Distribution and Warehouse ERP for Australia
Your orders, warehouse, and deliveries running in one system instead of three. Business Central gives Australian distributors the visibility to protect margins and the warehouse tools to scale without adding headcount. Fixed price from AUD $80,000.
Business Central with advanced warehouse management built in
Equerra implements Dynamics 365 Business Central with warehouse management capabilities that go well beyond what the standard system offers. FEFO picking, load carrier tracking, GS1 barcode scanning, enhanced put-away strategies, and a warehouse shipment control centre all run natively inside Business Central. One system, one database, one login. Not a bolt-on.
Orders, inventory, and finance
Sales orders, purchasing, multi-tier pricing, rebate tracking, route planning, and real time financials. Connected to Excel, Power BI, Teams, and Outlook.
Warehouse operations
FEFO picking, load carrier management, enhanced put-away with ABC and zone rules, automatic replenishment, shipping unit management, and a warehouse shipment control centre.
Mobile scanning
Browser based scanning with Tasklet Mobile WMS. GS1 barcode support for GTIN, serial, lot, load carrier, and SSCC. Put-away, pick, movement, physical inventory, and bin lookup from any device.
The problems distributors face as they scale
Distribution runs on speed, accuracy, and tight margins. As your customer base grows, your product range expands, and you add warehouses, the cracks in disconnected systems become impossible to ignore. These are the problems we see in almost every distribution business we talk to.
Orders, inventory, and warehouse on separate systems
Your sales team takes orders in one system, the warehouse runs on another, and finance reconciles in a third. Data moves between them manually, which means delays, errors, and nobody trusting the numbers.
Multi-warehouse visibility is manual or delayed
When you operate from multiple sites, knowing what stock is available and where requires phone calls, emails, or a spreadsheet that was accurate yesterday. You cannot allocate, promise, or transfer with confidence.
Picking errors and dispatch mistakes increasing with volume
Paper based picking and manual dispatch processes work at low volumes. As orders increase, so do picking errors, wrong shipments, and customer complaints. Every mistake costs you time, money, and trust.
Pricing complexity across customers, tiers, and rebates
Different prices for different customers, volume discounts, promotional pricing, and rebate accruals. Maintaining all of this in spreadsheets or a basic system leads to invoicing errors and margin leakage you may not even see.
No real time margin visibility by customer, product, or route
You know overall margin at month end, but you cannot see margin by customer, product line, or delivery route in real time. Without that visibility, you cannot identify where you are making money and where you are losing it.
Growth means more staff not more efficiency
Every new warehouse, product line, or customer tier means hiring more admin and warehouse staff. Your systems do not scale with the business. Growth should drive efficiency, not headcount.
What Business Central with Yaveon 365 delivers for distributors
Every capability runs on Dynamics 365 Business Central with Yaveon 365 Warehouse Management. One platform for your orders, warehouse, pricing, delivery, and financial reporting.
Multi-location inventory with real time visibility
See available stock across every warehouse in real time. Allocate, transfer, and reserve inventory with full visibility across all locations. No more calling warehouses to check stock levels.
Bin level tracking and zone management
Every item has a precise bin location within zones you define. Yaveon 365 adds enhanced put-away strategies using ABC classification, load carrier rules, and zone priority. Your warehouse team always knows exactly where to find and place stock.
FEFO based pick strategy
First Expired First Out enforced automatically during picking. The system directs your pickers to the lot with the earliest expiry date. Critical for food distributors where stock rotation directly affects waste, compliance, and customer confidence.
Load carrier management
Pallets, crates, and bins tracked as managed assets. Every load carrier has its own identity in the system. Know what product is on each carrier, where it sits in the warehouse, and track carrier movements through scanning.
GS1 barcode scanning and mobile WMS
Full GS1 barcode support including GTIN, serial numbers, lot numbers, load carrier IDs, and SSCC codes. Tasklet Mobile WMS runs in the browser on any device. Scanning dialogs for put-away, picking, movement, physical inventory, and more.
Warehouse Shipment Control Centre
A single dispatch view showing everything ready to ship, being picked, and in transit. Your dispatch team manages all outbound shipments from one screen with full visibility of carrier bookings, delivery windows, and shipment status.
Automatic replenishment
Automated replenishment from bulk storage to pick faces using min/max thresholds or demand based triggers. Pick bins stay stocked without manual intervention. Reduces picking delays and keeps your warehouse flowing.
