Start-Ups + Small Businesses
Combined Trading Platform
For manufacturers and traders of physical goods who waste time and money juggling between different systems and business processes while trading nationally or internationally, EdgeCTP offers a brand-new solution that combines SEVEN essential business tools into ONE smart online platform. This means you can trade in a more digital, efficient, and connected way than ever before.
Who Would Benefit Most
Meet the Types of Businesses EdgeCTP was Built to Help
START UPS
CTP gives you 7 essential trading tools in one online, cloud-based platform, so as a Start-Up business you’ll simply be ready, from day one, to just make, buy, sell, quote, invoice, control stock + logistics and automatically update accounting records!
MAKERS/ MANUFACTURES
Juggling multiple systems + processes when managing the production, storage, sales and supply of goods, costs you time + money. Use the class leading CTP, which puts all your manufacturing needs in one system – saving you time + money!
EXPORTERS & IMPORTERS
If your business model is geared for international trade, then CTP has the 7 essential elements you’ll need for buying + selling goods internationally. From Certificates of Origin, export invoices etc., all the way to supply chain logistics and customs declarations!
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
As a Chamber of Commerce, your involvement in supporting businesses in international trade can extend, with CTP, beyond just authenticating Certificates of Origin or Movement, to actively providing an export office/hub service.
ACCOUNTANCY PRACTICES
Beyond providing accountancy services, such as book-keeping and year-end accounts preparation + filing, using CTP allows an Accountancy Practice to provide to clients a chargeable, value-adding back-office business process outsourcing (BPO) service.
ADVISORY/ CONSULTANTS
As either business advisors, consultants or freight forwards, CTP enables you to efficiently and seamlessly connect with the client’s international trading requirements + data, and let’s you provide a more personable end-to-end service than before.
Are You Wasting Time + Money
Juggling Between Different Systems + Processes When Trading
Efficiency Increase
When making, buying, selling and consigning goods nationally + internationally by using just ONE system to manage it all!
Save Time
By eliminating the need to re-key the same data between different systems because it’s all in ONE place.
Save Money
By only using ONE system to support your making, buying, selling, quoting, invoicing, stock control & shipping needs.
Get 7 Essential Trading Tools
In A Single Software Solution Saving Time, Money + Increase Efficiency
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Key benefits of using the full EdgeCTP integrated application:
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) for holding an unlimited number of your customers, suppliers, contacts etc.
- Stock Control for your products, including warehousing, manufacturing, Bills-of-Materials (BoM), batches, expiry etc.
- Over 30 digital documents: quotes, invoices, packing lists, purchase orders, sales orders, certificates (CofO) etc.
- Logistics carrier comparisons + shipping + order fulfilment + consignment label generation etc.
- Workflows for both Sales + Purchase orders including business-to-business and eCommerce (sales orders) processing
- Connections allowing you to digitally send data to accounting packages; logistics companies; chamber of commerce; FX rates etc.
- Cloud enables you to have access to your data from any internet connected device from anywhere in the world
- 20 users can be setup to use EdgeCTP at the same time with customizable permissions for each user and remote working teams
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Stock Control + Warehousing + Manufacturing
Key benefits of using the Stock Control element of EdgeCTP:
- 10 product types handled, from single items; assembly items; labor; batch; serial number; expiry dates and variants
- Bill-of-Materials (BoM) – six levels deep (sub-assemblies)
- Harmonized System (HS) code classification for national and international selling of goods + origin of goods analysis
- eCommerce platforms products listing (e.g., Shopify, WooCommerce etc.) and capture sales orders for fulfilment
- Stock Control in warehouses + vehicles at: available, reserved, quarantine, rejected + expired quantities
- Stock handling including packaging, user care instructions, transport handling, sizes + weights, dangerous + controlled goods
- Manufacturing with stock demand calculation, work in process and completion reporting states
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CRM – Customer Relationship Management
Key benefits of using the CRM element of EdgeCTP:
- Unlimited number of contacts, including customers, suppliers, organisation, individuals, linked persons etc.
- Connected to Google for accurate and convenient data entry validation of company details, including logo grabbing and auto-address populating
- Marketing and sales funnel tracking and management
- Engagement and contact tracking for tasks + appoints + call captures + reminders and email campaign
- Reporting sales + purchases + custom search reports
- Trading activities to each customer and supplier
- Advanced details on each contact, including industrial classifications; control licensing requirements; credit limits etc.
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Trading Documents + Compliance Certificates
Key benefits of using the Docs + Certs element of EdgeCTP:
- 30+ digital documents + certificates to underpin your national and international trading needs
- 12 Financial documents: Quotes, proformas, invoices, commercial invoices, sales orders, purchase orders etc.
- 9 Logistics documents: packing lists, shipping instructions, waybills, dangerous goods notes, shipping invoice etc.
