Introducing AI-Powered Sales Order Entry for Wholesale Distributors from IDEA and Canals

Canals AI revolutionizes inside sales with AI-powered sales order entry that automatically turns customer emails into quotes, no templates or part numbers needed.

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Canals AI’s models are trained to handle a wide range of inputs, including email text, attachments, PDFs, CSV files, images, Word documents, and even handwritten notes, allowing your team to process quotes in record time.

Built for scale, inside sales reps at leading wholesale distributors use Canals to process thousands of line items each day across many verticals. With data entry off their plate, your team can focus on work that matters: building relationships with customers and growing your business.

Faster and More Accurate Quoting

Eliminate data entry, saving your sales reps countless hours while reducing errors.

Canals interprets customer materials lists and automatically matches them to products in your ERP via our highly trained AI models. Canals understands and applies:

  • Industry-specific slang or vague descriptions
  • Industry-specific requests
  • Single-line requests for multiple products
  • Minimum package or sell quantities
  • Customer information, notes, and labels
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AI That Learns From Your Best Sales Reps

Our machine learning models automatically capture and preserve the institutional knowledge of your best salespeople and use it to create highly customized quotes or orders for each customer.

Canals gets smarter over time, learning and automatically applying:

  • Optimal product matches based on context
  • Customer brand preferences
  • Job-specific requirements
  • Frequent substitutions

Key Features of Canals Integrated with IDEA Connector:

Seamless Integration

Out-of-the-box ERP integrations make it easy to get started in days, not months, with minimal IT support required.

Language Interpretation

The tool interprets human language, extracting order-related information from unstructured data sources like emails and handwritten notes, enhancing data accuracy.

Task Automation

Canals automatically learns and handles repetitive and rule-based tasks in order entry, allowing human workers to focus on complex and strategic aspects of their roles.

Error Reduction

Through automated data validation, Canals minimizes errors, ensuring orders adhere to specified criteria, contributing to precision in order entry.

Predictive Analysis

Canals analyzes historical and real-time data to prioritize products based on customer preferences, business rules, and other predefined criteria.

Adaptability

The tool adjusts to changing circumstances, adapting order processing workflows based on evolving business needs or market conditions, ensuring flexibility.

Beyond Automation

Canals offers advanced features such as substitution and complementary product recommendations, comprehensive onboarding training, and a learning system that adapts based on user behavior.

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“Canals is a force multiplier for United Electric. Tasks that previously took hours of inside sales time now take minutes. We tried another solution and just couldn’t make it work—Canals’ AI application is the future of order entry. It's had a significantly positive impact on our business, and the more we use it the better it gets.”

George Vorwick

President & CEO, United Electric Supply
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“Canals automatically gets smarter as it’s used for order entry, learning your business rules and becoming a repository of critical institutional knowledge. So, it creates enormous productivity gains and really helps with the demographic challenges faced by the industry."

Michael Delgado

Co-Founder and CEO at Canals

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Join us in this significant stride in order entry automation. Experience unparalleled efficiency, accuracy, and adaptability for your business with IDEA Connector and Canals.

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