Product Management Software
Consider product management software as your solution. Acting as a reliable sidekick, this system equips you with powerful tools to easily handle all products of your company in one place. EMERGE stands out as a software for product management with practical features you need, like raw material management, barcode and serialization management, product specificity-based reporting, variant management, and unit of measure management.
Raw Material Management
In the wholesale business, proficient management of raw materials is essential to save costs and maintain total inventory costs. Accumulating excessive raw materials poses serious challenges. But using a product management system can simplify raw material management and make it more efficient.
- Set minimum reorder points to get alerts when raw materials are running low.
- Link raw materials to each production stage to easily track stock levels and monitor production progress.
- The module overview in EMERGE shows you what’s in stock, what’s incoming, and the total warehouse value at any point in time.
- When material costs change, use product reports to see the impact, helping you make informed decisions and adjust raw material inventory accordingly.
Variants Management
In wholesale business, product lines often consist of numerous variants, including size, color, material type, and even expiration dates for each product. Managing such a vast inventory manually becomes impractical, making software for product management essential for effective warehouse management.
- Create various product variants and link them to each other based on the valuation you’ve set. This simplifies the process of setting up tags, images, and selling prices for each individual variant.
- The table variant management interface in the software allows you to view, configure, and sell all variants in a single table view, making it easy to manage.
- For accessories and apparel businesses, managing variants like clothing sizes or jewelry types can be challenging with traditional methods, but a software for product management can help.
Without a product management system, envisioning the complexities that could arise from changes at any stage is daunting and could lead to chaos, hindering your ability to control the entire process.
Manage Complex Unit of Measurement
To cater to the needs of traditional import and export companies involved in wholesale or trading, software for product management should offer a sophisticated unit of measurement setup for your products.
- EMERGE supports a wide range of units, making it easier to manage a diverse product catalog. Whether you sell items in basic units, boxes, crates, or more specialized measurements like grams or ounces, it has you covered.
- You can define a base unit of measurement and assign specific selling and purchase prices for each unit.
- When creating an order, you can easily scan and select the appropriate unit based on your customer’s requirements.
This functionality is seamlessly integrated into the product management software, offering specific details at the root level of each product.
Serial Number Management
Serial number management is especially important for companies with relatively expensive products and where it is required to track individual parts or items for warranty purposes, maintenance, or traceability. Electronics, machinery, and automobiles are businesses that practically need this feature in a software for product management for more precision.
- You can assign custom serial numbers to products you have created or purchased. Along with the assigned serial number, you can insert notes, warranty dates, etc.
- This serial number can be very useful in accurately tracking items in and out of your warehouse. You can track the history of each item, such as when it was purchased, manufactured, and to whom it was sold.
- When it comes to after-sales, product management software with serial number tracking can be key in most support cases, such as exchanges, returns, replacements, and warranty claims.
- You can check if a product is still under warranty or if there are any related documents, and link the product to the right customer and order.
- EMERGE also enables the creation and printing of barcodes, which can be used in conjunction with serial numbers for enhanced scanning and warehouse operations.
- You also get a central and secure registry of your inventory. So, prospective buyers can check on their authenticity and service history with you.
Batch and Expiry Management
In the wholesale distribution sector, particularly within pharmaceuticals, food, and biomaterials, the complexity of inventory tracking and product management intensifies. It is crucial to track each product purchase by batches and, most of the time, by expiry dates. A robust product management software becomes essential to manage shipments and expiration dates efficiently in both receiving and sales processes.
- Assign batch and expiration dates when you receive the goods into the warehouse, and when you complete the manufacturing process, if you have one.
- Each batch is tracked from purchase or production to sale, allowing you to identify which customer received the product from that particular batch.
- Choose the batch you want to prioritize selling when you place an order. The system will also display all the information about the batch and expiration date when you select the item in the sales process.
- With expiry dates assigned for each batch, you can track shelf life and prevent costly inventory expirations.
- Generate Inventory Overall Report with batch information and set a date range to view expiring products.
- Using the Expiry Batch Reminder feature to generate and mass-send emails to remind your customers about the expiring products they have purchased.
This feature proves to be extremely useful in ensuring accuracy and efficiency in the complex landscape of product management in F&B, pharmaceutical businesses.
Reports in Product Management
Organizing products by categories and brands helps businesses maintain a clear structure, making it easier for internal teams and customers to understand the product range. With this structure in place, businesses can generate insightful reports to manage their products more effectively.
- In EMERGE, the Product Reports feature lets you filter data by category, brand, supplier, product tag, and more, giving you the flexibility to analyze your products from multiple angles.
- Use the Product Sales Report to track how your products perform based on specific units of measurement (UOM) and profit margins.
- The Product Trend Report, which requires six months of data, helps you identify which products are rising in popularity and which ones might not be worth reordering.
The best product management software helps you streamline product handling and ensures consistent, up-to-date information across your team.
Simple management (assembly)
Implementing product management software can offer major advantages through automation. EMERGE is a powerful example of such a tool, helping reduce manual workload by automating key processes.
With EMERGE, you can:
- Create production schedules and set expected completion dates
- Automatically deduct raw materials and add the finished products to inventory, ensuring stock accuracy
- Include additional production costs in the product’s cost of goods sold
For wholesale and distribution businesses, especially in import and export, these features improve operational efficiency and accuracy. Automation not only streamlines the process but also reduces the risk of human error throughout the workflow.
Gold Features
Variant table interface
A simple yet essential feature called the Variant Table Interface. With this feature, EMERGE provides you with a display format that combines variants of the same item with the same price into a table view. You can use this view for various functions like creating orders from Quote Order, Sale Order, Purchase Order, Receive Note, Delivery Order, Invoice, and more.
This feature is particularly valuable in the fashion industry, where having an overview of your products is crucial for creating orders quickly and easily.
Keeping the page neat and easy to read, this design helps users purchase and sell items more efficiently. You won’t waste time searching for different sizes or colors of the same item in separate conditions.
Industries that are suitable but not limited to use Variant table interface:
- Fashion, accessories & stationery
- Industrial parts with different variations (eg: Diameter, dial, colour etc)
- Household consumables
- Medical consumables
At $59 per month or $489 per year, investing in this optimization process could significantly improve your workflow. Do you think it’s worth it?
Frequently Asked Questions
- What makes EMERGE product management software the best?
We’re a product management solution company which is extremely affordable for smaller businesses but yet allows customization of the app as part of our growth business model, to facilitate when your business grows. Regardless of what types of product you’re managing, EMERGE has already looked into managing it better, without sacrificing usability
- Can I use barcode scanning as a barcode for product management?
Yes for sure, if your products come with barcodes or QR codes, you can scan the codes directly into EMERGE’s product and scan to pull out the product in the product module whenever necessary. Otherwise, you can use the barcode generator embedded inside the product module to seamlessly create the barcodes whenever you create a new product in EMERGE.
Once this is done, you can either use a handheld barcode scanner connected to your PC via USB or bluetooth. You can also use a handheld scanner that is embedded with a scanning camera (eg: Zebra handheld) and open EMERGE’s mobile version on the device’s browser
- I don’t need other modules in EMERGE (only product management), can I have a discount?
No, we sell EMERGE by users, although you can define features that will be used for each user, we do not sell EMERGE by features but rather users from $36.9/month onwards.
- If I have features that are missing in EMERGE, can we pay to customize?
Yes, we offer customization to all users. Chat with us to understand your requirements.
