AFS Technologies' products are designed to meet all areas of the three-tiered delivery system for wine & spirits. AFS products address the unique requirements of Importers, Distributors and Retailers, and can address issues from Landing foreign shipments and currency conversions for Direct Imports and Inbound purchases to Point Of Sale at the retail level. The ability to make data available to vendors and customers in user-defined methodologies is a key feature of our products. State tax reports and billing of post-offs and depletion allowances is addressed for all customers.

Our customers are industry leaders in prominent associations such as the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers Association. They use our products to track depletions, growth period over period and communicate to a host of products such as FINTECH, BDN, Beverage Journal, DI-DIVER, etc.

AFS Technologies solutions deliver tangible business benefits by:

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 the field sales force (DSRs) 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 was 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 distribution and financial software and provides your customers, 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. Typically, customers have increased sheltered income by 20-30% over manual rebate tracking processes.

Improving Operational Efficiencies and Reducing 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 long 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 through AFS Advanced Enterprise Warehouse Management alone.

Route planning & truck loading optimization software offered in partnership with UPS Logistics Technology helps you 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 deliveries, load vehicles more efficiently, reduce transportation costs, increase driver accountability and improve customer service.

Route accounting / DEX driver delivery solutions for delivery automation allow 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 back end system via a wireless or dial-up connection. This solution reduces the time spent on paperwork, eliminates line item extension errors, pricing errors, and eliminates office data entry errors, 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 combine Crystal Reports with a choice of comprehensive, yet simple-to-use business intelligence packages to provide easy-to view graphical reports of critical operational information in your company’s ERP system. .