When most people think of Material Requirements Planning (MRP), they immediately associate it with manufacturing. But the truth is, MRP isn't just for the shop floor. For growing businesses—especially distributors, wholesalers, and multi-location operations—an MRP system like Kechie offers powerful tools that go well beyond production scheduling.

Plan With Confidence Using a 52-Week Forecast

Kechie’s robust MRP engine provides a 52-week forward-looking calendar that gives you a clear view of material needs based on real-time demand and historical usage. This helps businesses:

• Maintain optimal stock levels
• Avoid tying up capital in excess inventory
• Reduce the risk of stockouts that lead to missed sales or delivery delays

With this long-range planning capability, you're not reacting to issues—you’re staying ahead of them.

MRP Action Reports: Your Daily Decision Engine

Imagine starting your day with a clear, concise list of what needs attention. Kechie makes this possible with its real-time MRP Action Reports, which surface:

• Recommended purchase orders
• Low-stock alerts
• Inventory transfers across locations

These reports allow your team to act fast and decisively, streamlining daily workflows and reducing the burden of manual tracking or guesswork.

Automate Purchase Suggestions

Procurement teams often rely on spreadsheets, gut instinct, or static reorder points. Kechie MRP takes a smarter approach.

By analyzing demand trends, lead times, and safety stock thresholds, it automatically generates purchase suggestions—which can be reviewed and converted into purchase orders in just a few clicks. The result? Faster buying decisions, fewer errors, and better supplier relationships.

Streamlined Supplier and Lead Time Management

Kechie also simplifies how you manage vendor data. The system tracks key supplier details—such as pricing tiers, payment terms, and delivery performance—allowing you to evaluate vendor reliability and forecast deliveries with greater precision.

This helps ensure you’re always ordering from the right source, at the right time.

Real-Time Multi-Location Inventory Visibility

Whether you're managing stock in a single warehouse or across multiple facilities, Kechie provides a centralized view of all your inventory. You’ll always know:

• What’s in stock
• What’s on order
• Where each item is located

This visibility translates into faster decision-making and better coordination between purchasing, sales, and operations.

Simple, Scalable, and Seamlessly Integrated

Kechie MRP doesn’t require a team of IT experts to set up or manage. It’s a cloud-based, user-friendly platform that’s fully integrated with the broader Kechie ERP system, making it ideal for businesses looking to scale without added complexity.

Whether you're optimizing for growth or cleaning up inefficiencies in your current operations, Kechie gives you the tools to take control of your inventory and procurement with confidence.

Running a distribution business isn’t easy. You’ve got customers expecting fast shipping, suppliers needing constant updates, and a mountain of moving parts to manage every single day. If you’re still trying to keep everything on track with spreadsheets or outdated systems, you’re probably already feeling the pressure.

That’s where ERP software comes in.

ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software helps you bring your entire operation into one place, so your team can spend less time chasing problems and more time growing the business.

One System for Everything

Imagine if your inventory, sales, purchasing, shipping, and accounting were all connected. No more double entries. No more bouncing between programs or calling your warehouse to check if something is in stock.

With ERP, you get that all-in-one view. Everything is centralized, and updates in real time, so you always know what’s going on.

No More Inventory Guesswork 

In distribution, managing inventory control is critical. Stock shortages can lead to missed revenue, while overstocking ties up valuable resources and warehouse space.

ERP systems help you find the balance. They track what you have, what you’re low on, and what needs to be reordered—all automatically. No guesswork. No sticky notes.

Orders That Practically Process Themselves

With ERP, processing orders becomes smooth and streamlined. From taking the order to getting it out the door, every step flows into the next.

You reduce errors, speed up delivery, and keep customers happy—all while giving your team more time to focus on what matters.

Finances You Can Actually Keep Up With

Tired of waiting until the end of the month to know where things stand? An ERP system updates your books automatically as orders are processed and payments post--no delays, no manual work.

You get real-time financial visibility without chasing reports or digging through spreadsheets.

