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Warehouse-distributed candy, tobacco, snacks, beverages, general merchandise and health and beauty care items account for more than $85 billion U.S. in annual sales to convenience stores, grocery stores, drug stores, tobacco shops, mass merchants, newsstands, concession stands, gift shops, fundraising groups, restaurants and institutions. AFS Technologies, with a 27 year history of exclusively serving the food industry, understands the challenges candy & tobacco distributors face and offers comprehensive, fully integrated software solutions to improve business efficiency and managerial control. Features specific to candy & tobacco distributors include comprehensive rebate tracking, as well as federal and state tax stamp requirements. Our customers include industry leaders are active members of prominent industry associations such as American Wholesale Marketers Association (AWMA), the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), and the Food Marketing Institute (FMI). AFS Technologies solutions deliver tangible business benefits by: Automating Unique Requirements Facing Candy and Tobacco Distributors Solutions provide distributors with detailed sales reporting formats and rebate tracking for MARS, RJR, Phillip Morris, U.S. Tobacco, Adams, and Brown and Williamson, as well as controlled substance reporting. Kitting feature allows for the reporting of cigarette tax to multiple government agencies, whether you pre-stamp or post-stamp. Increasing Customer Satisfaction and Sales The AFS Advanced Enterprise product suite provides accurate, real-time business reporting of pricing, costing and inventory quantities and values in multiple units of measure ( incl. catch weights), down to the single case ID with code dating and lot tracking. Inventory is tightly controlled while your field sales force (DSRs) will have the confidence that on-hand inventory quantities and values are accurate, that pricing and costing data in multiple units of measure are accurate, and that customers will receive what they ordered when delivery has been committed. The product suite also offers 5 different ways to enter and manage orders in both online (internet) and off-line modes using a laptop, PC or other type of mobile computing device. This ability is tightly integrated with AFS ERP and provides your customers, your DSRs and your in-house customer service representatives the convenience, accuracy and ability to enter orders themselves, 24 X 7, while in the office or on the road. Improving Margins Comprehensive pricing, margin and credit rules and controls are built into the application with easy set up and maintenance. Products are sold at the right price and margin based on the right cost. The product suite includes an automated vendor deal and rebate tracking system to allow distributors to easily and accurately record and report the data needed to receive the maximum allowable vendor rebates. Typical customers find sheltered income increases by 20-30% over manual rebate tracking processes. Improving Operational Efficiencies and Reduced Overall Operational Costs Available integrated forecasting and purchasing supply chain management software helps buyers improve buying practices and optimize inventory investments. Service levels are improved, lost sales are reduced, margins are increased and excess stock is eliminated through improved forecasting and purchasing decisions. This helps improve inventory turns and reduces cash consumption and carrying costs as well. Automated Warehouse Management using Wireless Bar Code Scanning is a major operational efficiency and cost cutting driver. AFS Technologies has a dedicated history of implementing these solutions and has helped many customers achieve dramatic warehouse operational improvements through sophisticated picking algorithms & directed warehouse activity. Knowing where your inventory is located and by rotating stock, spoilage and waste are typically reduced up to 10%. Employee productivity is typically increased by up to 15% and overall warehouse efficiency improves by as much as 20%. Reductions in inventory cost of 2-5% are typical and picking errors are practically eliminated with 99.5% picking accuracy achieved. An overall increase in company profitability of 1-3% is achievable simply by using the AFS Advanced Warehouse Management. Route planning & truck loading optimization software offered in partnership with UPS Logistics Technology helps manage your transportation department more efficiently. The daily route optimization tool Roadnet™ will help reduce transportation costs and increase driver accountability. Territory Planner™ optimizes sales and delivery territories, while MobileCast™ can provide real-time delivery management and route execution. In all, our integrated solutions help customers find more effective ways to manage your deliveries, load your vehicles more efficiently, reduce transportation costs, increase driver accountability and improve customer service. Route accounting / DEX driver delivery solutions for delivery automation allow your drivers to use mobile, handheld computers to input sales, returns, cash receipts, expenses and inventory transactions at the customer site. The information is then transferred to your company's business management software system through a wireless or dial-up connection. This solution reduces time spent on paperwork, eliminates line item extension errors, pricing errors, and eliminates office data entry errors all while allowing your driver to add extra stops per day without adding additional work hours. Route accounting solutions are ideal for delivering short shelf-life products to businesses on a regular basis. Business trend analysis & reporting solutions using Crystal Reports with a choice of comprehensive, yet simple-to-use business intelligence packages from partners Cognos or MITS provides easy-to view graphical reports of critical operational information in your company’s AFS Advanced Enterprise system.
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Vend Catering Supply is a mid-sized vending distributor located in suburban Los Angeles. Read their success story Vend Catering Supply using the FoodScan wireless bar code scanning warehouse automation system.
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