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Rising material costs and special terms can quietly turn good customers into unprofitable ones. Aptic reads your orders, costs, and inventory together and shows where the margin goes.
Aptic's offices answer them from your own records.
Which customers are profitable after terms?
Include discounts, rebates, freight, and payment terms for each account.
Are our quotes keeping up with costs?
Compare quoted prices with what materials, energy, and labor cost today.
How much cash is sitting in inventory?
Find raw materials and finished goods that have not moved in months.
An example
Orders up 14%. Margin down 4 points.
What these numbers suggest when read together.
Illustrative example
Order management
Top 10 customers on prices last updated 18 months ago
Purchasing
Key raw material costs up 16% in a year
Accounting
Free freight on small orders now 6% of revenue, up from 3%
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Recommended next step
Prices for the largest customers have fallen behind material costs, and small orders ship free. Update the costs behind quotes for your top 50 products, set a minimum order for free freight, and review margin by customer after the next billing cycle.
Why this recommendation?
Confidence: Medium-high. Purchase and order records show the cost gap directly. How customers respond to new terms is tested at the next price review.
Volume growth can hide a shrinking margin.
What connects
What Aptic reads in a manufacturer or wholesaler.
You choose what Aptic can see. Reading a source does not authorize changes.
ERP or order management: orders, customers, prices, and terms
Purchasing and suppliers: material costs, lead times, and price changes
Inventory and production: stock levels, scrap, and capacity
Accounting and shipping: freight, rebates, and how long customers take to pay
See what each account earns after discounts, freight, and terms.
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Quotes checked against costs
Compare quoted prices with current material and labor costs.
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Slow inventory and its value
List stock that has not moved, with a plan to clear it or stop reordering.
Your people and partners
We work with the people you already have.
Aptic does not replace the people who create for your business. We work with your team or agency on design, copy, and other creative work that people make, and with the professionals you already use, like your accountant or attorney. When you need someone new, we can introduce partners we work with.
Aptic works with common ERP, inventory, and accounting tools, and with exports where there is no direct connection. See Integrations for details.
Can Aptic place purchase orders?
No. Aptic never moves money, so purchases stay with your team. Aptic recommends quantities and timing for you to act on.
Can it help with production scheduling?
It reviews capacity, lead times, and bottlenecks and recommends changes. Changes to your systems happen only within the permissions and autonomy you set.
Our data is spread across systems. Is that a problem?
No. Aptic brings it together and flags gaps and conflicting figures before relying on them.
Join the waitlist for Aptic.
We are bringing companies on in small groups. Tell us about your business and we will reach out when there is a place for you.