Now Let’s Talk About Kechie ERP

If you’re looking for an ERP system built with distribution businesses in mind, Kechie ERP by My Office Apps is worth a serious look.

It’s cloud-based, which means you can access it from anywhere. Whether you’re in the office, on the warehouse floor, or checking in from home, Kechie keeps you connected.

Its easy access makes it so that every part of your business, from the CEO to the warehouse, can have access to it. It enhances the supply chain and you can start with the features you need most, like inventory, order management, or purchasing, and expand as your business grows. It’s designed to scale with you, not slow you down.

Build Better Relationships without the Chaos

Kechie ERP makes it easier to stay on top of vendor communications, purchase orders, and customer service—without relying on email threads or sticky notes. Everyone on your team has access to the same up-to-date information, so nothing slips through the cracks. It allows insights into inventory and order processing for enhanced control, which can also reduce operational costs.

Kechie ERP also manages inventory across multiple warehouses, so you can seamlessly transfer stock in and out between locations to efficiently meet demands and optimize inventory flow in the procurement and sales process.

Need to follow up on a shipment? Want to check customer order history? It’s all there—in one place.

Real Insights, Real-Time Decisions

One of the best parts of Kechie ERP is how it helps you make better decisions. You get real-time dashboards, built-in reports, and easy-to-read analytics that show you what’s working—and what needs attention.

No waiting. No guessing. Just clear, actionable insight.

Final Thoughts: ERP Isn’t Just a Tool—It’s a Game Changer

Whether you're managing a few hundred SKUs or thousands, ERP can make your distribution business faster, smarter, and easier to run. And if you’re ready to take the next step, Kechie ERP is a great place to start.

It’s simple, scalable, and designed to help distributors like you work smarter—not harder.

ERP failures don’t usually happen because of bad software. They happen because of poor implementation. Rushed planning. Dirty data. Processes that don’t align. And teams left to “figure it out” on their own.

That’s why at My Office Apps, we don’t treat implementation like a one-week setup call. We treat it like the strategic phase it is. We get involved early, ask the hard questions, and stay with you until the system is running the way your business runs.

Here’s why that approach works—and what you gain by getting it right from day one.

We Start With Your Reality, Not Just Our Software

Most ERP vendors lead with features. We start with your operations.

Before a single module is configured, we work with your team to map how your business actually works—from purchasing and inventory to production and finance. That means understanding not just your ideal workflows, but the messy, real-world stuff too.

Why? Because software should fit the business—not the other way around.

We Operate on Best Practices—Even When It’s Hard

You’re hiring us for expertise, not just a tool. That’s why we don’t just replicate broken processes or take shortcuts to meet an arbitrary deadline.

We implement based on industry best practices—period. Even when that means slowing down, challenging assumptions, or untangling legacy workarounds.

Because long-term success starts with getting the fundamentals right, not going live fast and hoping for the best.

Clean Data Isn’t Optional—It’s Foundational

Bad data leads to bad decisions. Full stop. So we don’t just migrate your existing files—we clean them. That includes:

• Removing duplicates and inactive records
• Standardizing naming conventions and units of measure
• Mapping fields correctly between legacy systems and Kechie

If your ERP goes live with bad data, it becomes a source of confusion. When it's clean, it becomes a trusted source of truth. That’s a difference your team will feel immediately.

Sandbox Training: Learn in Your Environment, Not Ours

Training in a generic demo environment doesn’t reflect how your business works. That’s why every Kechie implementation includes access to a sandbox—a safe, fully-configured replica of your system where your team can practice using your actual data, processes, and structure.

Why it matters:

• Users build muscle memory with real scenarios—not simulations
• Teams can test workflows and catch issues before go-live
• Managers gain confidence that everything’s configured correctly

This approach makes the transition smoother and dramatically improves adoption. When users train in their own environment, they’re not just prepared—they’re confident.

