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Benefits to Manufacturers
   IntelliMerchant is the name of the software system which powers IntelliCatalog, Inc.'s services.  This page is a description of some of the software's features; particularly ones which relate to the benefits received by manufacturers using the system.
  

Enhance your sales representative force.
  Sales representatives are expensive.  Travel costs and processing time delay introduced from distribution chain overhead eat into your profit margin.  By having an online catalog, your customers and potential customers can immediately see your product line without having to request quotes or wait for information.
  By creating a customer number, password, and appropriate customer discount within IntelliMerchant your new customer or sales representative has immediate access to your catalog at their discounted price.  This process takes only minutes.
Reduce costs associated with printed catalogs.
  Producing and transporting paper is expensive.  In periods where prices fluctuate, the printed prices are often rapidly out of date.  Using IntelliMerchant you will be able to change your prices and have them reflected in your catalog instantly.
  When errors are made in a hard-copy catalog, it is invariably a headache for you and results in ill-will with your customers.  If an error is made in an IntelliMerchant catalog, you can change it immediately and not be bothered by it any more.
Permits you to establish customer-specific minimum order sizes.
  IntelliMerchant allows you to designate initial and reorder minimum purchase amounts.  Rather than reject it, IntelliMerchant adds the appropriate charge to any order to bring it up to the minimum that you've designated.
  Using IntelliMerchant's minimum order sizes facility you can easily enforce purchase size requirements of your different sales channels.
Support sales to every level of the distribution chain with one online catalog.
  Using IntelliMerchant's customer-specific order discount feature and volume purchasing schedules, the exact same online catalog can be used to support your sales reps, wholesalers, distributors, retailers, and a direct-to-the-consumer operation.
IntelliMerchant allows you to price products in the units you are accustomed to.
  You can specify the units that your products are priced in.  For example, your price can be by 'gross', 'tons', 'reams', 'grams', 'cubic feet', 'square yards', etc.
Control access to your price list.
  You have the ability to allow access to your catalog only to those customers approved by you.  (Of course, you can terminate a customer's access at any time also.)   This gives your customers the ability to conveniently order from you while keeping out your competition.
Using IntelliMerchant to expand your customer base to retailers and/or end consumers will also yield the benefits listed under the 'Distributor Benefits' and/or 'Retailer Benefits' sections.


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