Wherefour Features
Inventory Management Platform Features (10)
Centralized Inventory Database
Manage and track all inventory records across warehouses and retail locations through a single unified database.
Inventory Level Dashboards
Maintain a visual on product stock levels throughout your facilities with flexible inventory dashboards.
Stock History Reporting
View the history of individual items and compare the sales performance of new to old stock in order to inform purchasing decisions.
Low Stock Notifications
Set low stock thresholds and receive automatic alerts when stock decreases to that level.
Bundles, Kits, & Variants
Automatically adjust inventory for product bundles, kit orders, and product variations within the system.
Asset Tracking
Use barcode or radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology with specialized readers or mobile applications to track inventory assets throughout warehouse facilities.
Inventory Forecasting
Optimize inventory levels with features that suggest reorder points and economic order quantities (EOQs) that facilitate inventory management.
eCommerce Integrations
Integrate shopping carts, eCommerce platforms, POS, and payment gateways with the system to link inventory records between across platforms.
Accounting Integrations
Track inventory costs and costs of goods sold (COGS) with accounting software integrations.
Data Exporting / Importing
Transfer large volumes of inventory data records into and out of the system with built-in import / export tools.
Supply Chain (8)
CRM
Tools to manage and maintain customer and vendor relationships while also obtaining and organizing leads.
Order Management
Tools to organize orders as they are received and track them during each stage of fulfillment.
Grow House Management
Tools to manage greenhouses and other cannabis growth operations.
Warehouse Management
Tools to manage warehouses and other inventory storage facilities.
Delivery Management
Tools to track and organize product delieveries across various stages of the supply chain.
Supplier Management
19 reviewers of Wherefour have provided feedback on this feature.
Stores important performance and audit data related to each food supplier for monitoring purposes.
Incident Reporting
Based on 16 Wherefour reviews.
Captures food quality incidents and reports them to supplier for reimbursement. Also supports internal auditing reports for food safety or quality incidents.
Document Management
As reported in 20 Wherefour reviews.
Manages all key documents for each vendor, such as food safety plans, invoices, and other business documentation.
Store Management (2)
Inventory Management
Tools to track inventory in real time at all stages of production.
POS
POS features to facilitate the sale of cannabis within a store or dispensary.
Administration (3)
Reporting & Analytics
The ability to see large amounts of data in a digestible format in order to make informed business decisions.
Accounting
Tools to manage a business' finances in real time across all aspects of the operation.
Compliance Tools
Tools to help businesses ensure legal compliance across all aspects of operations in order to avoid potential repercussions.
Accounting (18)
AP Automation
Streamlines data entry by auto populating recurring or predefined vendor information and invoice details
AR Automation
Ability to populate default customer data, set up payments from clients and automatically match customer receipts to outstanding transactions.
Audit Trail
Automated, chronological tracking of activities that have affected a specific operation, procedure, event or record
Budgeting / Forecasting
Create and revise an unlimited number of budget, plan and forecast scenarios.
Collections Automation
The system automates the dunning process to help drive collections
Financial Statements
General reporting offered covers all of the standard financial statements and meets the basic needs of the business
Invoice Customization
The layout of the invoice template is fully customizable and allows users to add or remove fields and create new templates.
Journal Entries
Create journal entries based on previously entered information, schedule future entries, and allow Journal Entries to be uploaded from an external source.
Monitor Cash Positions
Ability to track cash positions across all accounts, banks, business units, and countries
Multi-Entity / Consolidation
Multi-ledger and multi-entity architecture, with automated consolidations, inter-entity transactions and eliminations
Payment Processing
Ability to manage, track and report on numerous payment types. Customize and automate complex purchase to pay work flow.
Recognition Rules
Automate recognition of revenue and expenses by defining recognition templates.
Reconciliations
Transactions are imported from source systems and automated matching reconciles majority of transactions using flexible, user defined matching and grouping rules.
Tags / Dimensions
Ability to tag all transaction in the general ledger with customizable dimensions, classes, categories, etc., which can also be used for reporting purposes.
Payments Scheduling
Ability to schedule payments at predefined dates and times
Payment Batches
Payments can be processed by batch without manual intervention
Payment Settlements
Clearing of electronic payments to transfer funds from customers to suppliers
Payment Methods
Support multiple payment methods such as Automated Clearing House (ACH), credit and debit card, and wire transfers
Back Office (14)
Allocation
Resources can be allocated and reallocated across multiple projects and portfolios.
Asset Register
Create a list of all the assets owed by a company.
