NetSuite for Wholesale Distribution

Transform your distribution business with NetSuite’s #1 Cloud ERP/financial suite for wholesale distributors.

To be successful in an omnichannel world, your wholesale distribution business must have united core business systems. Distributors that have connected the operations of their supply chain, CRM, retail channels, inventory, and other processes will have an edge up on the competition. NetSuite provides a superior cloud-based ERP / financial suite for wholesale distributors, allowing you to manage every part of your business through a single platform. All of your business data is connected. **Meet the demands of 21st-century consumers **while improving your efficiency and adding to your bottom line.

Outlook for Wholesale Distribution in 2025

According to a recent MDM report the outlook for Wholesale Distribution revenue growth rate continues to project upward year over year. 40% of distributors, manufacturers, and service providers expect sales to rise up to 10% by the end of this year. When asked about their overall outlook for 2025, a top priority in this survey was to streamline and automate processes this year.

Key trends impacting distributors:

Enhanced hybrid sales approaches
Solving transportation costs and product/material shortages
Controlling costs while boosting innovation
Investing in workforce expertise and education
Expanding digital commerce and marketing capabilities
Extending international sales programs

Why Distributors Choose NetSuite Cloud ERP

Customer Success Story & ERP Demonstration

NETSUITE SUPPORTS HINT’S GROWTH:

From kitchen to nationwide grocers, discover how NetSuite transformed Hint’s brand and why their business owners chose NetSuite ERP.

THE BENEFITS OF NETSUITE ERP:

Learn distribution companies like yours are transforming their business with NetSuite’s #1 cloud solution.

Adapt Quickly to Change and Build Resilience

Flexibility remains a highlighted goal for wholesalers as they face increased competition from suppliers, customers, and marketplaces leveraging technology. This trend is forcing businesses to innovate to predict customer expectations, align processes, and maintain a real-time view of the business for better planning decisions.

Learn how wholesale distributors can reduce costs, enhance productivity, automate processes, and gain better visibility with NetSuite:

Actionable Business Insights	% Change
Gross Margin Performance	+ 1% to 5%
Revenue Performance	+ 2% to 10%
Inventory Costs	-20% to 30%
Obsolete Inventory Carrying Costs	-20% to 40%
Customer Backorders	-60% to 80%
IT Resource Costs	-50% to 75%
Disaster Recovery Costs	-50% to 75%

Learn More About NetSuite

Transform Your Distribution Business with NetSuite’s #1 Cloud ERP Solution

NetSuite’s Cloud ERP for Distribution helps companies streamline supply chain operations while driving profitable growth. By combining powerful features like inventory replenishment, order management, and vendor self-service with measurable business benefits—such as higher customer satisfaction, improved margins, and increased productivity—NetSuite empowers distributors to stay competitive in today’s fast-moving market.

Benefits

Improve customer satisfaction
Retain your best customers
Increase margins
Accelerate revenue growth
Improve marketing
Boost employee productivity
Enable user adoption

Features

Inventory Replenishment
Accurate Order Promising
Streamlined Receiving
Integrated UPS & FedEx
Returns Management
Self-Service Vendor Center

Lead-to-Quote Business Challenges

From scattered leads to streamlined sales processes, here’s how NetSuite makes a difference.

Challenges:

Many companies manage leads in an ad-hoc way, which causes valuable opportunities to slip through the cracks. Without a single, unified view of the customer, sales teams struggle to understand their pipeline. The lack of visibility into sales activities often results in missed follow-ups, inefficiencies, and lost revenue.

NetSuite Solutions:

NetSuite addresses these challenges with centralized lead management and automated follow-up tools, ensuring no opportunity goes unnoticed. Its 360-degree customer view gives sales teams complete visibility across accounts and interactions. With saved searches, KPIs, and real-time dashboards, businesses gain the insights needed to track performance, improve efficiency, and close more deals.

What Our Clients Have to Say

Communication is very clear, and Protelo is always willing to help.

iChrom Solutions

CEO

The Protelo team is very patient and thorough. They always follow up.

Manchester Music Mill

Owner

Protelo does a great job with everything. They never let us down and are always very responsive, even on holidays and nights.

Republic National Distributing Company

Senior Manager, Information Technology

Protelo's services are spot-on, and they are great at following up.

Food Physics

CEO

NetSuite Experts Here For You

Protelo is an experienced NetSuite partner that provides wholesale distributors with a single source of expertise to implement, customize, integrate, and refine business processes. We bring decades of business-process expertise and deep product knowledge to companies interested in exploring the power of the NetSuite application.

Our team has assisted hundreds of small, midmarket, and enterprise companies across industries in achieving their goals. From planning to managed services, Protelo is an end-to-end provider of ERP expertise.