Distributor Ordering & Collection
A simpler way to order and reconcile collections.
The demonstration scenario
A distributor takes orders by phone, promises products that are out of stock, collects cash on delivery and spends evenings reconciling delivery rounds.
From 9 April 2027, cash payments in foreign currency are banned. Retailers who pay in dollars will have to pay another way.
Our contribution
- Real-time catalogue and stock, visible to every retailer
- Ordering from an Android phone, approval by the territory sales rep
- M-Pesa, Airtel Money, Orange Money collection with SMS receipt
- Automatic reconciliation of orders, payments and deliveries
- Dashboard of rounds, unpaid balances and out-of-stock products
Designing for everyday use
- Sales reps on the road work offline; everything syncs when the network returns
- Retailers without a smartphone receive an SMS confirmation
- Amounts in USD and CDF, day's rate entered by the distributor
- Runs on entry-level Android phones
What you can explore
The demonstrator presents journeys with fictional data. Payments, messages and integrations marked as simulated do not perform real operations.
For a production implementation
The following describes deployment and support to plan for a client implementation; it is not measured service evidence for this demo.
- Hosted in Kinshasa, Cloudflare in front of the application
- Docker containers, PostgreSQL database, Redis cache for live stock
- Encrypted nightly backup, off-country copy, restore tested
- Probe every 60 seconds on the application and on the payment gateway
- Tracking of failed payments and pending syncs
- WhatsApp and SMS alert to our team
- Monthly availability and incident report
Project technologies
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