C-Store Distributor Upgrades to a Windows Solution from an Older Legacy Product
CHICAGO – June 26, 2009 – Software provider Ai2, Inc. announced today that it would add R.C. Taylor of Lubbock, TX to its customer family. R.C. Taylor will implement Ai2’s POW solution for its mobile field sales force, allowing the company to replace Telxon units and give salespeople more capability and dependable communication in the field.
R.C. Taylor chose AccAi2ess for its innovation, dedication to the convenience store industry and its flexible POW® application, enabling R.C. Taylor to solve the communication problems that plagued the older devices. Their sales force will now be able to scan, take orders, help the customer maintain stock levels, see accounting information such as invoices, and more.
R.C. Taylor anticipates the ability to better serve a demanding and rapidly changing industry with the use of Ai2’s software. R.C. Taylor also purchased Access’ label printing module, allowing sales representatives and merchandisers to “tag” retail shelves with bar code labels. The mobile printing capability allows for faster tagging of stores, saving the company time and money.
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.
“This is another great example of Ai2 doing what it does best: solving the problems that come with old technology,” said Access CEO Douglas Katich.
R.C. Taylor is a full service convenience store distributor. The company began doing business in 1949 with a 2,400 square feet building at 716 Main Street in Lubbock, Texas. That first year, the company employed three workers and did about $58,000 a month in sales. Today, R.C. Taylor serves companies throughout Texas and New Mexico employing over 75 workers in an 85,000 square foot facility. The company is expanding its warehouse facility to over 100,000 square feet to meet the additional needs of its customers. For more on R.C. Taylor, visit rctaylor.us.
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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