AI automation for distributors

Every distributor is different, but the same kinds of work tend to repeat:

• Order entry: emailed purchase orders retyped into the ERP, line by line.
• Quotes and price checks: customer requests answered by looking up prices, stock and lead times in several places.
• Price updates: new vendor price lists copied into the ERP and customer price levels by hand.
• Vendor bills: invoices matched to purchase orders and receipts before they can be paid.
• Invoice follow-up: overdue accounts checked for payments and disputes before a reminder goes out.
• Customer and vendor setup: the same details typed into the CRM, ERP and accounting system.

We start with the workflow that costs your team the most time, such as order entry, and deploy our agent to it. The agent connects only to the tools you authorize, learns how the work moves, finds the repetitive part and drafts an automation your team reviews and switches on.

• Order entry automationEmailed purchase orders become draft sales orders in the ERP, with exceptions sent to a person.
• Invoice follow-up automationReminders for overdue invoices, drafted after checking payments, disputes and promises to pay.
• Customer setup automationA new customer created in every system from one approved record.

St. Louis is a freight town: the St. Louis Regional Freightway describes the region as one of the largest rail hubs in the U.S. Distributors from Earth City to the Metro East move a lot of product, and every order leaves work behind in the back office.

We are based here, close enough to meet your team in person, agree what the agent may access and review what it finds with you. More about Kestrel in St. Louis.