Chicago City Distributors

Wholesale ordering, simplified.

CCD System replaces phone calls, email threads, and spreadsheets with one platform. Browse the live catalog, see your pricing, and submit orders — office, warehouse, and management all work from the same record.

Built on ERPNext 16 Beverages · automotive · general merchandise Mobile, tablet & desktop
Why distributors switch

The old way doesn't scale past a few customers.

Every distributor starts on spreadsheets and phone calls. Most never leave — until the gaps between them start costing real money.

Without CCD System

  • Customers call or email just to check what's in stock
  • Pricing lives in whichever spreadsheet was updated last
  • Purchase orders are confirmed by phone, then forgotten
  • Restocking happens only after someone notices a gap

With CCD System

  • Customers see live stock and order it themselves, any time
  • One price list per customer, updated once, everywhere
  • Every purchase order is logged, tracked, and matched to stock
  • Replenishment is recommended automatically, before you run out
What's inside

Built for everyone touching the order.

Three roles, one shared record — nobody's re-entering what someone else already typed.

Customer portal

Everything a buyer needs to order without picking up the phone.

  • Live catalog with real-time availability
  • Customer-specific pricing and discounts
  • Cart, checkout, and order history
  • Invoices and payment status on demand

Warehouse & inventory

Barcode-accurate stock, from receiving to the loading dock.

  • Barcode scanning for receiving and picking
  • Automatic reservation as orders come in
  • Damaged and quarantine stock handling
  • Cycle counting and inventory audits

Management intelligence

The numbers that matter, as they happen — not at month-end.

  • Real-time dashboards and KPIs
  • Margin and profitability tracking
  • Automated low-stock and discrepancy alerts
  • Full audit trail on every transaction

Product hierarchy

Item group → brand → product family → variant, each linked to stock, pricing, and images.

Order processing

Approval workflows, a 24-hour draft edit window, and enforced minimum margins.

Purchasing & replenishment

Automatic recommendations when stock drops below threshold, tied to vendor cost.

Barcode scanning

Every receive, pick, and move happens with a scan, not a guess.

Real-time dashboards

Order status, stock levels, and notifications the moment something changes.

Delivery & proof of delivery

Route management and delivery confirmation, tied back to the original order.

Real workflows

A day inside CCD System.

Four jobs, one record — this is what each one actually looks like day to day.

Customer

Independent retailer

  1. Opens the portal, checks this week's pricing
  2. Adds items, sees live stock as they go
  3. Submits the order — no call needed
Office & sales

Account manager

  1. Reviews new orders against pricing rules
  2. Approves or flags exceptions in one screen
  3. Tracks the PO through to received
Warehouse

Picker

  1. Gets a pick list the moment an order's approved
  2. Scans each item on the way to the dock
  3. Stock updates the instant it's picked
Management

Operations lead

  1. Opens the dashboard, not a spreadsheet
  2. Spots a margin dip before month-end
  3. Approves a replenishment suggestion
End to end

From catalog to dock, in one pipeline.

This is the actual path an order takes through CCD System.

1

Browse catalog

Live stock and customer-specific pricing.

2

Submit order

Directly in the portal — no email, no spreadsheet.

3

Track status

Real-time order and inventory visibility.

4

Office review

Approval and fulfillment routing.

5

Warehouse picking

Barcode-scanned, zone by zone.

6

Replenish

Purchasing recommendations, generated automatically.

Why it holds up

Built on ERPNext — not invented from scratch.

CCD System is a custom Frappe application on top of ERPNext, the open-source ERP used by thousands of businesses worldwide. The core — accounting, inventory, purchasing — is battle-tested, while the customer portal and warehouse tools are built specifically around how CCD actually operates.

It's developed by Cotan AI, which builds systems for small and mid-sized businesses that need operational clarity and room to grow, without enterprise software bloat.

ERPNext 16 Frappe Framework MariaDB Docker Compose
4
Roles served — customer, office, warehouse, management
1
Shared record, from order to delivery
24h
Draft order edit window before it locks in
$50
Minimum order, enforced at checkout

See CCD System on your own catalog.

We'll walk through your current ordering and warehouse process, and show you exactly where it fits — no generic demo, no sales script.