ACUMEN DISTRIBUTION BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
Extend the Power of Infor CSD
Over the years, Acumen has helped hundreds of distributors solve challenges that aren’t always addressed through standard ERP functionality alone. The result is a catalog of pre-built Infor CloudSuite Distribution extensions designed to help organizations take business performance to the next level.
Our CSD catalog continues to evolve, with new modules and capabilities regularly added to address emerging business challenges, customer requirements and industry trends. If you don’t see what you need, please contact us, we can build it for you!
By combining industry-leading ERP technology with Acumen-developed innovations, distributors can deploy proven solutions faster, reduce implementation risk and realize greater value from their Infor investment.
ACUMEN DISTRIBUTION BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
Extend the Power
of Infor CSD
Over the years, Acumen has helped hundreds of distributors solve challenges that aren’t always addressed through standard ERP functionality alone. The result is a catalog of pre-built Infor CloudSuite Distribution extensions designed to help organizations take business performance to the next level.
Our CSD catalog continues to evolve, with new modules and capabilities regularly added to address emerging business challenges, customer requirements and industry trends. If you don’t see what you need, please contact us, we can build it for you!
By combining industry-leading ERP technology with Acumen-developed innovations, distributors can deploy proven solutions faster, reduce implementation risk and realize greater value from their Infor investment.
Pick, Pack, Ship
What It Does: Provides Features critical to Big Box and Marketplace fulfillment *UCC 128 / Custom Pack Slips, Load Planning, Ex cel AR Import
Who Needs It: Distributor selling through an online marketplace (Amazon, eBay) or big box retailer (Costco, Home Depot)
Container Fill Webpart
What It Does: Provides insight and a visual representation of the Percentage Fill of a Container, ensuring space and cost optimization
Who Needs It: A Distributor who needs to maximize efficiencies (space and cost) in relation to the transport of goods
Components / Lot Industry Pack
What It Does: Tracks all Lot attributes throughout the supply chain, including Orders, Receiving and Purchasing
Who Needs It: A Components Distributor or any similar industry that requires extensive attributes against their Lots to maintain Industry Compliance
OE Hook +
What It Does: Provides the ability to modify an order entry transaction post creation within CSD – Overall
addresses many of the full order maintenance API limitations
Who Needs It: A Distributor who wants to easily address Edge Cases/Transaction Exceptions – for example, $0.00 orders that the API does not permit
OT+ (Overseas Trade) for CSD
What It Does: Expands Overseas Trade Module to provide import capabilities and better data visibility
Who Needs It: Importers wanting to increase efficiency and ease of use around Overseas Trade
A/P Import for CSD
What It Does: Provides an excel file import utility for uploading large sets of expense and trade invoices to CSD in mass, eliminating manual entry
Who Needs It: An A/P team looking for a quick and easy method of importing large sets of invoice transactions provided to them by vendors that need to be entered into the CSD AP Invoice Center
Advanced Query / Search Screen
What It Does: Provides a real-time, end user friendly option for querying the entire CSD database
Who Needs It: Distributors who struggle with limited searching capabilities across inquiry screens – Find what you need
quickly and easily
Available to Promise Widget
What It Does: Offers Distributors visibility into the actual expected date that they can deliver to their customers – Quick, real time, and in context access to the PO or WT that will fulfill an order
Who Needs It: All Distributors who want to significantly increase the accuracy of their estimated customer delivery dates
E-Comm / Marketplace
(Shopify /Amazon) Connect
What It Does: Provides Two Way Integration between CSD and E-Commerce platform(s) of choice,
including Marketplaces
Who Needs It: Distributor who needs to manage orders from multiple sales channels in one central place
Bid Prep
What It Does: Automates the proposal process with centralized bid creation, formatted quotes and more
Who Needs It: Distributor preparing formalized bids, for tracking long term, complex or a high volume of bids, or has a need to associate related documentation into proposals
OE Bulk Import
What It Does: Easily allows bulk importing of orders, as opposed to the laborious manual build out of the tab based, standard import within an Excel spreadsheet
Who Needs It: CSD Customers who need to bulk import orders from other platforms
