brotherton-erpnext/erpnext/docs/user/manual/en/stock/index.md

# ERPNext for Distributors

Distrobutors have large part of their net worth is invested in the stock in hand. With ERPNext, you can always keep a birds eye view on your stock availability, replineshment, procurement and sales.

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Distributors need to be on the top of their game always. From procuring the products to providing after-sales support for the same, they are an important part of the supply-chain.

### Material Flow

There are three main types of entries

  * Purchase Receipt: Items received from Suppliers against Purchase Orders.
  * Stock Entry: Items transferred from one Warehouse to another.
  * Delivery Note: Items shipped to Customers.

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### A Distributor on ERPNext Implementation

When Tarun Gupta's security services startup Neural Integrated Services started growing, his ERP could not keep pace and was full of bugs in spite of spending a lot of money. Thats when Tarun decided he wanted to move to something better and discovered ERPNext.

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### User Manual

A distributor needs lots more than sales and purchase module to operate efficiently. ERPNext has all of it available built-in.

- You track your books of accounts using [Accounts module](/docs/user/manual/en/accounts.html).
- Manage payroll, leaves and claims of your support staff in the [HR module](/docs/user/manual/en/human-resources.html).
- Attend customer's support queries better with [Support](/docs/user/manual/en/support.html) module of ERPNext.

Here is the stepwise guide on the functionalities of ERPNext Stock / inventory module.

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