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How to Create AI Agents for Wholesale Distribution Workflows

Create AI agents for sales analysis, inventory monitoring, and reorder workflows. Connect ChatGPT, Claude, or Grok to inSitu Sales and follow the setup steps.

Route Accounting Software: Features, Benefits, and How to Choose

Learn how route accounting connects truck inventory, invoices, payments, and settlement. Compare key features and QuickBooks or Sage 100 integration needs.

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DSD Truck Inventory and Route Settlement: From Warehouse Load-Out to End-of-Day Reconciliation

In a truck-stock DSD operation, the vehicle carries inventory for sales made during customer visits. The warehouse replenishes that vehicle, the representative sells and invoices from onboard stock, and route accounting reconciles the products and money at the end of the route. The day’s actual sales determine how the load is used. One store buys …

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Lot Traceability: A Complete Guide for Wholesale Distributors

Reviewed by Pablo Gil, CEO of inSitu Sales. Pablo was involved in the project implementation and has reviewed this article. Lot traceability is the ability to identify where a specific product lot came from, where it moved, and which customers received it. An effective system connects receiving, warehouse inventory, order fulfillment, delivery, returns, and recalls …

Real Time Inventory vs. Batch Sync

Real-Time Inventory vs. Batch Sync: Which Is Better For Wholesale Distribution?

If your sales reps have ever shown up to a customer with a confirmed order only to find out the product wasn’t actually available, you’ve already experienced the cost of the wrong answer to this question. Learn the difference between real-time inventory sync and batch sync. Discover how each impacts inventory accuracy, field sales, order …

Inventory Management Solutions For Wholesale Distributors

How to Manage Inventory for Wholesale Distribution: A Field-to-Warehouse Guide

If you run a wholesale distribution or direct store delivery (DSD) operation, you already know that inventory management isn’t just a back-office function. It happens in the warehouse, on the road, in the hands of your sales reps, and at the moment a driver makes a delivery. When any one of those links breaks down, …

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Outside Sales Rep Strategies That Cut Waste & Win More

Outside Sales Rep: The Complete Guide to Maximizing Field Sales Profitability The outside sales rep role is one of the highest-leverage positions in wholesale distribution, and it’s also one of the most under-optimized. Reps who carry territories worth millions of dollars are still manually writing orders, printing paper routes, and updating spreadsheets in parking lots. …

new route settlement for insitu dispatch

New Route Settlement Features For inSitu Dispatch

For wholesale distributors and direct store delivery (DSD) operations, the day doesn’t end when the last box is dropped off. There’s a second half to every route, one that happens back at the warehouse, and it doesn’t involve trucks or traffic or delivery windows. It involves numbers. Specifically, it involves making sure the numbers from …

warehouse picking guide

Warehouse Picking: The Complete Guide for Distributors

  Warehouse picking is the process of retrieving products from their storage locations to fulfill customer orders, and it’s the single most labor-intensive, error-prone operation in your distribution center. For wholesale distributors and manufacturers, picking accounts for up to 55% of total warehouse operating costs. Get it right, and you gain a measurable competitive edge. …

Building Smarter Distribution Strategies For CPG in 2026

CPG Software & Distribution Strategy: Building a Smarter, Scalable Wholesale Operation

To succeed in the fast-moving consumer packaged goods (CPG) landscape, your distribution strategy needs to move even faster. Mobile route sales are no longer just about getting customer products from point A to point B; it’s about keeping up with industry expectations and beating any competitors’ edge. For wholesale distributors, the right sales rep software …

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