Lean Management
Include lean project management features and best practices.
Maintenance
Track maintenance operations for the products sold, such as calibration or preventive maintenance
Organization Management
Organizes employees in an org structure that can be used throughout the application for reporting, permissions, etc.
Payroll
Payroll module or integration to an external payroll provider which automates the recording of payroll
Portfolio Mix
Create the optimal mix of portfolios to achieve operational and financial goals.
Purchase Orders
Software supports purchase orders and provides purchasing personnel and accounts payable with visibility needed to streamline the procure to pay process
Requisition
Define requisition rules for various types of procurement.
Shift Scheduling
Plan employee work shifts according to availability and provide notifications to employees when they are scheduled.
Sourcing
Identify and assess suppliers for different products and services.
Status
Monitor the status of multiple types of assets.
Time & Attendance Tracking
Let employees track the hours they have worked through integrations with time tracking products or built in time tracking features.
Warranty Management
Maintain information on warranties for the products delivered and for their components
Front Office (16)
ATP
Available to promise provides information on future availability of products that are either planned for production or purchased but not received.
Checkout Process
Includes features that optimize user check out experience such as Shopping carts and Single Click Checkout, order summaries, receipts.
Configuration Rules
Rules ensure that users select only compatible options and that all required items are included
Contact & Account Management
Store and retrieve information associated to customer contacts and accounts. Track company-wide communication and information about contacts and accounts.
Customer Portal
Allows fully customizable portal for customer to enter tickets, provide feedback and communicate with service agents
Field Service Booking
Allows clients to book jobs through the desktop page or within the app.
Field Service Dispatch
Notifies field service workers of their upcoming assignments.
Product & Price List Management
Enter product/part numbers and manage the prices associated with them and allow users to use this information when creating quotes and sales orders.
Product Catalog
Allows users to search, filter, sort and select items to be added to quote
Promotions and Discounts
Contains features that allow administrators to set up promotions on site, provide time based discounts, and enter coupon codes.
Quote & Order Management
Allows users to create a quote that contain information on products, prices and associated discounts, which can be converted to sales orders.
Returns / Refunds
Functionality to allow users to process returns/refunds either via self service or contacting customer service.
Storefront Design Tools
Provides standard templates with an easy to use tool set to customize the templates to showcase the stores brand and optimize the users experience
Territory & Quota Management
Assign and manage sales quotas and territories. Track progress against quotas. Change as needed.
Tickets
Creates and assigns support tickets, scheduling them in a timely manner.
Visual Configuration
Images can be displayed of options to enable users to visualize product options as it is being configured
Integration (3)
Breadth of Partner Applications
To what extent are there partner applications readily available for integrating into this product? Partner applications typically provide complementary, best of breed functionality not offered natively in this product.
Data Import and Export Tools
Ability to input, modify and extract data from the application in bulk through a structured file.
Integration APIs
Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc with other software applications.
Logistics (10)
Centralized Inventory Database
Manage and track all inventory records across warehouses and retail locations through a single unified database.
In Transit
Track products and raw materials shipped by suppliers, from origin to destination.
Inventory Forecasting
Optimize inventory levels with features that suggest reorder points and economic order quantities (EOQs) that facilitate inventory management.
Inventory Pricing and Costing
Ability to establish multiple price levels and choose between multiple costing methods such as Average, LIFO, FIFO and Specific Unit.
Inventory Reporting
Customizable reporting allows insight into usage of inventory and services.
Inventory Tracking / Ordering
Real time inventory tracking. Maintains accurate "On Hand" infomation by matching reserved inventory requested on purchase and sales orders.
Picking Methods
Support multiple picking methods such as batch, wave, or zone picking.
Picking Planning
Create schedules for picking activities based on inventory availability.
Receiving
Match the products received with the corresponding purchase orders and add them to inventory.
Shipping Options
Functionality that allows users to select shipping options based on price and delivery time. May integrate to 3rd Party shipping/fulfillment companies.
Platform (9)
Customization
Allows administrators to customize to accommodate their unique process. Includes ability to create custom objects, fields, rules, calculations, and views.
Internationalization
Enables users to view and transact business with the same content in multiple languages and currencies.
Output Document Generation
Allows administrators to create templates that enable users to quickly generate dynamic documents in various formats based on the data stored in the application.
Performance and Reliability
Software is consistently available (uptime) and allows users to complete tasks quickly because they are not waiting for the software to respond to an action they took.
User, Role, and Access Management
Grant access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc.
