GudangAda, Stock Management Solution for Modern Warung

Some of you may currently be running a grocery or grocery store. The question is, what are the obstacles in running your business right now, especially during a pandemic?

It is undeniable, even though the grocery store is a business model that is considered to be alive for a long time, it does not mean that this type of business does not encounter problems. One of the problems that are often faced are access to distributors, scarcity of stock, and rising prices of goods.

To deal with this problem, currently many technology companies are engaged in B2B eCommerce answer the problem, one of which is WarehouseAda.

So, what is GudangAda? What solutions do they provide to meet the needs of warung or grocery store traders in Indonesia? Check out the following article!

Overview of the Grocery Store Ecosystem in Indonesia

According to Kadin (Indonesian Chamber of Commerce), grocery stores are a type of business that is able to survive and even tends to grow during the pandemic.

Sure enough, according to the report titled Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on mSME in Indonesiaissued by the Institute for Economic and Community Research (LPEM) UI that MSMEs in Indonesia are dominated by food and beverage traders, which is around 40%.

This condition is not surprising, especially if you look at the number of wholesalers or grocery traders scattered at various points. Starting from the village, housing, even on the side of the road. The number of wholesalers is also inseparable from the daily necessities products that are sold. So that the grocery business will always be needed, especially by the people of Indonesia.

About GudangAda, B2B Transaction Solution for Wholesalers in the Digital Age

It is undeniable that the era of digital technology has a disruptive impact on the economy in Indonesia, even at the lowest level such as warung traders or grocery stores.

The digital industry era makes demand can change quickly, the possibility of an anomaly in the stock of goods is even greater. That's where GudangAda's initial idea was born as B2B eCommerce in Indonesia.

GudangAda is a platform service B2B eCommerce who are here to answer the supply chain needs of all players in the industry Fast-Moving Consumer Goods starting from manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, to stall traders in the era of digital technology.

So that the transaction process between business actors is much faster, cheaper, integrated, and has a greater scope.

Menurut Chief Commercial Officer, Budianto Hariadi, GudangAda's presence is not to disrupt the market, but to empower important players in the supply chain ecosystem in an inclusive manner.

GudangAda itself currently has partnered with more than 750.000 traders spread across more than 500 cities in Indonesia where warung traders and micro-enterprises are the majority of its users.

For this company that was founded in 2019, warung traders are the end point of the distribution of goods and the spearhead of the supply chain sector that provides direct services to end consumers in Indonesia.

Services Offered by GudangAda

Through GudangAda, you can buy various kinds stock of goods which you will resell from a variety of stores that your store can reach through a single app.

Shop owners can also directly monitor transactions online real-time with a variety of distribution options offerings including direct app delivery.

The superior feature of GudangAda is stock storage service with flexible rental duration (pay per use) and without the need to incur operational costs.

In addition, GudangAda also has a delivery service that can be tailored to the needs of goods and transportation between stores.

With GudangAda, business actors can get the same opportunity to develop their business with faster stock turnover, optimal prices, and a wider choice of partners.

Transaction Mechanism at GudangAda

Same as marketplace currently digital, GudangAda uses an application smartphone as the platform. Currently, GudangAda is only available and can be downloaded via Google Playstore for free.

In the registration process, GudangAda will ask for some data starting from the business name, address, ID card, NPWP, and store location. After being registered as a user, traders can directly transact buying and selling with 750.000 merchants who are registered in marketplace GudangAda without any fees or commissions.

"Our focus is to empower and invite more micro-scale traders, especially in the face of digital transformation," said Budianto Hariadi.

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Contributions and Future Plans

"According to our internal data, it shows that the stalls that joined GudangAda experienced an average increase in business volume of 30-50% in just the first few months," said Budianto Hariadi, CC GudangAda.

This is because the existing business scheme is able to save on the use of working capital for shopkeepers because they do not have to buy stock of goods so that they can reduce capital and operational costs.

In 2022, GudangAda also collaborates with the DKI Provincial Government to launch the 1 Million Digital Literacy Warung program as an effort to instill culture in the micro-business ecosystem, especially the shop owners.

One of the activities of the 1 Million Digital Literacy Warung program is to provide training facilities related to business transformation in the realm of online.

In the future, GudangAda plans to build an integrated solution with other store management solutions such as transaction systems or other store management solutions Point of Sale, stock management, accounting, to payment system services.

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