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How to Choose a Tablet for Your Mobile Sales and Direct Store Delivery Apps
For years the direct store delivery market has been dominated by rugged Windows Mobile devices. These tough and rugged devices have served us well. But now consumer goods manufacturers that operate mobile sales and direct store delivery operations are opting to use...
How Mobile Order Entry Software Impacts Food Service Distribution
Foodservice companies and Mobile Order Entry software
Mobile Supply Chain Management
Mobile Supply Chain Management Designed to meet the demands of a supply chain that never sits still, jLAN Mobile Supply Chain Management software can help you bring every aspect of your network under one roof for greater visibility, flexibility and profitability. We...
The “Ride-Along” Provides Insight into the Pre-sales Process for Distributors
Over the years, we have helped hundreds of companies to implement route sales and direct store delivery systems. My favorite part of the pre-sales process has got to be the ‘ride along’ with the food service reps. That’s when we get to spend an entire day shadowing a...
8 Things to Consider When Integrating a Direct Store Delivery System to Your ERP
You are a consumer goods company. More and more, your retail customers are demanding a proactive approach on your part to restock and merchandise the shelves. After all, it’s much less expensive for them to use your labor as opposed to theirs … In order to meet this...
What is direct store delivery (DSD) ?
A Quick Primer on Direct Store Delivery for Distributors Direct store delivery is both a technology and a supply chain strategy. Distributors use direct store delivery to move product directly from their warehouse to the retailer bypassing the retailer’s distribution...
Merchandising Control Gets a Mobile Makeover
You've Been Building Your Brand for Years, Don't Let Poor Shelf Placement Short-change You Let’s set the scene: your company has spent years carefully creating your product and crafting its brand image. You have spent precious advertising dollars in order to promote...
An Alternative to Ruggedized Mobile Sales Devices
You Expect a Lot of Your Mobile Sales Device Ruggedized, dependable, solid performers; feel free to drive over them with your vehicle, drop them in 10 feet of water, or let them fall off the tailgate of your truck at 60 miles an hour and, if you can still find them...
jLAN Mobile Portal New Release
We are excited to announce our latest release of the jLAN Mobile Portal. This release is unlike any we've ever had in the past ten years. jLAN Mobile Portal is now a 100% browser based application. This new version can be hosted on premise or hosted in the cloud on...
Impress Customers with Real-time Promotions and Marketing Materials on Your Mobile Device
Your customers are busy people and so is your sales team. When your sales representatives are meeting with valued customers and discussing hot new products, are they flipping through catalogs or handing out brochures in hopes of picking up a sale the next time they...
When Customers Rely On Your Parts, You Can’t Let Them Down
Industrial parts distributors can have tens of thousands of items available, yet customers only need a fraction of those parts at any given time. Replenishing parts to manufacturing customers is a necessary part of customer service and if you can’t deliver the right...
Everyone Has A Smartphone Or Tablet, It’s What’s On It That Makes The Difference
Almost every successful sales professional has a smartphone or tablet that can show prospects or customers the latest and greatest products that their business offers. However, after showing a slick presentation, what else can your mobile device do? Improve sales...
Fast-Paced Consumer Packaged Goods Businesses Can Benefit From Mobile Solutions
Consumer packaged goods (CPG) businesses often have fast-paced, complex operations. Getting the right products to the right customers on time, in budget, and competitively priced requires close attention to detail and quick response times. Keeping your customers...
Are Tablets Ready For Route Sales?
It is not unusual to see sales representatives using tablets to show prospects and customers the latest and greatest products that they can provide. However, are tablets ready for route sales? You may not think that a tablet can survive the rugged activities that your...
Cut The Paper Chase With Better Mobile Sales Technology
Your delivery teams don’t simply drop off boxes at customer thresholds – there are documents to sign, payments to be collected, and inventory needs updating. In addition, customers may place new orders or send back products to be replaced by something different. ...
Deliver Coffee And Other Products To The Right Place, At The Right Time, Every Time
Coffee service companies provide coffee and related-supplies to office buildings, universities, hospitals, and hotels to be enjoyed by both employees and guests. Those highly coveted items are delivered on a regular basis and placed in very specific locations such as...
Stay Connected Securely With Route Sales Teams And Microsoft Dynamics® GP
Connecting Route Sales Teams with Dynamics Once the sales and services teams have left the office in the morning, many managers experience ‘radio silence’ until they return at the end of the day. They bring back orders and payments to process as well as other data...
How to track your road sales reps
In business, you will depend on your road sales team to bring in the money that keeps your company up and running. The road sales reps are the lifeblood of the your company, although keeping tabs on what has been sold and where it was sold was not always an easy...
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