Distribution & route-to-market

Distribution management software for the whole route to market

Covadesk connects the rep in the field to the van at the gate: GPS-verified visits and mobile orders, sales orders under credit control, bin-level picking, dispatch runs onto vehicles and drivers, freight for third-party loads, and invoices that transmit to eTIMS.

Built for: Secondary distributors, sub-distributors, route-to-market partners of FMCG brands, and wholesalers running their own sales force and fleet.

Covadesk DigiSales dashboard with field reps on a map and today’s visits and orders

The problems we solve

Where distributors lose money — and how Covadesk closes the gap

  • Visits that may never have happened

    Check-ins are recorded with GPS inside the customer’s geofence, so a visit is evidence, not a claim.

  • Orders retyped at the office

    Orders taken in the app convert into sales orders — no transcription, no lost orders.

  • Trucks leaving half full

    Dispatch runs load delivery notes onto a vehicle and driver with stops and load value.

  • Outlets buying past their limit

    Field orders face the same credit check as office orders.

See it in action

What distributors see in Covadesk

Real Covadesk screens, shown with sample data.

Covadesk DigiSales dashboard with field reps on a map and today’s visits and orders

Live rep locations, check-ins, visits and orders for the day.

Features

Everything distributors need, in one system

Field sales

DigiSales, on the rep’s phone.

  • GPS check-ins and geofenced visits
  • Mobile ordering that works offline
  • Field payments by M-Pesa
  • Live rep map and daily activity for managers

Orders and credit

From order to invoice.

  • Sales orders from the field, the office and the counter
  • Credit limits with approved overrides
  • Price lists by outlet category

Warehouse

Pick it right the first time.

  • Bin map, directed putaway and picking
  • Cycle counts and scan log
  • Batch and expiry control

Dispatch and fleet

Out of the gate, onto the road.

  • Dispatch runs with vehicle, driver, stops and load value
  • Run status from planned through loaded and in transit to complete
  • Fuel issues and maintenance per vehicle

Freight and collections

The rest of the route.

  • Consignments, trips and waybills for third-party loads
  • Driver settlements net of advances
  • AR ageing and M-Pesa receipts matched to outlets

How it flows

One process, start to finish

  1. 01

    Visit

    Reps check in at outlets by GPS.

  2. 02

    Order

    Orders are taken on the phone, online or off.

  3. 03

    Pick

    The warehouse picks to bins and stages loads.

  4. 04

    Dispatch

    Runs load onto vehicles and drivers.

  5. 05

    Deliver and invoice

    Delivered orders are invoiced through eTIMS.

  6. 06

    Collect

    Payments clear outlet balances.

Modules included

The Distribution / Route-to-Market pack

Secondary distribution with field sales, journey plans and trade promotions.

Industry modules for distributors

Switched on by the pack from day one, on top of the backbone below.

  • CRM

    Commercial

    A sales pipeline that ends in a real invoice

    • Leads, contacts and accounts linked to the customer ledger
    • Opportunity pipeline by stage with weighted forecast and win rate
    • Follow-ups and activities assigned to owners with due dates
    • Lost reasons captured so the pipeline teaches you something
  • Warehouse Management

    Operations

    Bin-level control inside the warehouse

    • Visual bin map by zone, with occupancy and fill levels
    • Directed putaway and picking
    • Cycle counts by bin and a full scan log
    • Bin stock reconciled continuously against the inventory ledger
  • DigiSales (Field Sales)

    Commercial

    Field sales with GPS proof of every visit

    • Live rep map with GPS check-ins and geofenced customer visits
    • Orders taken on the rep’s phone, online or offline
    • Visit, order value and conversion figures for the day
    • Field orders flow into sales orders, invoicing and the customer’s credit limit
  • Logistics / 3PL

    Operations

    Freight booked, moved, delivered and billed

    • Consignments with weight, value and status from booked to invoiced
    • Trips with vehicle, driver, route and payload
    • Waybills and proof of delivery
    • Rate cards for pricing by lane and weight
    • Driver settlements and yard management
    • Customs entries for cross-border freight

The backbone every Covadesk business runs on

The same core modules run across every industry, so purchasing, stock, sales, accounts and people share one database and one version of the truth.

