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Dairy Fresh Migrates to POET
More Functionality for Distributor's New Solution from Ai2
CHICAGO – January 6, 2011 – Software developer Ai2 announced today that Dairy Fresh Foods of Detroit, Michigan, will upgrade from one Ai2 product to another. Dairy Fresh is moving from Ai2’s OrderWriter® to Ai2’s new POET® solution for mobile salespeople.
“I'm glad we'll be able to provide superior functionality to Dairy Fresh and give their salespeople everything they need to do a great job,” said Ray Walsh, Vice President of Sales for Ai2. Walsh said Dairy Fresh chose POET for its increased speed and functionality over its current solution, also from Ai2. Tasks like importing and exporting data to and from Microsoft Excel are now automated instead of the older manual processes. “POET can save each salesperson time during the day. That’s part of why Dairy Fresh chose to migrate to POET,” said Walsh.
POET, an acronym for Portable Order Entry Tool, is an application that allows a mobile sales representative to handle orders, returns, accounting information, margin management and more. The majority of Ai2’s clients are in foodservice, but Walsh stressed that POET is a powerful solution for all types of distributors. POET® runs on Windows on almost any notebook, netbook or pen tablet PC and is fully compatible with Windows 7. POET is the next generation of Ai2’s flagship notebook solution, OrderWriter.
Dairy Fresh Foods, Inc. is a leading wholesale food supplier in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Founded in 1933, the company services food stores, restaurants and vending companies. Dairy Fresh sells a wide variety of products, specializing in dairy, deli, bakery, frozen fish and seafood. The company also sells many grocery items including cookies, juice drinks, bulk candy and snack items. For more on Dairy Fresh, visit the company's website.
Ai2 (formerly Access International) is a 24-year old software firm headquartered in downtown Chicago. Their applications are used by over 75,000 users each day to capture over 40 billion dollars in sales each year. Ai2 improves 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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