Tennessee Grocery Supplier Upgrades to a Modern Solution
CHICAGO – June 26, 2009 – Software provider Ai2, Inc. announced today that it would add L.P. Shanks of Crossville, TN, to its customer family. Shanks will implement an Ai2 software solution for its mobile field sales force, allowing the company to give salespeople more capability and dependable communication in the field.
Shanks chose Ai2 for its innovation, dedication to the grocery store/convenience store industry and its flexible applications, enabling them to solve the communication issues and other “gaps” in their information flow. Access solutions are designed to improve the productivity of mobile salespeople, giving them the ability to place orders quickly, answer customer questions promptly and provide a consultative, value-added selling approach.
“It’s great to have another member of the WAM group and the American Wholesale Marketers Association on board with us. We can do things for them that no other software company can,” said Ai2 CEO Douglas Katich.
L. P. Shanks Co. was originally started in 1922 to distribute groceries to “Mom and Pop” country stores. Today, they are a full service provider distributing mainly to convenience stores, selling items from cigarettes, tobacco, candy, chips, and other “grab and go” food to full service foodservice offerings. The company has grown from working out of the back of just one truck to three locations, the cornerstone of which is a 65,000 sq. ft. distribution warehouse in Crossville, TN. L.P. Shanks is one of Crossville’s larger employers with over 150 full time employees. For more on L.P. Shanks, visit www.lpshanks.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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