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Wholesale & Distribution

Cut stockouts by up to 40 %, without overstocking.

AI-driven automated replenishment and sales forecasting — wired into the Sage, SAP or EBP you already run. Built for purchasing directors and supply-chain leads who need to free up cash without losing a single customer.

Range observed on comparable distribution projects. Specific commitment after diagnostic.

Wide aisle in a spacious warehouse filled with industrial metal shelving units.
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Why your margins erode

Wholesalers pay twice — overstock and stockouts.

01

Costly overstock

Cash tied up in slow-moving SKUs while warehousing fees eat into your gross margin.

02

Frequent stockouts

The customer calls, you don't have the part. They order from the competitor — and stay there.

03

Manual supplier orders

Your buyers spend hours retyping POs and arbitrating quantities by gut feel.

04

Unworkable catalogues

Thousands of SKUs, datasheets scattered across folders — your sales reps find nothing on calls.

05

Pure-player pressure

ManoMano Pro, Amazon Business and other pure-players are reshaping price expectations. You need margin intelligence per SKU.

Use cases

From forecast to PO, fully automated.

Primary use case

Automated replenishment & sales forecasting

Multi-seasonality forecasting per SKU and warehouse, combined with supplier lead times and dynamic safety stock. Generates purchase order proposals straight into Sage or SAP — your buyer approves in one click.

upto −35 % working capital in stock
upto −40 % stockout rate
upto +8 pts service level

AI agent for order taking & customer follow-up

An agent that handles B2B orders via email/WhatsApp, checks availability and offers substitutes.

up to +25 % orders processed per rep

Margin optimisation via predictive pricing

Surface SKUs where you can raise prices and where dropping price actually wins volume, by segment.

up to +2.5 pts gross margin

RAG on product catalogues & pricing

Your reps query tens of thousands of product sheets, pricing terms and equivalences in plain language.

up to −60 % time spent searching
What we target during pilot

The orders of magnitude we frame during diagnostic.

up to −35 %

Working capital in stock (€)

up to −40 %

Stockout rate

up to +8 pts

Customer service level

up to −12 d

Days of stock on hand

up to +2.5 pts

Gross margin per SKU

Indicative ranges from distribution forecasting literature. Specific targets are scoped per project.

Our approach

From diagnostic to deployment in 4 phases.

01

Data & ERP diagnostic

Audit your sales history, stock and supplier lead times. Pinpoint the SKUs with highest impact.

1 wk
02

Pilot on one product family

Forecasting model deployed on one family or warehouse. Benchmarked against your current method.

3 wks
03

ERP integration

Sage / SAP / EBP connectors. Auto-generated PO proposals inside your existing tool.

3 wks
04

Industrialisation & coaching

Multi-warehouse rollout, buyer training, Slack/Teams alerts, executive dashboard.

Ongoing
What you take home

Not a demo. A system live inside your ERP.

  • Forecasting model per SKU × warehouse × week, retrained monthly
  • Two-way connector with Sage 100 / SAP B1 / EBP / Cegid Trade
  • Approval console for buyers to review and sign off PO proposals
  • Executive dashboard: working capital, stockouts, service level, margin
  • Real-time alerts on critical SKUs (Slack, Teams, email)
  • Documentation, runbook and training for purchasing & sales teams
Integrations

We plug into what you already run.

Sage 100 Commercial Management
SAP Business One
EBP Commercial Management
Cegid Trade
Custom connectors (REST API, ODBC, files)
Power BI / Metabase / Tableau
Compliance & legal framework

GDPR and EU AI Act — documented.

Your ERP data is processed and stored on EU infrastructure. Any call to non-EU third-party models (e.g. Anthropic) is anonymised or abstracted — see our security commitments for the breakdown. Per our own assessment, our forecasting models fall under the 'minimal risk' category of the EU AI Act — full documentation and traceability log provided.

See our security & compliance commitments →
Client proof

Already running in production for our clients.

Orders received by email, delivery notes, supplier invoices: at Guenifey, this kind of inbound flow is processed automatically, from document reading to entry in the business tool. The same mechanics apply to wholesale.

GuenifeyHereditary genealogy · ~200 employees

Guenifey automates heir-file processing and saves 30 minutes per case.

−30 min
per processed file
~2 h
recovered every week
0
manual entry errors
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WHAT MAKES OLIXID

An AI agency built by the engineers who ship the code.

Not a consulting firm. Not a digital agency. A team of AI engineers who scope, code and ship to production — for French SMEs and mid-market companies.

Meet the team and the method
01

Engineer-founded

From EPITA, ranked #1 computer-science engineering school in France.

02

AI student consultancy

Founded in 2024. Dozens of engagements shipped to production before launching OLIXID.

03

Scope · build · deliver

Same people from diagnostic to production. No disconnected pre-sales, no project tunnel.

04

Plugs into what you run

No ERP replacement, no big bang. AI sits next to your tools — your teams keep their interfaces.

FAQ

What purchasing directors ask us.

Next step

Let's measure what we can unlock at your company

30 minutes with a consultant to map your critical SKUs, recurring stockouts and a realistic 6-month upside.

Reply within 24h · No commitment