  • Procurement

    Operations

    Buy with control, from requisition to supplier payment

    • Purchase requisitions routed for approval by value, branch and role
    • Requests for quotation with side-by-side supplier comparison and award
    • Purchase orders that inherit item VAT rates and approved prices
    • Goods received notes with QA tolerance bands for weight, moisture and grade
    • Three-way match of PO, GRN and supplier invoice before anything is paid
    • Supplier advances tracked and recovered against later invoices
    • Supplier register with categories, terms and performance history
  • Inventory

    Operations

    One stock figure that finance and the store agree on

    • Multi-warehouse stock levels, by item, location and batch
    • Batch and expiry tracking with QA holds that block issue until released
    • Inter-branch and inter-warehouse transfers with in-transit stock
    • Stock takes with variance approval and automatic write-off postings
    • Reorder levels per warehouse and full movement history per item
    • Stock ageing and valuation reports that tie to the general ledger
    • Units of measure with conversions — buy in bags, sell in kilos
  • Sales

    Commercial

    Quote, sell, invoice and collect in one flow

    • Quotations that convert to sales orders, delivery notes and invoices
    • Counter POS and counter sales with cash, M-Pesa, card and voucher tenders
    • Price lists and customer categories with credit limits enforced at order time
    • Credit notes, returns and receipts — including refunds on the receipt
    • AR ageing, dunning and credit-override approvals with an audit trail
    • Van sales with load-out, field selling and end-of-day reconciliation
    • Sales commissions and a sales register by channel and period
  • Finance & Accounting

    Finance

    A general ledger every module posts into as it happens

    • Chart of accounts, accounting periods and period close
    • Journals with approval, plus automatic postings from every module
    • Bank accounts, statement import and bank reconciliation
    • Supplier payments, petty cash and AP ageing
    • VAT and withholding tax computed at the transaction line, with returns data
    • Budgets by account and cost centre, with budget-versus-actual
    • Trial balance, profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow on demand
  • Human Resources

    People

    Your people, their records and their requests in one place

    • Employee records with contracts and organisation structure
    • Leave policies, balances, requests and approvals — with self-service
    • Attendance capture and shift rosters
    • Appraisals and disciplinary cases with a recorded outcome
    • An HR service desk for employee requests
  • Payroll

    People

    Kenyan payroll that is right the first time

    • Pay runs with maker-checker approval before release
    • PAYE on current KRA bands with personal relief
    • NSSF, SHIF and Affordable Housing Levy calculated per employee
    • Salary structures, allowances, deductions and staff loans
    • Statutory return files and payslips generated from the same run
    • Payroll journals posted straight to the general ledger
  • Fixed Assets

    Finance

    A fixed asset register your auditor will sign

    • Asset register by category, location and custodian
    • Scheduled depreciation posted to the ledger
    • Disposals with gain or loss calculated and booked
    • Transfers between branches with history
  • Delivery & Fleet

    Operations

    Get orders out of the gate and onto the road

    • Dispatch runs that load delivery notes onto a vehicle and driver
    • Vehicle and driver registers with documents and expiry dates
    • Delivery routes and run status from loading to complete
    • Fuel issues and vehicle maintenance logged per vehicle
  • Reports & Analytics

    Insights

    Answers across every module, without exporting to Excel

    • Executive dashboard with cash, sales, stock, output and receivables
    • Ready-made payroll, HR, sales, stock and finance reports
    • Saved reports, with exports to CSV, Excel and PDF
  • Integrations

    Settings

    Connected to the systems Kenyan businesses depend on

    • KRA eTIMS invoice and credit-note transmission with retry and a send log
    • M-Pesa C2B, STK Push and B2C through Daraja, matched to customer accounts
    • SMS and email notifications
    • Webhooks and API keys for your own systems

Add more when you need it

Any other module can be switched on for your organisation — same data, nothing to re-implement.

  • Projects & Job Costing
  • Manufacturing (Work Orders & MRP)
  • Quality Management (QMS/LIMS)
  • Maintenance (CMMS)
  • Contract Management
  • Documents
  • Customer & Supplier Portals
  • Helpdesk / Service
  • BI & Workflow Builder
  • Production (Batch/Process)
  • Milling Intake & Weighbridge
  • Construction & Contracting
  • Real Estate & Property
  • SACCO / Microfinance
  • Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • Fuel Stations & Petroleum
  • Automotive Workshops
  • Professional Services
  • NGO / Donor-Funded
  • Hospitality

Compliance

Kenyan rules, built in

KRA eTIMS
Every invoice transmitted to eTIMS.
M-Pesa
Field and outlet payments through Daraja.
Payroll statutory
Sales-force and driver payroll with PAYE, NSSF, SHIF and Housing Levy.

Questions

Covadesk for distributors: common questions

How does Covadesk verify field visits?

Reps check in with the DigiSales app, which records GPS coordinates and confirms the rep is inside the customer’s geofence.

Can we manage deliveries and our own fleet?

Yes. Dispatch runs load delivery notes onto vehicles and drivers, and the Delivery & Fleet module tracks vehicles, drivers, fuel and maintenance.

Do field orders respect credit limits?

Yes. A field order converts into a sales order and passes the same credit check as any other order.

See Covadesk running for distributors

Book a 30-minute demo. Bring a real problem — a stock variance you can’t explain, a payroll run that takes three days — and we’ll show you how it works in Covadesk.

Prefer to talk? Call +254 117 390 922 or email info@fecn.co.ke