Automating Sales-information Flow Enables Sales Reps to Save Time
MISSOULA, MONTANA – March 7, 2009- Sheehan Majestic announced today that it has completed the installation and deployment of Ai2’s mobile order entry application to automate their sales force.
Ai2’s POW® application interfaces seamlessly with CDR’s distribution management system, and has enabled Sheehan Majestic to process orders faster, increase sales revenue and gain a competitive edge. The interface was developed by the CDR team and supports the critical features Sheehan Majestic needed to improve their sales team’s efficiency in the field.
Sheehan Majestic wanted a powerful, sales rep-oriented mobile order entry solution to help the company compete and succeed in a challenging market. “We needed a powerful solution that provided a strong fit for our distribution business,” said Sheldon Feist, Vice President of Sheehan Majestic. “We chose Ai2 based on its comprehensive mobile order entry capabilities, expertise in the convenience industry and their implementation model. No other vendor could offer all three capabilities.”
Ai2’s mobile order entry application is designed for convenience store distributors who want to streamline the sales rep and customer order entry process. It has a tailored suite of features that includes promotions, discontinued products, rebate compliance, bar code label printing, returns, pre-books and more.
“Challenged with managing a complex wholesale distribution business and evolving retailer demand, the convenience distribution industry needs mobile order entry software that delivers meaningful and timely information,” said Douglas Katich, CEO for Ai2. “We are pleased to have been selected by Doyle’s - Sheehan. Their decision to go with Ai2 is yet another validation of the value we deliver to the convenience distribution industry.”
Replacing old Telxon and MSI systems will empower organizations to improve the process of communicating important business information to sales representatives and customers. Ai2/CDR’s innovative technology enables distributors to successfully address the following key business challenges:
- Increase sales – promotions and “never outs” are reviewed when creating an order
- Reduce returns – display the description of the items being ordered
- Save sales rep time – eliminate time wasters and extra phone calls
- Automate returns and pickups – eliminate the current multi-person, multi-step process
- Eliminate holes on customers’ shelves – prevent customers from ordering discontinued items
Since 1978, CDR has been committed to providing innovative, feature-rich software solutions to wholesale distributors in the Convenience Products Industry. CDR’s software solutions provide the power and flexibility for companies of all sizes to automate their business processes, enhance customer service, increase profitability, and generate new sources of revenue. CDR combines industry-specific solutions with professional personnel to deliver some of the most trusted software in the convenience distribution industry. For more information about CDR, visit www.cdrsoftware.com.
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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