What is Wherefour?
Wherefour is a user-friendly cloud ERP built specifically for product-focused firms. It manages everything from real-time inventory and production planning to lot-level traceability, purchasing, and customer portals—accessible via desktop, tablet, or phone. Its goal is to simplify audits, minimise compliance risk, and streamline batch manufacturing.
What are the advantages of Wherefour?
- Unified traceability & compliance: Full batch/lot tracking (time-stamped, user-linked), plus easy recall reporting and regulatory document bundling.
- Swift MRP & forecasting: One-click demand-driven purchase order creation using lead times and reorder thresholds.
- Customer self-service portal: A branded B2B portal offering ordering, invoices, history, volume/seasonal pricing, and mobile barcode delivery tools.
- Smooth integrations: Native syncing with QuickBooks, Sage Intacct, Dynamics, Xero; plus e‑commerce automation via Shopify, Zapier, ShipStation, and more.
- E-commerce workflow automation: Automates order import, pick/pack, shipping label creation, COGS sync, and B2B portal ordering for efficient fulfillment.
What are the general functions of Wherefour?
- Inventory & Warehouse: Real-time stock, catch-weight, bin transfers, expiry alerts, lot & barcode control.
- MRP & Production: Forecasting, work orders, costed batches, production alerts, scheduling, and variance tracking.
- Traceability & Recall: Complete lot histories, recall templates, safety plan tracking, COAs, and regulatory compliance documentation.
- Purchasing: Supplier management, volume pricing, auto PO generation, PO receipt, and wastage-handling conversion.
- Sales, CRM & B2B Portal: Order entry, CRM tracking, direct-to-customer pricing logic, route/delivery workflows using mobile barcode scanning.
- Accounting Integration: Syncs customer/vendor data, invoices, POs, credit memos, journal entries, and COGS/COGM with external financial systems.
- E-commerce & Automation: Integrates order/fulfillment processes based on Shopify, ecommerce platforms, Zapier, and logistics tools.
- Compliance & QA: Store tagged documents, QA templates, COAs, photos, and produce audits and compliance reports.
- Analytics & Reporting: Live dashboards, inventory/cost/KPI reports, foreseeable demand, audit-ready logs, and proof-of-performance metrics.