Pittsburg, KS, Distributor Selects Handheld Solution Software Provider
CHICAGO – April 15, 2009 – Software developer Ai2 announced today that it will add Joe Smith Tobacco of Pittsburg, KS, to its customer group. Joe Smith, a candy and tobacco distributor, selected Ai2’s POW® handheld solution to automate the order entry process for its eight field sales representatives.
Joe Smith chose POW® for its functionality within the software application and for the fact that it allowed them to replace older Telxon devices. Telxon and MSI handhelds, manufactured up to 20 years ago, rely on acoustic coupler technology to send data over a phone line to a receiver at the distributor’s location. In recent years, older hardware has begun to fail more often and distributors complain of missing or incomplete orders.
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, comply with manufacturer rebates and manage customer payments with one convenient application.
“It’s great to welcome to Joe Smith,” said Ray Walsh, Vice President of Sales for Ai2. “Whether you’ve got eight sales reps or eight hundred, the ROI is there when you implement Ai2 solutions.” Joe Smith was founded in 1988 and has approximately
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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