We offer specialized assurance and tax services to our clients in the industry, while our consulting staff offers extensive expertise in the area technology and software selection.

We have the resources to advise you in the areas that drive your business and we have the capability to approach and find solutions to your challenges while managing risk and maximizing the potential of your value chain.

Optimizing your use of technology is essential to those in the Wholesale and Distribution Industries.

Brown Smith Wallace’s expertise and years of experience in this area are invaluable to our clients.

We simplify the process of software selection by offering The Distributions Solutions Guide.

The Guide serves as a comprehensive tool, containing summary information of Enterprise software, B2B software, Warehouse Management Software and Manufacturing packages.

This detailed evaluation of vendors enables our clients to make an informed decision on selecting system software, which can otherwise be a very overwhelming process.

Brown Smith Wallace puts the most up-to-date product information at your fingertips and will help you every step of the way to find software solutions that are the right fit for your company.

Success Stories

Project Type
Industry Initiatives
 
Client
ALPHA Shirt Company
 
Situation
As the country's largest wholesale distributor of blank apparel to the imprintable sportswear industry, ALPHA wanted to develop computerized standard transaction procedures for all of their suppliers.
 
Solution
Based on the voluntary inter-industry commerce standards of retail industry conventions and implementation guidelines, we worked with ALPHA and other embellished activewear industry leaders to develop standards.
 
Result
Standards were implemented and all major suppliers for ALPHA use standards, greatly reducing production and distribution costs.
 

Project Type
Industry Initiatives
 
Client
Russell Artwear
 
Situation
Russell customers wanted Russell to participate in establishing and maintaining industry standards. It was important to Russell to support their customers' requests for electronic business to business commerce.
 
Solution
Brown Smith Wallace was hired as an independent voice to work with Russell and embellished activewear industry leaders in developing industry standards for electronic business to business commerce.
 
Result
Standards are in place and 90% of the 600 million garments sold through the embellished activewear wholesaler channel will exhibit the EASI compliant standards.
 

Project Type
Industry Initiatives
 
Client
Hanes Printables
 
Situation
After ten years of trying to develop electronic business to business commerce standards for the embellished active wear industry, they were ready to give up.
 
Solution
Retain Brown Smith Wallace as an independent facilitator to work with 20 different companies (trading partners and competitors) and over 100 volunteers within the industry to develop acceptable standards and persuade industry companies to comply.
 
Result
Within the first year, specific standards had been developed and approved. Additional standards have been created as part of a continuing process. After two and half years, 90% of the products manufactured in the industry follow the standards and have reduced costs, errors and time for the trading partners.