Convenience Store Distributor in Tennessee
Takes Advantage of Ai2/Retalix Partnership
CHICAGO – March 2, 2009 – Software provider Ai2, Inc. announced today that Charles C. Parks Company will deploy Ai2’s POW® computing solution for its mobile field sales force.
The Charles C. Parks Co. has been a full line grocery distributor since 1934. The company operates from its modern warehouse and office facility in Gallatin, Tennessee and distributes to convenience stores in seven southern states. For more information about Charles C. Parks, please visit www.charlescparks.com.
“I’d like to welcome Charles C. Parks to our customer family. We’re looking forward to helping them increase their sales and efficiency,” said Ray Walsh, Vice President of Sales for Ai2.
POW® is Ai2’s mobile computing system for outside sales representatives who must generate daily orders and obtain regularly updated customer and product information. Using mobile handheld computers, POW® allows salespeople to scan, type, write, generate orders, receive messages and manage customer accounts with one convenient application.
Charles C. Parks chose Ai2 for its commitment to the convenience store industry and its unique partnership with Retalix, Ltd. Parks will replace the outdated hardware that has limited functionality with POW, enabling their sales force to function better in the customer environment. Ai2’sy partnership with Retalix allows both solutions (the “front office” and “back office”) to work together seamlessly with a minimal investment. Parks anticipates the ability to better serve a demanding and rapidly changing industry with the use of Access’ software, and admits this change was overdue.
“We’ve been behind the times too long and our sales reps need the tools that will get them to a higher level,” said Tom Cripps, CFO for Charles C. Parks.
Ai2 is a 23-year old family owned and operated software firm headquartered in downtown Chicago. Their solutions are used by over 35,000 users each day to capture over 30 billion dollars in sales each year. Ai2 handles the order entry process for some of the nation’s largest distributors in foodservice, convenience store, grocery, beverage, hardware, medical, beauty and industrial supply. For more information about Ai2, visit www.ai2.com.
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