Advertising specialties and promotional products companies are resources for customized marketing tools to promote businesses, events, and campaigns. As a customize-to-order company, your client logos need to be sized and imprinted or embroidered onto a wide variety of products ranging from pens, calendars, and coffee mugs to apparel, sporting goods, and building signage. Managing the diverse range of specialty items and customization processes demands a sophisticated promotional products software solution.
What is Promotional Products Software?
Frontier ERP is a flexible, integrated solution that has been tailored to meet the specific needs of the ad specialties sector. At its core, Frontier ERP is a comprehensive promotional products software system that streamlines the entire customization, sales ordering, and production cycle. It goes above and beyond, offering a suite of scalable features that include integrated Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ), production scheduling, inventory, accounting, product and item masters, purchasing, and supply chain management with logistics and integrated shipping to your customers.Frontier ERP: Your Path to Efficiency
Friedman is here to assist you in seamlessly transitioning to our industry-specific ERP solution. Our Compass Methodology is an implementation process that ensures success. This transformative step is your key to unlocking a new era of efficiency and productivity with promotional products software designed to meet your specific needs. When you choose Frontier, you gain more than just our software – you receive access to a specialized client service and support team. This team is uniquely equipped to steer your project through its entire lifecycle, offering continuous support and training from inception to completion.
CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) Excellence
Frontier ERP simplifies the intricate process of product configuration by offering a user-friendly CPQ module. With easy-to-navigate interfaces, you can effortlessly customize products, set prices, and generate accurate quotes. This ensures that your clients receive prompt and precise quotations tailored to their needs. This not only enhances customer satisfaction but also contributes to building long-term relationships.Seamless Product Configuration
Our built-in parametric product configurator empowers you to handle the most complex product configurations with ease. Whether it’s adjusting sizes, colors, or materials, Frontier ERP’s intuitive interface makes customization a breeze. This flexibility allows you to meet diverse customer requirements while maintaining operational efficiency.Production Scheduling Mastery
Efficient production scheduling is at the heart of successful operations. Frontier’s promotional products software collaboration features help you optimize production planning and resources, minimize lead times, and maximize productivity. The result? Faster turnaround times without compromised quality.Comprehensive ERP Capabilities
Frontier ERP goes beyond CPQ, product configuration, and quoting. It provides a comprehensive ERP solution that integrates various business processes seamlessly. From complete sales and financial management to order processing and inventory management, our promotional products software ensures that every aspect of your business functions cohesively and effectively.Easy Integration of External Systems
Frontier ERP promotional products software stands out for its seamless integration capabilities, effortlessly working with your existing company applications. Its user-friendly interface and adaptable architecture ensure a smooth and efficient integration process, minimizing disruptions to your workflow. With Frontier ERP, you can enhance the functionality of your current applications and unlock a unified promotional products software that maximizes operational efficiency. We have pre-integrated modules that offer more extensive warehouse management capabilities as well as parcel and LTL shipping solutions to expedite your supply chain.Embrace the Future of Your Business
The promotional products and ad specialties industry demands a strategic approach and efficient operations. Whether you are a manufacturer, supplier, or distributor, Frontier ERP is your gateway to achieving both with the best promotional products software. With CPQ excellence, precise product configuration, accurate quoting, advanced production scheduling, and supply chain integration, we empower your business to thrive in this competitive landscape. Don’t just keep up with the industry – lead it with Frontier ERP. Embrace the future of your business today. Contact us to learn more or schedule a demo.Frequently Asked Questions
How does Frontier handle the customization requirements of promotional products — imprinting, embroidery, and logo sizing?
Promotional products are customize-to-order by definition — client logos need to be sized, positioned, and applied to a wide variety of base products using different decoration methods. Frontier’s built-in CPQ handles product configuration for these customization requirements, with the configurator managing the option combinations across decoration method, size, color, and product type. Orders are generated with accurate specifications and production instructions derived from the configuration — so the decoration operation receives exactly what it needs to produce the right result without manual interpretation.
How does Frontier manage the high variety of products and decoration combinations typical in the ad specialties industry?
Ad specialties operations manage an unusually diverse product catalog — pens, apparel, drinkware, signage, sporting goods, and more — each with its own set of decoration options and constraints. Frontier’s PCM knowledge base maintains these product configurations and option rules centrally, so changes to decoration capabilities, new product introductions, or pricing updates are managed in one place and reflected across all ordering channels automatically. This prevents the catalog maintenance overhead that ad specialties companies typically manage in spreadsheets or disconnected systems.
Does Frontier support shipping and logistics integration for promotional products companies that ship direct to end recipients?
Yes. Frontier includes integration with Varsity Logistics for parcel and LTL shipping, supporting rate shopping, automated shipping rules, and invoice auditing. For promotional products companies that frequently ship orders directly to event locations, corporate recipients, or retail destinations, having shipping managed within the ERP rather than in a standalone shipping tool reduces the manual steps between production completion and shipment. The system supports the logistics requirements of both single-recipient and multi-drop shipments common in the ad specialties industry.
How does Frontier’s implementation methodology work for promotional products companies?
Friedman’s COMPASS implementation methodology is a structured process developed for custom manufacturers that has been applied across the promotional products and ad specialties industry. It covers system configuration, data migration, integration setup, and training. Because Frontier’s configurator needs to encode each company’s specific product and decoration rules during implementation, the process involves close collaboration between Friedman’s implementation team and the manufacturer’s product and operations staff. Friedman provides ongoing support and training through the full project lifecycle — not just during go-live.
