Confectionary Distributor Selects POW® Solution
To Automate Order Entry, Customer Data Collection
CHICAGO – March 2, 2009 – Software provider Ai2, Inc. announced today that Russell Stover Candies will deploy Ai2’s POW® computing solution for its mobile field sales force.
Russell Stover Candies is a familiar name to lovers of chocolate the world over.. It is currently the largest manufacturer of boxed chocolates in North America.. The candy company born in a bungalow candy shop now sells in over 45 company-owned retail shops throughout the United States and Canada, and at over 70,000 drug stores, card and gift shops, grocery stores, department stores and retail stores throughout all 50 states and over 20 countries around the world.
For more information about Russell Stover, please visit www.russellstover.
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.
Russell Stover chose Ai2 for its functionality, ease of use and ongoing commitment to customer service and development.. Russell Stover will replace the outdated hardware that has limited functionality with POW, enabling their sales force to function better in the customer environment.. Access unique messaging and survey function will enable Russell Stover to collect and manage customer data more efficiently than ever before.. Russell Stover anticipates the ability to better serve a demanding and rapidly changing industry with the use of Access’ software.
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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