Wholesale
Wholesale food and grocery
Cases, routes and credit customers. Core operations map to planned catalog modules; remaining gaps are listed on the industry page.
Close fit Planned NAICS 4244 / 4245
Status
Planned The coverage below describes the planned catalog as of repository commit 455b2c8. No app is released. Everything on this page is a plan. The repository contains a catalog and design documents, not a released app.
How the industry works
Operating characteristics
- case and pallet sales
- route delivery
- credit terms
- perishable and dry goods
- price lists by customer
Typical roles
- order taker
- picker
- driver
- credit controller
- buyer
- manager
Day-to-day flows
- take an order by phone or counter
- pick by case
- deliver on a route
- collect payment on delivery
- invoice on terms
- handle returns
Tenders and payments seen
- cash on delivery
- credit terms
- cheques
- bank transfers
- mobile wallets recorded manually
Inventory and assets
- case-to-unit conversion
- lots and expiry
- locations
- consignment
Reports they ask for
- sales by customer
- aging receivables
- route performance
- expiry
Integrations they need
- supplier ordering
- routing tools
- accountant
A day in the life (illustrative scenario)
What the catalog covers
Statuses: C catalogued, P partial, G gap, N no claim. Modules involved: SALE, TKT, INV, PRC, DISC, RET, DLV, CONN, LOGI, CRM, LOYL, GIFT, EMP, CASH, PAY, BK, LITE, RPT, ANL, MULTI, SEC, DATA, FAIL, HW, PE, LATAM, ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR.
| Capability | Status | Catalog modules |
|---|---|---|
| Selling and checkout | C Catalogued | SALE, TKT |
| Inventory, lots, purchasing | C Catalogued | INV |
| Pricing, discounts, tax rules | C Catalogued | PRC, DISC |
| Returns, credit, special sales | C Catalogued | RET |
| Delivery, waybills, logistics | C Catalogued | DLV, CONN, LOGI |
| Cash drawer, shifts, safe | C Catalogued | CASH |
| Tender types and payments | C Catalogued | PAY |
| Customers, loyalty, gift cards | C Catalogued | CRM, LOYL, GIFT |
| Staff, time clock, payroll basics | C Catalogued | EMP |
| Bookkeeping and ledger | C Catalogued | BK, LITE |
| Reports and analytics | C Catalogued | RPT, ANL |
| Multi-store, multi-register, sync | C Catalogued | MULTI |
| Security, audit, backup, failsafes | C Catalogued | SEC, DATA, FAIL |
| Hardware and peripherals | C Catalogued | HW |
| Country fiscal packs | C Catalogued | PE, LATAM |
| Integrations, API, settings | P Partial | ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR |
| Enterprise accounting (consolidation, intercompany) | P Partial | no dedicated module |
Gaps
- no route optimisation solver listed
- no EDI
- no pallet-level warehouse management
Closest catalog items
Items whose names or descriptions match this industry. Matching is by keyword, so read each as a pointer, not a promise.
- Double-entry journal BK-0008
- Multi-currency ledger BK-0027
- Cost centers / classes / locations BK-0030
- Cross-outlet reports MULTI-0012
- Fixed assets register BK-0083
- Salesperson attribution per sale SALE-0022
- Multi-salesperson commission attribution SALE-0023
- Pay on account (fiado) tender SALE-0061
- Store credit / gift card tender SALE-0062
- Handheld table ordering TBL-0019
- Item station / production center MENU-0013
- Fallback routing KDSKitchen display system: a screen that replaces or supplements kitchen printers. Glossary-0005
- Store credit issue GIFT-0011
- Store credit tender GIFT-0012
- Store credit ledger per customer GIFT-0013
- Gift card and credit reports GIFT-0016
Sub-verticals
Mercado wholesaler (mayorista)
market traders buying cases
Open →Sub-verticalFoodservice distributor
restaurants on terms
Open →Sub-verticalBeverage distributor
crates and deposits
Open →Regulation themes to verify
These are themes, not advice and not compliance claims.
- food-safety and traceability rules
- vehicle and cold-chain rules
- tax invoicing (themes to verify)
Edge cases that break naive systems
- short delivery
- customer refuses a delivery
- price changes with a promotion
Classification
- NAICS
- NAICS 4244 / 4245 (indicative; verify codes) · sectors 42
- Fortune 500 industry labels
- Wholesalers: Food and Grocery
- Fit
- Close fit
Public references consulted
- Distribution ERP (Infor M3, Bizowie, Arion) (excerpt)
Questions
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