Macola document automation for distributors
DynamoDocs captures the bulk customer POs with many SKUs, supplier invoices to match against receipts, and drop-ship orders that distributors deal with every day, reads them with AI, validates every field, and posts them into Macola. Your team reviews the exceptions instead of retyping each one.
30-minute session · run against your own Macola document types · no commitment
- 5–10 minutes of manual entry per document into Macola, gone
- 100% validated before anything posts to Macola
- PDF · Excel · EDI · image · email
DynamoDocs automates Macola document entry for distributors. For distributors, bulk customer POs with many SKUs and supplier invoices that must match receipts arrive nonstop and get keyed line by line before anything ships. DynamoDocs captures each document, AI reads and classifies it, suggests GL coding, validates it, and posts approved records into Macola through a mapped CSV import into Macola, or a REST endpoint you put in front of it, so orders ship on time and supplier bills reconcile against receipts. Macola (ECi) is a long-standing manufacturing and distribution ERP where a file import is the practical path to automating data entry.
The mapping
How Distribution & Wholesale paperwork posts into Macola
Each document is validated, then delivered to Macola as the record below.
| What distributors send | Where it lands in Macola |
|---|---|
| Bulk customer PO with many SKUs and unit-of-measure quirks | a sales order |
| Supplier invoice that must match a receipt and PO | an AP invoice |
| Drop-ship PO routed straight to a vendor | a sales order |
| EDI 850 from a partner, or a PDF PO from everyone else | a sales order |
| Freight bill coded across cost centers | an AP invoice |
| Made-to-order RFQ or request for pricing | a quote in Macola |
A worked example
Macola for distributors, from inbox to posted record
Imagine a wholesale distributor running Macola that receives a 60-line bulk purchase order from a grocery chain, every line uses the customer's SKU, not yours. DynamoDocs picks it up from the monitored inbox (or a drag-and-drop upload), and AI reads every field and line, no template required. Each line gets a suggested GL account from your rules and coding history, then the document is validated against totals, required fields, and your own checks. Anything that fails is flagged field-by-field for a quick review; everything clean posts straight into Macola as an AP invoice through a mapped CSV import into Macola, or a REST endpoint you put in front of it. Writes a mapped CSV file per document for a Macola import to pick up, or posts JSON to a REST endpoint you name. No on-premises agent is involved. Your distribution & wholesale team reviews the occasional exception instead of retyping the whole document, so orders ship on time and supplier bills reconcile against receipts.
Specific to Macola
How the Macola connection works for distributors
Macola (ECi) is a long-standing manufacturing and distribution ERP where a file import is the practical path to automating data entry.
File or REST
Writes a mapped CSV file per document for a Macola import to pick up, or posts JSON to a REST endpoint you name. No on-premises agent is involved.
Native records
Delivers AP invoices, sales orders, and quotes for Macola 10 or Macola ES / Progression, shaped to the fields you map.
Your codes
Maps vendor, customer, and item codes, terse ones included, to the ones already in Macola.
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Questions, answered
Macola for Distribution & Wholesale FAQ
How does DynamoDocs handle distribution & wholesale documents on Macola?
For distributors, bulk customer POs with many SKUs and supplier invoices that must match receipts arrive nonstop and get keyed line by line before anything ships. DynamoDocs captures each of those documents from a monitored mailbox or upload, reads every field with AI (no per-vendor template), suggests a GL account for each line, and posts it into Macola through a mapped CSV import into Macola, or a REST endpoint you put in front of it. Writes a mapped CSV file per document for a Macola import to pick up, or posts JSON to a REST endpoint you name. No on-premises agent is involved. Clean documents post automatically; only exceptions reach a person, so orders ship on time and supplier bills reconcile against receipts.
How does a bulk customer po with many skus and unit-of-measure quirks post into Macola?
It becomes a sales order in Macola, with header and line-item fields validated before anything posts. Delivers AP invoices, sales orders, and quotes for Macola 10 or Macola ES / Progression, shaped to the fields you map. A visual field-mapping engine shapes the record into exactly what Macola expects, so nothing is retyped and nothing posts half-filled.
Does it assign cost center and warehouse on Macola records?
DynamoDocs suggests a GL account for each line from your keyword rules and from how the same part or description was coded before, and a person confirms it. It does not assign cost center and warehouse for you, but where a document prints them they can be captured as added fields and mapped into the record Macola receives. Anything that fails a validation rule is flagged field-by-field for a quick fix before it posts.
How do purchase orders and RFQs from distributors post into Macola?
Purchase orders become a sales order and RFQs become a quote in Macola, with every line, bulk customer POs with many SKUs included, read and validated first. Maps vendor, customer, and item codes, terse ones included, to the ones already in Macola.
How much time and money does this save distributors on Macola?
Keying one document into Macola typically takes 5–10 minutes and costs $2–$6 in labor, before the cost of fixing a mis-keyed line. DynamoDocs does it in seconds and only flags exceptions, so the labor left is the review time on those, while orders ship on time and supplier bills reconcile against receipts.
See it run on your Distribution & Wholesale documents
Bring a real invoice, PO, or RFQ and watch it go from inbox to posted in Macola in about 30 minutes.
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