Order management
Sales orders, back orders, standing orders, and blanket orders all managed in one place. Automated order processing with approval workflows. Your sales team and customers always know what is on order, what is allocated, and what is shipping.
Multi-tier pricing and rebate management
Customer specific price agreements, volume discounts, promotional pricing, and rebate tracking. The system calculates the correct price every time. Commission tracking ties sales to rep compensation. No more spreadsheet based pricing lookups.
Route based delivery planning
Plan delivery routes based on geography, vehicle capacity, and customer delivery windows. Orders are grouped by route and sequence, giving dispatch a clear plan for every run. Optimise for efficiency and service levels.
Power BI dashboards
Real time margin visibility by customer, product, and route. Warehouse KPIs including pick accuracy, throughput, and capacity utilisation. All connected to the Microsoft ecosystem you already use for reporting.
Customer portal integration
Give customers self service access to order placement, stock availability, invoices, and delivery tracking. Reduce inbound calls and improve customer experience. Orders placed through the portal flow straight into Business Central.
Third party logistics and multi-client warehousing
If you operate as a 3PL or run distribution for multiple clients from shared facilities, Business Central handles the complexity. Separate inventory ownership, client specific billing, transport management, and capacity planning all run from the same platform your warehouse team already uses.
Multi-client warehousing
Store and fulfil for multiple clients from the same facility. Each client has their own storage rules, product segregation, and reporting. Business Central tracks inventory ownership separately while your team works from a shared floor.
Client specific billing
Configure billing rates per client for storage, handling, pick and pack, and value added services. Generate invoices based on actual warehouse activity rather than estimates. Full transparency for your clients on what they are paying for.
Transport management and load planning
Plan loads based on vehicle capacity, delivery route, and time windows. Consolidate shipments across clients for route efficiency. Track driver assignments and vehicle utilisation from within Business Central.
Shipment tracking with carrier integration
Book shipments with carriers directly from Business Central. Tracking numbers and delivery status flow back automatically. Your clients and their customers get real time visibility on where their goods are.
Capacity planning and utilisation
Track warehouse capacity across zones, racks, and floor space. Plan for peak seasons and new client onboarding. Know exactly how much space is available and what it is being used for at any time.
Proof of delivery capture
Capture delivery confirmations electronically through mobile devices. Proof of delivery records link back to the shipment and invoice in Business Central. No more chasing paper PODs or reconciling delivery disputes manually.
Every warehouse operation covered by mobile scanning
Yaveon 365 provides scanning dialogs for every warehouse process. Your team works from handheld devices instead of paper, and every scan updates Business Central in real time.
Put-away scanning
Receive goods and scan them to the correct bin. Enhanced put-away strategy uses ABC classification and zone rules to direct placement automatically.
Pick scanning
FEFO directed picking ensures the right lot is picked every time. Scan to confirm the pick, the bin, and the quantity. Errors are caught before they reach dispatch.
Movement and replenishment
Move stock between bins, zones, or warehouses with scanning confirmation. Automatic replenishment from bulk storage to pick faces keeps your operation flowing.
Physical inventory and bin info
Count stock by scanning. Look up bin contents and lot information on the spot. No more clipboard counts and manual data entry after the fact.
GS1 barcode support
Yaveon 365 supports the full GS1 barcode standard. A single scan can capture GTIN (product identification), serial number, lot number, load carrier ID, and SSCC (Serial Shipping Container Code). This means your team scans once and the system extracts all the data it needs. No manual entry, no lookup screens, no transcription errors. If your products and load carriers already carry GS1 barcodes, the system reads them natively.
Distribution ERP platforms compared for Australia
Several platforms serve the distribution and warehouse ERP market. Here is how they compare for Australian operators.
In short: Business Central with Yaveon Warehouse fits Australian mid-market distributors wanting integrated warehouse scanning, FEFO picking, and fixed price delivery. MYOB suits smaller distributors with simpler warehouse needs. SAP Business One offers solid inventory with third party warehouse add-ons. Standalone WMS platforms are for large, high throughput warehouse operations that do not need a full ERP change.
Equerra implements Business Central with Yaveon 365 Warehouse Management for Australian distributors. Talk to us if you want an honest assessment of which platform fits your operation.
From discovery to go live
Discover
We walk your warehouse floor, sit with your sales team, and map your order workflows, picking processes, pricing structures, and delivery routes. We identify where disconnected systems are costing you time and money, and where better visibility would improve decisions.
Implement
We configure Business Central and Yaveon 365 Warehouse Management around your distribution workflows. Data migration, warehouse bin and zone setup, pricing rules, scanning configuration, and team training all happen in a phased rollout. Real data, not demo environments.
