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Remembering ISTEL

Dealer and distributor systems

Besides the work done by Systems for
a varied range of (unctions and
companies in BL. we also develop

systems lor use by our dealers and
distributors, both to enable thorn lo
be more effective and to interlace

their business Systems with ours A
range of integrated computer based
systems have been developed to aid

them in the management of their
sales, service, parts and accounting I
unctions, to improve their operating

efficiency, customer service and
individual profitability

This range of systems is being
progressively extended to enable us to
adapt our facilities and expertise to the requirements of outlets of all sizes.

Small dealers can make use of our computers inside BL through a simple
system which provides details of the storage locations .ind retail prices, with
their discounts, for all the parts which they stock. Currently this system is

provided to over 270 parts depots in the UK and has details of over two million
bin locations! Stock evaluation for dealers can be built on to this foundation,
giving the distributor the stockholding of each part and evaluating

discrepancies between book' and 'actual" stock figures. A stock control system
has been developed by Systems in Parts Division by which terminals situated in
distributors or dealers premises are linked to the Data Centre and this system

is currently under test using a pilot distributor.

A small minicomputer system has been developed jointly with ICL, the major

British computer manufacturer, providing many finance systems facilities to
include management reporting in later development with the capability to link
into the stock control system mentioned above A more sophisticated

minicomputer system has been developed and implemented over the last
couple of ye,us providing a very full and sophisticated stock control system
amd covering the main finance, sales and service procedures which major

distributor outlets need to cover.

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