- 4 Custom documents: CN22, CN23, Footwear declarations + Customs export declarations
- Certificates: Cert of Origin, Movement Certs EUR1, Arab-British, Turkish Movement Cert, Int. Import Certs etc.
- All stored securely + digitally in the cloud (unlimited storage); sent electronically to 3rd parties and accessible from anywhere in the world
- Digitally update accounting packages with financial documents at the push of a button
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Logistics + Shipping + Rates + Fulfilment + Labelling
Key benefits of using the Logistics element of EdgeCTP:
- Shipping, tracking, delivery and returns processing for customer orders
- Inbound and outbound shipping management for both national and international consignment
- Compare rates and select the best carriers for sending goods from origin to destination, e.g., FedEx, TNT, UPS and DHL + own carriers
- Fulfil orders captured from eCommerce platforms (e.g., Shopify)
- Consignment packing + labelling for loading and dispatching goods to customers, including handling for dangerous goods
- Electronic Trade Document (ETD) attachments to consigned goods for faster processing by logistics companies and port authorities
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Workflows for Sales + Purchases + Shipping
Key benefits of using the Workflow element of EdgeCTP:
- Sales workflows allow you to know exactly where you are in a sales cycle, from quotes to sales orders to invoicing to financing etc.
- Purchase workflows allow you to know exactly where you are in a purchasing cycle, from request-for-quotes (RFQ) from suppliers; to purchase orders to purchase invoices
- Shipment workflows allow you to dispatch and receive goods for both inbound and outbound shipment, including part and full shipment handling
- Update digitally your accounting packages with sales + purchase orders + invoices + stock valuation postings etc., with the push of a button
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Digital Connections
Key benefits of seamless digital connections within EdgeCTP:
- Accounting packages connected seamlessly: Xero, FreeAgent, QuickBooks, Sage etc. to transfer financial trading information for accounting (including contacts + stock valuations)
- Logistics connections for own specific rates from FedEx, TNT, UPS, DHL etc.
- Chamber of commerce for electronic certificate requests and end-to-end processing of international compliance documentation
- FX Rates for best in case foreign currency exchange rates, e.g., Western Union
- Customs declaration are completed and filed electronically
- eCommerce platforms product listings + order flows
- APAC + Support allows trusted 3rd parties to support you
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Cloud Access
Key benefits of cloud access using EdgeCTP:
- No software to download nor install, just use your favorite internet connected device and browser to securely login to EdgeCTP
- 24×7, 365 availability from anywhere in the world, with 99.8% uptime
- No software updates to back-ups to worry about because we’ll keep the EdgeCTP application updated and data backed up remotely
- Unlimited data storage so you have all your business and trading data held securely in one place
- Multi-user remotely accessible, so your distributed workforce (work from home) can collaboratively engage with the business processing needs from remote locations
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Key benefits of using the full EdgeCTP integrated application:
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) for holding an unlimited number of your customers, suppliers, contacts etc.
- Stock Control for your products, including warehousing, manufacturing, Bills-of-Materials (BoM), batches, expiry etc.
- Over 30 digital documents: quotes, invoices, packing lists, purchase orders, sales orders, certificates (CofO) etc.
- Logistics carrier comparisons + shipping + order fulfilment + consignment label generation etc.
- Workflows for both Sales + Purchase orders including business-to-business and eCommerce (sales orders) processing
- Connections allowing you to digitally send data to accounting packages; logistics companies; chamber of commerce; FX rates etc.
- Cloud enables you to have access to your data from any internet connected device from anywhere in the world
- 20 users can be setup to use EdgeCTP at the same time with customizable permissions for each user and remote working teams
What If I Don’t Need All Seven Tools?
Simple. Use As Many Or As Few Of The Tools As You Need.
Start Small And Grow
- Start for free with only International Certificates;
- Use just Trading Documents (Quotes, Invoices, Sales Orders, POs etc.);
- Manage Customers + Supplier using only the CRM;
- Focus only on Stock Control, Manufacturing and Warehouses
Scaled To Your Needs
- Just use for Shipping + Logistics rates comparison, arrange, labelling, packing tracking + returns
- And when you’re ready, it all comes beautifully together with Sales + Purchase Workflows saving you time
- Oh, it’s always securely in the Cloud for all options
How Difficult Is It To Get Started?
Super simple. We Provide Assisted-Onboarding So You Feel The Value, Fast.
Step 1. Data Analysis
Get in touch and allow us to analyse how best to transport across your existing data.
Step 2. Data Upload
We’ll use EdgeCTP Data Loaders to upload your data into your private EdgeCTP environment.
Step 3. Meet EdgeCTP
With all your data loaded, we’ll take you through EdgeCTP to make sure it’s perfect for you.
We’d love To Hear From You!
Let Us Know About Your Specific Needs