Distribution

Expose the service cost hidden between gross margin and net customer profit.

Optifi connects order behaviour, warehouse activity, inventory, transport, returns and commercial terms to show the real economics of every customer relationship.

Management signalNet customer and order profitability
01The management question
What distorts margin

Which customer behaviours consume the margin reported at invoice level?

Distribution margin is lost through behaviour, not only price. Frequent small orders, split deliveries, emergency picks, slow-moving stock, returns and bespoke service can make a high-revenue customer expensive to serve.

01Orders, lines, picks and pallets
02Warehouse handling and storage
03Inventory days and working capital
04Distance, drops and delivery mode
05Returns, credits and service exceptions
Connected in OptifiTrue profitability
02What matters to leadership
The economics management must see

Focus the model on the decisions that determine profit.

01

Customer cost-to-serve

What matters

Gross margin treats customers with different ordering and service behaviour as though they cost the same to support.

How Optifi helps

Optifi builds a customer P&L that assigns fulfilment, delivery, credit, returns and account-support cost using observed demand drivers.

02

Warehouse economics

What matters

SKU proliferation, slotting, low pick density, handling requirements and slow-moving stock alter the cost of every order.

How Optifi helps

Optifi connects WMS activity and inventory data to calculate cost per line, pick, pallet, order and SKU across facilities.

03

Transport and last mile

What matters

Distance alone does not explain delivery cost. Drop density, vehicle utilisation, urgency, failed deliveries and mode all matter.

How Optifi helps

Optifi allocates fleet and third-party transport cost to routes, orders and customers, then tests service and network scenarios.

04

Commercial policy

What matters

Discounts, minimum-order rules, service promises and returns policies influence behaviour and therefore profitability.

How Optifi helps

Optifi simulates price, discount, order policy and service-level changes to show the profit effect before commercial action.

03Automated profitability process
One governed model

Trace every service activity to the customer economics it creates.

Stratic configures Optifi to automate ERP, WMS, TMS, CRM and finance data. Activity and time drivers assign warehouse, transport, inventory and support cost to the products, orders, channels and customers that create the demand.

01Extract

ERP + operational systems

02Reconcile

Finance + operational controls

03Allocate

Direct + indirect cost

04Report

Dashboards + review packs

05Act

Decisions + accountability

04Reporting rhythm
Insight without the reporting delay

Management reporting at the cadence your business requires.

Give sales, operations and finance one customer-profit view, refreshed from the transactions that created the cost.

DailyEmerging varianceOperating exceptions while action is still possible.
WeeklyPerformance trendAccountability, movement and corrective action.
MonthlyProfitability reviewReconciled cost, allocation and profit performance.
Close + 1 dayManagement packAvailable one day after month-end close.
05Where management acts
Decision-ready profitability

Turn cost-to-serve into a commercial management discipline.

Explain whether margin is being diluted by order behaviour, handling, inventory, route, returns or service commitments.

01
Net customer and order profitabilityTraceable to approved data, drivers and allocation rules.
02
Route, branch and channel economicsTraceable to approved data, drivers and allocation rules.
03
Transparent service-cost driversTraceable to approved data, drivers and allocation rules.
04
Pricing and service-policy actionTraceable to approved data, drivers and allocation rules.
06Where to start
Begin with one material question

Start with one customer segment, warehouse or delivery network.

Discuss your use case
01Customer cost-to-serve
02Warehouse and fulfilment performance
03Route and delivery profitability
04SKU, inventory and returns analysis
Distribution

Ready to see which customer relationships create profit?

Automate cost-to-serve and profitability from order line to customer P&L.