We Build the System With You, Not For You

Every Kechie implementation is collaborative. We configure the platform to match your business rules, approval flows, and reporting needs—not just drop in standard templates.

We also include:

• Role-based access setup
• Automated workflows tailored to your process
• Reports and dashboards that match your KPIs

This ensures your team logs in on day one and sees a system that feels familiar, helpful, and built for them.

Training Isn’t a PowerPoint Deck

We train teams based on how they actually use the system. That means:

• Hands-on, role-specific sessions
• Real-world tasks, not hypothetical demos
• Clear documentation and support post-launch

Your warehouse lead doesn’t need to know the finance module. And your CFO doesn’t want to be trained on receiving workflows. We respect your time—and we train accordingly.

Fixing It Later Is Way More Expensive

Cutting corners during ERP implementation almost always leads to rework. And rework is costly. Downtime, retraining, lost trust—it adds up.

By investing in the right setup now, you get:

• Faster user adoption
• More accurate reporting
• Fewer support tickets
• A system that scales cleanly as you grow

Bottom line: you only get one chance at a clean start. We make sure you use it well.

Final Thought: Implementation Isn’t a Phase. It’s the Foundation.

A great ERP is only as good as its implementation. That’s why we treat this part of the process with the depth and discipline it deserves. We follow best practices—not shortcuts. We train your people in your system. And we do the heavy lifting upfront so you don’t face costly fixes later.

We take pride in getting it right the first time, investing the time and resources needed to set up every client for long-term success.

Because doing it right isn’t always easy—but it always pays off.

Managing inventory across multiple warehouse locations is already challenging. Add a short-staffed team to the mix—due to summer vacations, turnover, or hiring delays—and things can get messy fast.

That’s where Kechie ERP comes in. Its cloud-based, integrated approach makes it easy to stay in control of distributed inventory without relying on tribal knowledge or daily micromanagement.

If you’re an operations leader facing reduced headcount, here’s how you keep warehouses aligned without skipping a beat.

Real-Time Visibility Across All Locations

When staff are spread thin, you don’t have time to call, email, or ping for updates. You need one place to see:

• • What’s in stock
  • What’s in transit
  • What’s running low

Kechie ERP’s multi-warehouse module gives you full visibility in real time, across every site. You can sort by location, category, quantity, or custom fields—so you’re not guessing which warehouse has what.

Automated Transfers and Replenishment

When demand shifts or one location is low, you don’t need a manual chase.

With Kechie ERP, you can:

• • Set auto-replenishment rules between warehouses
  • Define safety stock thresholds per site
  • Schedule inter-warehouse transfers based on real usage

Access From Anywhere, Without the IT Wait

If your warehouse manager is out, or someone needs to check on inventory remotely, Kechie makes it easy. No VPNs. No local installs. No lag.

Because Kechie ERP is fully cloud-based and mobile-friendly, any authorized team member can:

• • Check stock status
  • Approve a transfer
  • Monitor receiving or shipping logs

You stay agile even when your staff isn’t all under one roof—or available on-site.

Role-Based Access and Error Reduction

Short-staffed teams often rely on temps or floaters from other departments. That can create risk if systems are hard to use or too open.

Kechie allows you to:

• • Control who can view or edit each location
  • Automate common tasks to reduce manual input
  • Track all activity for full traceability

Fewer errors, tighter control—and no lost time fixing data after-the-fact.

Consolidated Reporting for Faster Decisions

When you’re short on time and people, long reports are useless. You need clean data and fast answers.

Kechie ERP’s reports are:

• • Drillable by warehouse, product, or time period
  • Exportable for team meetings or financial roll-ups
  • Customizable without developer help

This helps you prioritize and respond faster, whether it’s a transfer, reorder, or process change.

Make It Easier for Your Team to Succeed—Even With Less Help

Short-staffed doesn’t have to mean out of sync. With Kechie ERP, you’re not relying on memory, paper logs, or luck to keep inventory aligned across locations. You’re using live data, rules-based automation, and built-in flexibility to operate smarter.