Start-Ups + Small Businesses
Combined Trading Platform
For makers and traders of physical goods, who waste time + money juggling between different systems and business processes whilst trading nationally or internationally, we’ve developed a brand-new solution that puts SEVEN essential business tools into ONE smart online platform. This means you trade in a more digital + efficient + 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.