Counter Sale Screen
What It Does: Provides a real-time, customer-facing counter interface that connects to your ERP, enabling collaborative order entry with live availability, pricing, and account insights
Who Needs It: Distributors with counter sales who want to improve service speed, increase upsell opportunities, and create a more engaging, consultative customer experience
Product Matrix (i.e. Style, Size, Color)
What It Does: Allows Distributors to create and search/order items via a matrix vs. individual item
Who Needs It: Distributors with Parent SKU’s that have associated attribute based “Children” SKU’s – For example, creating and ordering Items with an associated length and width
Data Warehouse
What It Does: Provides direct ODBC access to the database
Who Needs It: CSD customers who need to deliver real time reporting, maintain legacy reporting (Crystal, Hyperion, etc.) or legacy integrations
AcuShip
What It Does: Connects ShipStation (Small Parcel: FedEx, UPS, DHL,USPS) to CSD
Who Needs It: CSD customer looking for an out of the box integration to ShipStation
ShipHawk for CSD
What It Does: Connects ShipHawk to CSD and TWL for Shipping (Small Parcel & LTL)
Who Needs It: CSD/TWL customers who want an out of the box integration to ShipHawk
Sellercloud Integration
What It Does: Provides two way integration to Sellercloud
Who Needs It: CSD customers who integrate to Marketplaces, Big Box Retailers, and more through Sellercloud
EDI Management Tool
What It Does: Repository for EDI data not able to be stored in CSD, modifies inbound and outbound XML, allows for pre processing of EDI and adds logic to CSD processing of Trading Partner nuances
Who Needs It: Distributor doing EDI with CSD
AI: Product Recommender
What It Does: Provides order recommendations based upon purchase habits and dynamically presents go along products
Who Needs It: Any Distributor looking to increase their upsell and add-on sales revenue
AI: Customer Product Insights
What It Does: Tracks the dynamics of customer buying behavior and flags deviations
Who Needs It: A Distributor who wants to provide better, data driven customer service Stickier customers = Increased spend over time + Greater loyalty over time
AI: Popular Recommendations
What It Does: Highlights top-selling products that a specific customer has not yet purchased, enabling sales reps to introduce high-demand items during interactions
Who Needs It: Distributors aiming to expand customer product adoption and drive incremental revenue through proven,
high-performing products
AI: EDI Suggested Fixes
What It Does: Analyzes EDI errors and provides real-time,
in-screen recommendations and processing options to resolve issues quickly and efficiently
Who Needs It: Distributors with active EDI environments who want to reduce manual troubleshooting, improve processing speed, and minimize order delays due to errors
AI: Competitive Price Insights
What It Does: Aggregates and analyzes external pricing data from sources such as Walmart and other platforms to present competitive pricing comparisons directly within order entry
Who Needs It: Distributors that need real-time market visibility to stay competitive, optimized pricing strategies, and sales support
Operations & Fulfillment
What It Does: Provides Features critical to Big Box and Marketplace fulfillment *UCC 128 / Custom Pack Slips, Load Planning, Ex cel AR Import
Who Needs It: Distributor selling through an online marketplace (Amazon, eBay) or big box retailer (Costco, Home Depot)
What It Does: Provides insight and a visual representation of the Percentage Fill of a Container, ensuring space and cost optimization
Who Needs It: A Distributor who needs to maximize efficiencies (space and cost) in relation to the transport of goods
What It Does: Tracks all Lot attributes throughout the supply chain, including Orders, Receiving and Purchasing
Who Needs It: A Components Distributor or any similar industry that requires extensive attributes against their Lots to maintain Industry Compliance
What It Does: Provides the ability to modify an order entry transaction post creation within CSD – Overall addresses many of the full order maintenance API limitations
Who Needs It: A Distributor who wants to easily address Edge Cases/Transaction Exceptions – for example, $0.00 orders that the API does not permit
What It Does: Expands Overseas Trade Module to provide import capabilities and better data visibility
Who Needs It: Importers wanting to increase efficiency and ease of use around Overseas Trade
Finance & Reporting
What It Does: Provides an excel file import utility for uploading large sets of expense and trade invoices to CSD in mass, eliminating manual entry
Who Needs It: An A/P team looking for a quick and easy method of importing large sets of invoice transactions provided to them by vendors that need to be entered into the CSD AP Invoice Center
