Full Spectrum ERP for wholesale distribution
Centerprism helps an established distributor modernize the operation without giving up the practical strengths that already make the business work.
A customer calls asking where their order is. What happens next?
Centerprism is distribution ERP for small and mid-size wholesale distributors — the software that runs orders, inventory, pricing, purchasing, sales, and more, with a live working view into all of it without exporting to a spreadsheet.
The answer, before you put the customer on hold.
The information already exists. Getting to it is what takes another person, another report, or another step. In Centerprism, whoever picks up the phone can see it on the screen they are already on.
- Everything this customer has bought — ranked, with every date, right on the order
- On hand, available to sell, on backorder — across locations, one screen
- Order and backorder status — without calling the customer back
- Customer-specific price levels — applied where the order is taken
What’s sitting, what’s moving, and what should you be buying?
Too much of one thing and not enough of another. Duplicate items. Slow movers. Emergency fill-ins. Small purchasing decisions add up to turns, shortages and carrying cost — and most of them get made without much to go on.
- Vendor purchase history grouped over years — what each one has actually been charging you
- Inventory valuation on demand — including weighted average receipt cost
- Landed cost and catalog items kept separate from stocked inventory
- Backorder control — you decide what happens when an order is short
Vendor lead times and what a supplier has on the shelf are outside any ERP’s control. What Centerprism shows you is your own purchasing history and inventory position.
See inventory and purchasing
What are you keeping in a spreadsheet because the system won’t hold it?
Good people are hard to find and expensive to keep. That is not a software problem. What is a software problem is how much of a capable person’s day goes to a report rebuilt every morning, a price checked by hand, or a spreadsheet that exists because the system will not hold it.
- The view is saved — it isn’t getting rebuilt, and it’s on the live database
- Vendor price files import — instead of being keyed
- Filter, group, drag in a column, drill to the invoice — in PrismView™, no export
- Repair, rental and field service run against the same inventory, not a parallel system
One vendor, one system, one interface
Centerprism runs the whole distribution cycle on the same records — the same item, the same customer, the same price, whichever screen you are on. Ask us what is in the base and what is licensed separately, and you will get a straight answer in writing.
Sales & Customer Management
Quote it, take the order, price it to the customer, and see what they have bought before.
Explore Sales
Operations & Commerce
Stock it across locations, control backorders, and buy against real purchasing history.
Explore Operations
Finance & Analytics
Financials, plus PrismView™ — a live spreadsheet sitting on your database, not an export.
Explore Finance
Field Operations & Mobile
Pick, receive and count on the floor; run field service and repair against the same inventory.
Explore Field & MobileDistributors who carry inventory
Fasteners, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, industrial and construction supply, tools and equipment — businesses selling to contractors, manufacturers and maintenance operations, typically across one to several locations.
Wholesale Distribution
Catalog and stocked items, kits and assemblies, customer pricing, vendor price files and backorders — part of the system, not a bolt-on.
See Wholesale ERP
Manufacturing
Purchase the raw material, build it, stock it and ship it against the same item and customer records.
See Manufacturing ERP
Retail
Counter and point-of-sale running on the same stock position the order desk and the warehouse are looking at.
See Retail ERPSee Centerprism in action
Short, unedited walkthroughs recorded in the live product. Press play and see how order entry, purchasing and PrismView™ actually work — no form, no sales call first.
What’s your plan for GP — staying, moving, or waiting to see?
Dig into the detail before you talk to us
Datasheets, live sessions, and the reason Centerprism exists — enough to evaluate us on your own terms before anyone calls you.
Datasheet Library
One PDF for each part of the system, from Inventory Management to Tool Repair. Read them without giving us your email first.
Browse the libraryEvents & Webinars
Come find us at a show, or take the free 20-minute session and see the parts of the system that match how you run.
See what's onWhy We Built Centerprism
Thirty years inside wholesale distribution, and a decision to build the distribution depth into the system rather than bolt it on.
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Good to KnowDistributors, in their own words
Written reviews published on Centerprism's Google Business Profile, and clients on camera talking about what changed after they moved.
“PrismView is like Excel on steroids. I can’t believe what an amazing tool it is. I can’t wait to start using it in our organization.”
“The Centerprism team has been great to work with as we move through implementation, data migration, and training. They are knowledgeable, patient, and always open to feedback.”
“All of the staff and especially Michael H. the owner are so amazing and helpful. They are always open to any suggestions and are quick to implement enhancements and changes as needed or wanted.”
Hear it on camera
Three Centerprism clients, in their own words.
Bring us one thing that takes too long today
Tell us the question you cannot answer quickly — a customer’s order status, what a vendor has been charging you, what is sitting on the shelf — and we will show you that question being answered on screen.
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