Partner files for wholesale and distribution

Control the recurring partner files that keep wholesale and distribution moving.

Organize supplier lists, distributor snapshots, and sell-through reports by partner and period, verify important Excel or CSV data, and give every receiving team one accepted file it can trust.

Common trading-partner workflows

Keep supplier and distributor files visible from expectation to handoff.

Each trading relationship keeps its own access, periods, rules, corrections, and accepted history.

Supplier price lists

Check identifiers, prices, currencies, dates, units, and duplicate item keys before acceptance.

Distributor inventory snapshots

Track recurring point-in-time stock files by distributor, warehouse, and reporting period.

Sell-through and sales reports

Collect periodic distributor performance files with a clear current accepted version.

A controlled trading-partner exchange

Turn recurring wholesale files into predictable accepted inputs.

Your team defines the exchange once and follows every partner submission through the same visible path.

  1. Define the expected file

    Capture the expected file, business cadence, and data requirements for each partner exchange.

  2. Assign the trading partner

    Give each supplier or distributor a secure, focused place for its own submissions.

  3. Track the business period

    Open the day, week, month, price period, or ad hoc cycle the file belongs to.

  4. Keep every submitted version

    Keep each file connected to its partner, business period, and correction history.

  5. Guide corrections

    Show clear locations and examples so the partner can correct the file and submit a new version.

  6. Use the accepted file

    Make the current accepted original available for authorized download or API retrieval before ERP, WMS, planning, or review.

Example inventory snapshot

Validate the stock fields your distribution process depends on.

Apply consistent checks to each distributor table while keeping its partner and period context attached.

Distributor IDSKUWarehouseAs-of dateAvailable quantityStatus

Required stock fields

Require the identifiers, location, date, quantity, and status your receiving process expects.

Dates and quantities

Check snapshot dates and quantities against the agreed formats.

Warehouses and statuses

Apply accepted warehouse, stock-status, unit, or other reference values.

Duplicate inventory keys

Flag repeated distributor, SKU, warehouse, and date combinations.

Operational visibility

Know which trading-partner files are ready to use.

See due state, validation, corrections, and acceptance independently for every partner feed.

  • Missing partner file
  • Submitted late
  • Processing
  • Validation failed
  • Accepted
  • Replaced by a later acceptance
  • Current accepted submission
  • Complete submission history

Built for repeated partner files

Use DTO Flow when wholesale operations depend on predictable external tables.

The strongest starting point is a known file whose arrival and accepted version matter by partner and period.

  • Suppliers or distributors provide the same file type on a known or ad hoc cadence.
  • Your team owns the expected layout and follow-up process.
  • The important content is a CSV table or selected Excel worksheet.
  • ERP, WMS, purchasing, planning, or review teams use the accepted file.

Questions wholesale teams ask

Before replacing inboxes, folders, and tracking sheets.

Can different partners send different Excel or CSV layouts?

Yes. Each partner exchange can reflect that partner's familiar file while still meeting your approved data expectations.

How are corrected snapshots or price lists handled?

Every correction is retained as a new submission. The later accepted file becomes current without removing earlier attempts.

Can an accepted file move to ERP or WMS automation?

Yes. An approved integration can retrieve the accepted file through the API for an ERP or WMS import, and a webhook event can signal when it is ready.

How do we keep partners separate?

Use a dedicated incoming feed per submitting partner so access, periods, files, and accepted history remain unambiguous.

Explore the connected workflow

See the complete gateway and the recurring partner workflows that support distribution operations.

Start with one trading partner

Make the next supplier or distributor file visible, valid, and ready to use.

Define the expected exchange once, then follow every submission through correction and acceptance.