What It Does: Provides a real-time, end user friendly option for querying the entire CSD database
Who Needs It: Distributors who struggle with limited searching capabilities across inquiry screens – Find what you need
quickly and easily
Sales & Process Automation
What It Does: Offers Distributors visibility into the actual expected date that they can deliver to their customers – Quick, real time, and in context access to the PO or WT that will fulfill an order
Who Needs It: All Distributors who want to significantly increase the accuracy of their estimated customer delivery dates
What It Does: Provides Two Way Integration between CSD and E-Commerce platform(s) of choice,
including Marketplaces
Who Needs It: Distributor who needs to manage orders from multiple sales channels in one central place
What It Does: Automates the proposal process with centralized bid creation, formatted quotes and more
ho Needs It: Distributor preparing formalized bids, for tracking long term, complex or a high volume of bids, or has a need to associate related documentation into proposals
What It Does: Easily allows bulk importing of orders, as opposed to the laborious manual build out of the tab based, standard import within an Excel spreadsheet
Who Needs It: CSD Customers who need to bulk import orders from other platforms
What It Does: Provides a real-time, customer-facing counter interface that connects to your ERP, enabling collaborative order entry with live availability, pricing, and account insights
Who Needs It: Distributors with counter sales who want to improve service speed, increase upsell opportunities, and create a more engaging, consultative customer experience
What It Does: Allows Distributors to create and search/order items via a matrix vs. individual item
Who Needs It: Distributors with Parent SKU’s that have associated attribute based “Children” SKU’s – For example, creating and ordering Items with an associated length and width
Integration & Connectivity
What It Does: Provides direct ODBC access to the database
Who Needs It: CSD customers who need to deliver real time reporting, maintain legacy reporting (Crystal, Hyperion, etc.) or legacy integrations
What It Does: Connects ShipStation (Small Parcel: FedEx, UPS, DHL,USPS) to CSD
Who Needs It: CSD customer looking for an out of the box integration to ShipStation
What It Does: Connects ShipHawk to CSD and TWL for Shipping (Small Parcel & LTL)
Who Needs It: CSD/TWL customers who want an out of the box integration to ShipHawk
What It Does: Provides two way integration to Sellercloud
Who Needs It: CSD customers who integrate to Marketplaces, Big Box Retailers, and more through Sellercloud
What It Does: Repository for EDI data not able to be stored in CSD, modifies inbound and outbound XML, allows for pre processing of EDI and adds logic to CSD processing of Trading Partner nuances
Who Needs It: Distributor doing EDI with CSD
Artificial Intelligence
What It Does: Provides order recommendations based upon purchase habits and dynamically presents go along products
Who Needs It: Any Distributor looking to increase their upsell and add-on sales revenue
What It Does: Tracks the dynamics of customer buying behavior and flags deviations
Who Needs It: A Distributor who wants to provide better, data driven customer service Stickier customers = Increased spend over time + Greater loyalty over time
What It Does: Highlights top-selling products that a specific customer has not yet purchased, enabling sales reps to introduce high-demand items during interactions
Who Needs It: Distributors aiming to expand customer product adoption and drive incremental revenue through proven,
high-performing products
What It Does: Analyzes EDI errors and provides real-time, in-screen recommendations and processing options to resolve issues quickly and efficiently
Who Needs It: Distributors with active EDI environments who want to reduce manual troubleshooting, improve processing speed, and minimize order delays due to errors
What It Does: Aggregates and analyzes external pricing data from sources such as Walmart and other platforms to present competitive pricing comparisons directly within order entry
Who Needs It: Distributors that need real-time market visibility to stay competitive, optimized pricing strategies, and sales support
WHY SHOULD A DISTRIBUTOR EXTEND CSD?
- Address Market Changes
- Business Process Changes
- Differentiation
- Increase Data Visibility
- Reduce Time to Execute a Process
- Increase Efficiencies
- Quality of Life Improvements
- Decrease Mistakes / Increase Accuracy
WHY SHOULD A DISTRIBUTOR EXTEND CSD?
- Address Market Changes
- Business Process Changes
- Differentiation
- Increase Data Visibility
- Reduce Time to Execute a Process
- Increase Efficiencies
- Quality of Life Improvements
- Decrease Mistakes / Increase Accuracy