful price feed mechanisms to keep your Office Products and Consumables pricing right up to date
  • Support for 3rd Party Product Files
  • A comprehensive range of Pricing & Discounting mechanisms
  • Multiple Catalogue support
  • Telesales Campaigns and Gap Analysis
  • Multi-company and multi-warehouse operation
  • Fully integrated multi-currency Accounting or use Sage 50
  • Online Trading with axis vMerchant or via 3rd Party eCommerce providers
  • Import orders directly from other market places, including Amazon and eBay
  • Online and Back Office Credit/Debit Card Processing
  • Address retrieval by Postcode
  • Telephone Preference Service / Fax Preference Service validation
  • Emailshot capabilities built-in, optionally linked to Telesales Campaigns
  • Powerful Business Intelligence
  • Class-leading Warehouse Management capabilities for Dealers with their own local stock
  • Intelligent Purchasing Tools for Dealers who use Direct Deliveries

To see some of the functionality of an axis vMerchant website for Office Products dealers, take a look at our Demonstration website.

Electronic Office Supplies

axisfirst offers a key optional module, AXEOS, for Office Product Dealers that is focused on the world of Printer Consumables and features:

  • An EOS Database
  • EOS Price Feed updates
  • Subscription-based access to latest printer compatibility database for product identification of 'what goes with what', both through the back office and online
  • Accurate product cross-referencing with all the major EOS suppliers
  • Automated yet configurable mechanism to constantly revise cost prices based on the latest information, which in turn may be used to re-calculate selling prices

The AXEOS module facilitates a one-stop operation and assists the operator in identifying which printer or consumable the customer requires. Accuracy of information is assured, thus eliminating incorrect supply, and improving both customer service and profitability.

Other Modules

In addition, of course, all of the optional modules and standard functionality available to axis diplomat users is also available to the axis diplomat for OP user, including:

  • Powerful and flexible pricing and discounting options
  • Point of Sale
  • Hire Management
  • Payroll
  • Warehousing (including support for hand-held PDAs and Bar Coding)

eCommerce Integration

For those dealers wishing to embrace the Internet and adopt web-based trading, for trade account and/or retail customers, axis diplomat for OP links fully and seamlessly with the axis vMerchant eCommerce solution.

axis vMerchant not only provides an easy to use and develop e-business tool, but has the added advantage of being integrated with axis diplomat for OP. Orders and enquiries generated via axis vMerchant can be automatically fed into the back office system for next stage processing. Find out more by visiting the axis vMerchant section of this website.

eProcurement

The eProcurement module extends axis diplomat for OP and axis vMerchant to provide comprehensive eProcurement facilities for your trade account customers, including:

  • Company-Specific and Branch-Specific Contract Pricing
  • Restrict Contacts to Purchasing from their Contract
  • Hide Pricing from Specified Contacts
  • Spending Limits by Contact
  • Customer-wide and/or Branch level managers with buying authority, notification of orders, etc
  • Spending Reports by Branch and for Company available to Customer's managers
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