Projex IMC’s Advanced Industrial Ecommerce Platform Edition starts with all features available in our Base Platform, then adds a number of advanced features designed to support clients as their ecommerce requirements become more complex. Highlights of the ProjexMFG™ Advanced Edition include:
Base Platform Compatibility
The Advanced Edition of ProjexMFG™ shares a common foundation with our Base Platform, providing a natural progression from improved web presence to full-blown B2B-optimized ecommerce capabilities. New capabilities can be added at any time. The result is a cost-effective and seamless transition, and your choice of where to begin.
Upgraded Hosting/Support Packages
Our Advanced Edition includes options for Virtual Private Server (VPS) and Managed Dedicated hosting plans, and a range of support packages that can be tailored to your budget and bandwidth requirements … now and well into the future.
Industrial Ecommerce Capabilities
As ecommerce in the consumer (B2C) sector matures, potential B2B buyers — conditioned to the convenience of online sourcing — are beginning to raise expectations regarding the purchase of industrial products as well. Early successes indicate these trends will continue to put significant competitive pressure on organizations that fail to adapt. Our ProjexMFG™ platform offers a significant head start for small to mid-size industrial companies seeking new markets or expansion of existing markets.
Site Search Enhancements
Our Advanced Edition adds powerful site search enhancements to your ecommerce platform:
- Keyword stemming
- Custom field support
- AJAX (real-time) search results
- PDF and Office document indexing
- Search statistics and insights
- Custom relevance ranking
- Multi-site support
Custom User Roles/Advanced Access Control
Our Advanced Edition provides the ability to create a near infinite range of user roles and privileges (e.g. Sales Representative, Authorized Distributor, Value Added Reseller), allowing manufacturers and others in the B2B space to tailor their webstore to the realities of buyers in their industry and the markets they serve. Typical examples include:
- Direct sales to industrial customers
- Sales to authorized resellers/distributors only
- Blended public (industrial end user) and private (distribution channel only) access
- Visibility control for specific roles, products and/or product categories
Webstore visitors requesting wholesale access (presumably for preferential pricing) can be automatically or manually approved or rejected as registration requests are received. Custom fields, such as account numbers or discount codes, can be used in your webstore registration form to collect any information needed for user authentication/verification.
Variable Product and Product/Service Bundling Support
Our Base Ecommerce Platform supports the sale of tangible goods (standard products) and virtual products (e.g. software or services). Our Advanced Edition adds variable product support, support for subscription-based product/service bundles and build-to-order product configuration capabilities.
Upgraded Inventory Management
For tangible products, our Advanced Edition offers full support for inventory control, including stock tracking, custom stock statuses (instock/backorder/built-to-order etc.), low stock notifications and product visibility toggling based on current inventory levels.
- Status (in-stock/out-of-stock/custom)
- Current inventory level (displayed in list views as well as product detail pages)
- Low inventory email notifications to admins/catalog manager(s)
- Reserve inventory (low inventory threshold limits)
- Back in stock emails to subscribing customers
- Inventory data export/import tools
Tiered Pricing
Set retail (MSRP) pricing and (if applicable) discounted pricing based on user role, product line or product. Visibility for individual products, or specific product lines, can also be controlled. Tools are also available to configure and limit shipping options and payment methods based on a user’s role within the platform.
Flexible Payment and Shipping Options
Your ProjexMFG™ based webstore can include a wide range of payment options and shipping methods. Payment options include acceptance of purchase orders, major credit cards, direct deposit payments, Paypal and more. With our Advanced Edition, shipping methods can be configured at a granular level based on factory/fulfillment center location, bill-to/ship-to location, customer role and shopping cart value (i.e. free ground/best way shipping based on defined spend thresholds).
Flexible Shipping Methods
- Local pickup
- Ground (best way)
- Air (expedited shipping)
- Specified carrier (default list)
- Prepay and add
- Collect
Shipment Tracking
Advanced Shipment Tracking provides the tools needed to manage and automate the WooCommerce fulfillment workflow. Easily add tracking information as you fulfill orders, keeping your customers informed while increasing overall customer satisfaction with your order fulfillment process.
- Supports Tracking API endpoints for recognized carriers
- Includes a pre-defined list of approximately 300+ shipping providers
- Tracking information displayed on transactional emails and in account management area
- Configurable (custom) shipping statuses
Advanced Sales Reporting
The Advanced Edition of ProjexMFG™ builds on the basic reporting features of WooCommerce, with custom filters and downloadable reporting data.
Sales by date: (year, month, week, selectable period)
- Gross sales
- Average gross daily sales
- Net sales per defined period
- Average net daily sales
- Order volume
Sales by product/product line:
- Top earners
- Sales by product category
Sales by customer:
- Orders placed
- Total spend per defined period
- Average order value
- Lifetime value
- COGS
Tax Exemption
Tax exemption statuses can be managed storewide, geographically, and/or based on the status of individual user accounts. A convenient tax exemption certificate upload feature is also available to simplify the collection and management of exemption status information.