Workflow Capability
Automates a process that requires a series of steps that typically require intervention by several different users. Administrators can write rules to determine who and when a user needs to complete a step. Also includes notification of users when they need to take action.
Incident Reporting
As reported in 16 Wherefour reviews.
Captures food quality incidents and reports them to supplier for reimbursement. Also supports internal auditing reports for food safety or quality incidents.
Integrations
As reported in 20 Wherefour reviews.
Integrates with food ERP systems or foodservice distribution platforms to support distribution operations.
Recipe Management
As reported in 23 Wherefour reviews.
Stores recipes for prepared food items, with all nutritional and food safety information readily accessible.
Production (12)
BOM
Define the structure of finished products to identify which raw materials, operations, and labor are needed to produce them.
Defects
Monitor product defects, identify causes and provide corrective actions to improve quality.
Identify Demand
Calculate demand by consolidating data from multiple sources.
Inspections
Define and implement workflows for inspections, including rules for escalations and notifications.
Manage Resources
Track resource availability for raw materials and production capacity.
MPS
Create and implement master production plans for multiple production lines and locations.
MRP
Determine what raw materials are required for production, based on demand, production capacity, and inventory availability.
Production Plans
Generate production plans based on demand and resource availability.
Rework
Identify rejected products and decide either they can be repaired or discarded.
Shop Floor
Assign equipment and monitor shop floor activities during various production stages.
Waste
Track production waste such as scrap, as well as returns that cannot be repaired.
WIP
Track work in process (WIP) across multiple production lines and manufacturing locations.
Reporting & Analytics (3)
Custom Reporting
Reports created by the user to cater to specific requirements. If you can build it in Excel, you can build it in the custom report writer
Dashboards
An easy to read, often single page, real-time user interface, showing a graphical presentation of the current status and historical trends of an organization's Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to enable instantaneous and informed decisions to be made at a glance
Integration
Provide integration with analytics and business intelligence software, or specialized products such as Corporate performance management solutions.
Multichannel inventory management (3)
Warehouse Inventory Transfer
Allows users to create warehouse-to-warehouse transfers knowing the exact stock levels for both locations when sending and receiving
Multichannel Inventory Syncing
Allows users to sync inventory across multiple stores, marketplaces, and warehouses
Multi-Warehouse Routing
Allows users to connect sales channels to specific warehouses.
3PL inventory management (3)
Client management
Allows users to manage all thier clients on one system
Marketplace connections
Allows users to connect marketplaces for each client
3PL inventory tracking
Allows inventory tracking for specific customer required attributes such as lot, serial, style/color/size
Inventory Management (5)
Inventory Tracking
Real-time inventory tracking. Maintains accurate "On Hand" information by matching reserved inventory requested on purchase and sales orders.
Inventory Costing
Ability to establish costing methods such as Average, LIFO, FIFO, and Specific Unit.
Product Master
Manage and track all inventory records across warehouses and retail locations through a single unified database.
Inventory Forecasting
Optimize inventory levels with features that suggest reorder points and economic order quantities (EOQs) that facilitate inventory management.
Integrations
Integrate shopping carts, eCommerce platforms, POS, and accounting with the system to link inventory records across platforms.
Compliance Management (4)
CCP Monitoring
As reported in 17 Wherefour reviews.
Allows users to create custom critical control points and operational triggers based on qualitiative or quantitative food supply data.
Lot Tracking
This feature was mentioned in 23 Wherefour reviews.
Captures traceability for all food items throughout their entire lifecycle, from grower or distributer to restaurant or retailer.
Safety Plans
16 reviewers of Wherefour have provided feedback on this feature.
Assists food processors and distributors with creating food safety plans that satisfy all government regulations.
Visualization Tools
Based on 18 Wherefour reviews.
Displays food safety incidents in visual dashboards to track real-time food safety trends.
Traceability (4)
Barcoding
Based on 21 Wherefour reviews.
Integrates with RFID hardware and/or digitally tracks all food inventory.
Custom Workflows
Based on 20 Wherefour reviews.
Creates withdrawal templates to plan and automate common types of recalls and stock withdrawals.
Food Labels
This feature was mentioned in 17 Wherefour reviews.
Generates labels for food inventory that display all nutritional and food safety information.
Recall Messaging
As reported in 15 Wherefour reviews.
Alerts supply chain about recalls or stock withdrawawls via text, phone, and email.
Generative AI (2)
AI Text Generation
Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.
AI Text Summarization
Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.
Agentic AI - ERP Systems (1)
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Technology Glossary Features
View definitions of the features and discover new technology terms.
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