VISION allows distributors to manage everything behind the scenes. They can pull in products from about 300 suppliers-including Gill Studios Inc., Leed's, Logomark and Prime Line-manually add products from any other suppliers and then edit product descriptions, pricing, etc.
Additionally, the VISION system can create presentations and calculate sales quotes, and has a customer relationship management system to track communication with clients. As orders come in, the system tracks and splits them among the desired suppliers. "The system knows what supplier that product is coming from, so they don't have to go and search that," Shehadeh said. "The system can have 100 line items in an order and break it up, and let's say it's coming from 100 different suppliers-the system knows what suppliers those are coming from automatically."
Amanda L. Cole is the editor-in-chief of NonProfit PRO. She was formerly editor-in-chief of special projects for NonProfit PRO's sister publication, Promo Marketing. Contact her at acole@napco.com.