Industry Solutions
Tessera ERP for Retail
Connect finance, inventory, purchasing, and approvals with workflows designed for retail teams.
Key metrics
Overview
What Tessera ERP helps you achieve
A connected operating system for retail organizations: inventory, purchasing, approvals, reporting, and controls in one place.
Centralized inventory across stores and channels.
Connects inventory, purchasing, and approval workflows for end-to-end operational visibility.
Real-time margin and sales performance tracking.
Connects inventory, purchasing, and approval workflows for end-to-end operational visibility.
Streamlined returns and customer service workflows.
Connects inventory, purchasing, and approval workflows for end-to-end operational visibility.
Pricing and promotion governance with audit trails.
Connects inventory, purchasing, and approval workflows for end-to-end operational visibility.
Branch transfers and replenishment controls for stock availability.
Connects inventory, purchasing, and approval workflows for end-to-end operational visibility.
Integrations
Challenges
Common pain points we solve
Most retail teams struggle with visibility, controls, and reporting. Tessera brings those workflows together.
Stockouts and overstocks across branches and channels.
Tessera ERP addresses this with structured workflows, multi-location controls, and real-time reporting.
Slow replenishment and inconsistent pricing/promo control.
Tessera ERP addresses this with structured workflows, multi-location controls, and real-time reporting.
Weak visibility into margins, returns, and performance.
Tessera ERP addresses this with structured workflows, multi-location controls, and real-time reporting.
Customer service delays due to disconnected sales data.
Tessera ERP addresses this with structured workflows, multi-location controls, and real-time reporting.
Manual reporting and end-of-day reconciliation.
Tessera ERP addresses this with structured workflows, multi-location controls, and real-time reporting.
Workflows
Key workflows for Retail
These are the most common workflows retail organizations implement first for fast ROI.
Catalog + pricing
Standardized across branches and sites with approval controls and audit-ready reporting.
Stock transfers
Standardized across branches and sites with approval controls and audit-ready reporting.
Replenishment
Standardized across branches and sites with approval controls and audit-ready reporting.
Returns
Standardized across branches and sites with approval controls and audit-ready reporting.
Daily sales reporting
Standardized across branches and sites with approval controls and audit-ready reporting.
Customer insights
Standardized across branches and sites with approval controls and audit-ready reporting.
Common use cases
Capabilities
What you get with Tessera ERP
A practical feature set designed for retail teams, with controls and reporting built in.
Sales to invoicing workflow
Handle quotations, orders, deliveries, invoicing, and credit notes with clear controls and drill-down reporting.
Inventory + warehouse visibility
Multi-warehouse stock, transfers, reorder levels, negative stock controls, and stock movement history.
Procurement management
Requisitions, supplier comparisons, POs, GRNs, supplier invoices, and returns with approvals and traceability.
Financial controls + audit trail
Budgets, approvals, VAT/statutory reporting, and audit trails that keep governance consistent across teams.
Item master built for reality
Units of measure, batches/serials, BOM/recipes, warranties, weights, and barcode labeling where needed.
Dashboards + alerts
Operational dashboards and event-based notifications (email/SMS) so teams act faster on exceptions.
Integrations + extensibility
Connect POS, HR, and third-party systems using APIs/files so data flows end-to-end.
Cloud or on-premise
Deploy on your own servers or the cloud, with multi-location central management.
Reporting
Dashboards and insights
Get visibility that helps teams act faster: drill-down reporting, analysis views, and exportable outputs.
Common dashboards & reports
Built for teams
Secure reporting and controlled exports
Share the right view with the right people using role-based access. Export and schedule reports for finance, operations, and leadership.
Modules
Recommended Tessera modules
Start with the core ERP foundation, then add modules that match your retail workflows.
Tessera ERP
Core workflows: purchasing, inventory, approvals, reporting.
Learn moreAccounting & Finance
Reporting, controls, and financial visibility across teams.
Learn moreHR & Payroll
People operations, payroll workflows, and compliance support.
Learn morePoint Of Sale
Sales, stock updates, and branch performance visibility.
Learn moreStories
What success looks like
Outcomes retail teams expect after implementing Tessera ERP workflows, approvals, and reporting.
Inventory and operations in sync
Teams get real-time stock, purchasing, and operational data in one place — no more end-of-week reconciliation surprises.
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Approvals that actually hold
Spend leakage dropped when procurement and approval workflows were standardized across locations with clear audit trails.
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Reporting leadership trusts
Finance and operations teams share the same numbers — drill-down dashboards replaced the weekly manual spreadsheet reports.
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Questions we hear from Retail teams
If you want, we can walk through your exact workflows in a short demo.
Yes. Multi-branch stock, transfers, and branch KPIs are supported.
Yes. POS can connect to inventory and reporting for near real-time visibility.
Yes. Centralized catalog and pricing controls help keep promos consistent.
Get started
Get a retail demo
We will map your workflows, recommend a rollout plan, and show the dashboards your team will use day-to-day.
In the demo
- Inventory, purchasing, and operations workflows
- Approval controls and reporting dashboards
- Implementation timeline + support plan
- Module recommendations for your team
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