When a product is unavailable on a store shelf, the retailer can lose thousands of dollars annually on each product. When fast moving and promotional items are out-of-stock, the losses are even more substantial. This is why an increasing number of companies involved in distribution of packaged goods and direct store delivery are turning to mobile route accounting and sales order automation applications.
By automating three core application areas - sales automation/order management, inventory management, and delivery confirmation - companies can recognize significant benefits including:
- Decrease of clerical, data, and invoicing errors
- Reduction of communication costs
- Additional sales through access to additional information
- Increased worker productivity
- Inventory, distribution, and shipping savings
- Prevention of loss of revenue
- Shortened billing cycles
- Cost reductions from returns tracking
Mobile route accounting, sales, and merchandising applications automate a range of business processes including:
- Sales history/planning
- Order management
- Pricing and promotional data access
- Invoice creation/modification
- Vehicle load/unload cycles
- Distribution inventory management
- Field load transactions
- Common/shared inventory auditing
- Goods tracking
- Signature capture/Proof of Delivery
- Returns authorization
- Payment acceptance
Apacheta offers a mobile workflow application, RouteACE™ that streamlines route accounting, sales and merchandising for direct store delivery, allowing companies to streamline their operations to minimize out-of-stock situations and maximize revenue.
