The Dealer Portal is central repository for a company to interact with its Dealers. The portal can be accessed through the SAP Enterprise Portal (EP)
It provide Dealers with:
- Latest product information including products, prices, brochures etc.
- Product availability information including stock availability and lead times
- An online, real-time order-entry and order-tracking tool
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An online, real-time reporting system for orders, deliveries, invoices and account balances
It provides a company with: - An easy interface to disseminate product information to dealers
- A real-time order-entry system without the need to use its own employees to enter orders
A real-time system to post invoices, credit history and account balance of customers (dealers)
Dealer Portal Functions
The Dealer Portal comprises the following components:
- Product Information
• Product Catalog
• Product Pricing
• Product Lead times
Transactions
- Order Entry
- Invoice
Reporting
- Order Status Tracking
- Delivery Status Tracking
- Invoice Reporting
- Dealer Credit Limits
- Dealer Account Statement
Collaboration
- Grievance redressal
- Discount Request
- Feedback
Benefits Using the Dealer Portal - Order entry time reduced and error free
- Lower cost due to self-service process of order entry
- More agile supply chain as there is no time lag between order creation by dealer and visibility within supply chain
- Ease of Tracking and Managing without need for internal personnel to communicate with Dealers
- More effective Dealer Communication
- Wider Spectrum of Customer targeted without having to communicate individually
- Promotional Activities at lower costs
Dealer Portal References
- Customers : Hero Honda Motors Ltd
- Business Need : Enabling the two way communication with Dealers
- New development for Dealer to enter the Pre Delivery Inspection details to eliminate manual intervention with excel file
- Solution : Dealer Portal
- Technical details : ECC 6.0, Netweaver 7.0
Benefits realized due to dealer portal implementation
- A role-based access to the enterprise portal
- A web-based access to the enterprise portal
- A single logging identity or a single sign on
- An access to a single repository from central locations

Dealer Portal