Support
After go live, we stay. Ongoing support as you add new warehouses, customers, product lines, or delivery routes. System optimisation, new reporting, seasonal adjustments. We are a phone call away, not a ticket queue.
Distribution and warehouse ERP questions for Australian operators
Can Business Central handle multi-warehouse operations?
Yes. Business Central supports unlimited warehouse locations with real time inventory visibility across every site. Each warehouse can have its own bin structure, zone configuration, and put-away rules. Yaveon 365 Warehouse Management adds advanced features like ABC classification for put-away strategy, load carrier tracking, and zone based storage rules. You manage transfers, allocations, and replenishment from a single platform without switching between systems.
How does warehouse scanning work with Business Central?
Yaveon 365 provides browser based scanning dialogs that run on any device with a web browser. No app installation required. Your team scans for put-away, picking, movement, physical inventory, and load carrier operations. The system supports GS1 barcodes including GTIN, serial numbers, lot numbers, load carrier IDs, and SSCC codes. Tasklet Mobile WMS connects directly to Business Central so every scan updates inventory in real time.
Does Business Central support FEFO picking for food distributors?
Yes. Yaveon 365 enforces First Expired First Out picking automatically. When your team picks an order, the system directs them to the lot with the earliest expiry date first. This is critical for food distributors handling perishable products where shelf life management directly affects waste, compliance, and customer satisfaction. FEFO rules work alongside zone and bin priority rules for complete pick optimisation.
How does Business Central handle complex wholesale pricing and rebates?
Business Central supports multi-tier pricing, customer specific price agreements, volume discounts, and promotional pricing. The system calculates the correct price automatically based on the customer, product, quantity, date, and any active campaigns. Rebate management tracks accruals and settlements across customers and product groups. Commission tracking ties sales performance to your rep compensation models. No more manual price lookups or spreadsheet based rebate calculations.
Can Business Central manage 3PL and multi-client warehousing?
Yes. Business Central handles multi-client warehousing where you store and fulfil for multiple clients from the same facility. Each client can have their own storage rules, billing rates, and reporting. Client specific billing covers storage fees, handling charges, and pick and pack rates. You track capacity utilisation across clients and generate accurate invoices based on actual activity rather than estimates.
Does Business Central integrate with carrier and transport systems?
Business Central integrates with carrier systems for shipment booking, tracking, and proof of delivery. The Warehouse Shipment Control Centre in Yaveon 365 gives your dispatch team a single view of everything ready to ship, in transit, and delivered. You can plan loads based on vehicle capacity, route, and delivery windows. Carrier integration means tracking numbers and delivery status flow back into Business Central automatically.
How does load carrier management work?
Yaveon 365 tracks pallets, crates, bins, and other load carriers as managed assets throughout your warehouse. Every load carrier has its own identity and the system knows what product is on it, where it is located, and where it needs to go. Load carrier IDs are part of the GS1 barcode scanning workflow so your team tracks carriers alongside inventory in every warehouse operation. This eliminates lost pallets and simplifies asset reconciliation.
What mobile devices work with the warehouse scanning?
Tasklet Mobile WMS is browser based, so it works on any device with a web browser. Android handhelds, iOS devices, rugged warehouse scanners, and even tablets. No app installation, no device management overhead. Your team logs in through the browser and starts scanning. This means you can use the hardware you already own or choose the most cost effective option for your operation.
How much does a distribution ERP implementation cost?
Equerra fixed price distribution implementations start from AUD $80,000 for operations with straightforward warehousing and order management. Larger operations with multiple warehouses, advanced picking strategies, 3PL capabilities, carrier integration, and complex pricing typically fall in the AUD $120,000 to AUD $250,000 range. That includes Business Central licensing, Yaveon 365 Warehouse Management, data migration, configuration, training, and go live support. We publish indicative pricing on our pricing page.
How long does a distribution implementation take?
Most distribution implementations run three to six months depending on the number of warehouses, complexity of your pricing and order management, and whether you need advanced warehouse scanning and carrier integration. We phase the rollout starting with core financials and inventory, then adding order management, warehouse operations, and reporting. Your team trains on real data before go live and we stay to support after cutover.
Keep exploring
Distribution and warehousing is one of several verticals Equerra implements on Dynamics 365 Business Central. See our transparent pricing for implementation costs, or read related industry pages for food manufacturing, fresh produce, meat processing, seafood, and general manufacturing.
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