Bulk success: Leading wholesale companies rely on BlackLine

More than 400 wholesale companies trust the BlackLine Agentic Financial Operations Platform™—powered by Studio360 and Verity™ AI—to deliver F&A transformation across the Office of the CFO.

36%

reduction in lockbox fees
— Reported by The Chefs Warehouse

97%

of journal entries automated
— Reported by Performance Food Group

50%

reduction in time to close
— Reported by Finning

Agentic Financial Operations for wholesale organizations

The wholesale industry is evolving as supply chain complexities, digital commerce, and changing customer expectations reshape the market. Wholesalers are adopting new technologies and operational models to improve efficiency and meet shifting demand.

Finance and accounting teams in wholesale must adapt as well. Dealing with tight margins, fluctuating inventory levels, and pressure to optimize working capital, they need technology and governed AI that enhances financial visibility, improves cash flow management, and supports agile decision-making to drive operational efficiency and growth. The more AI finance puts to work, the more trust it needs. That's why BlackLine pairs automation with governance at every step.

Distinctly Accurate. Exceptionally Efficient. Financially Intelligent.

Streamline high-volume reconciliations like inventory, bank, and clearing accounts

Matching and reconciling massive volumes of transactional data manually is time consuming, tedious, and error-prone, especially if managed in spreadsheets. BlackLine’s Agentic Financial Operations Platform standardizes and automates your reconciliations with the ability to ingest, transform, and match high volumes of transaction level data from multiple systems such as ERPs, complex inventory tracking systems, and banks. This reduces the risk of process breakdowns and undetected financial statement errors and enables teams to focus their time on anomalies and exceptions. 

Streamline processes like vendor accruals, fixed assets, leases, and intercompany

Manual management of record-to-report activities is inefficient and error-prone. Our solution automates these processes, providing real-time visibility into intricate vendor rebate programs, volume-based pricing tiers and global supply chain allocations. When it comes to intercompany complexities, BlackLine helps organizations create, balance, and settle intercompany transactions in an automated, centralized, and collaborative environment. 

Automate journal entry management and reduce risk with finance-led AI-powered insights

Wholesale companies book thousands of journal entries per month, increasing the risks related to financial compliance, audit compliance and accurate decision making. Blackline AI agents automatically match millions of transactions, prepare journals, and flag anomalies under your precise controls, helping you shave days off your close cycle and gain a 100% auditable trail of trust. With finance-led AI-driven insights, our solution enhances visibility into the volume, timing, and nature of your journal entries, minimizing risk and maximizing intelligence. 

Optimize credit management and automate cash application

Efficient cash flow management is critical to business health. BlackLine’s Agentic Financial Operations Platform will help you stop chasing outstanding invoices. AI agents instantly read invoices, match cash to complex B2B remittances and short-pays, and prioritize collector queues. You drive down DSO, eliminate lockbox stress, and unlock working capital on day one. 

Streamline financial integrations related to M&A activity

Maintaining accurate financial records during integrations can be complex and time-consuming. Our platform controls and simplifies these processes, unifying data from multiple ERPs in a central location, connecting teams with automated workflows, and increasing visibility to ensure that financial data flows seamlessly across systems and locations, minimizing risk and reducing bottlenecks.

Identify and resolve financial
anomalies swiftly

Inaccurate financial data can be costly. With our platform’s anomaly detection capabilities, you can identify and resolve financial discrepancies quickly, ensuring accuracy in your financial reporting while reducing the risk of costly errors.

Verity™ AI

Building the Trust Infrastructure for the AI Era of Finance.

Move beyond generic, black box AI to governed AI execution with Verity AI. Built on 20+ years of deep finance and accounting process knowledge and a foundation of trusted data with an essential control layer, Verity understands your complex workflows, delivering AI that teams can finally trust. Empower your team to become strategic advisors. 

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