PROFILE® for Manufacturers
In an increasingly competitive marketplace, PROFILE® gives food manufacturers the assurance that complete, up-to-date and accurate information on all of their products is readily available at the most critical point in the selling process: when the buying decision is being made.
PROFILE® is the food industry's leading source of product information for manufacturers, distributors, brokers and operators, and contains a single, comprehensive product library filled with over 50,000 items from hundreds of food manufacturers. The product data includes information on key attributes as Global Trading Identification Number (GTIN), category, brand, handling instructions, shelf life, weights, measures, key product features, serving suggestions and more. The complete PROFILE® database is available to all of your trading partners, on a 24/7 basis, via the web at www.profileshowcase.com. With its powerful search engine, PROFILE enables operators, DSR´s and other key product influencers to find valuable information on the items they need... when they need it.
Additionally, PROFILE® is readily accessible by over 20,000 DSR´s and inside sales reps on their laptop order management systems, ensuring that powerful selling information on your company´s products is always available as part of their in-field consultative selling process to their operator customers.
Manufacturers also turn to PROFILE® to directly import and enter data into this broad spectrum of products via the interactive web tool, POS Publisher™. Now, users can quickly and efficiently set up new products by importing key data fields into their item master records, eliminating costly data entry errors and saving valuable time.
Through the POS Publisher™ feature, Manufacturers can also realize significant cost-savings by distributing product information to their field sales team and brokers in an easy-to-use, customized electronic format, eliminating the need to print and ship expensive paper fact sheets. This unique feature ensures that your sales team has the information they need to close the sale.
PROFILE® Key Advantages for Manufacturers:
- Ensures availability of complete and accurate product information is to all trading partners
- Readily accessible in the field by over 20,000 DSR´s on their laptop order management systems
- Available 24/7 via the web to over 850,000 operators and other key product influencers
- Electronic transmission of product information eliminates the cost of paper-based fact sheets
- Certified Partner with industry-standard GS1 and 1Sync systems
- Easily imported into other systems, increasing the accuracy of your product information in the supply chain
- With over 140 data fields available, including logos, plate presentations and other images, you can tell your complete product story
