Wholesale Distributor of Beverages ERP Package
Summary
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This Acumatica Based ERP package for the Foodservice industry addresses the specific needs of that industry. You now have a cloud solution and a mobile application that will help you get your products quickly to your customers, and enables you to quickly adjust your customer price based on the latest purchase cost.
This ERP package is a package of Nexvue that we resell and support.
Nexvue is an Acumatica Independent Software Vendor (ISV). We work with them closely.
To see an overview presentation and demo, here. Please click on the speaker icon in the video since the presenter speaks but the video graphics are not changing yet.
Where can it be used?
The Wholesale Distributor of Drinks ERP Package can be used in the following market segments:
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Eg. Consumer drinks. Examples:
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Wines
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Spirits
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Beer in glass bottles
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etc
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Unique characteristics of this market segment
The drinks are handled as follows:
- ​Sourced from wine vineyards, producers or bottling plants which may use 3PL party for logistics including shipping
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Stored at own warehouse. Some products may be stored at 3PL party
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Sold to
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Supermarkets
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Food Brokers
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Restaurant chains
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..
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Sales channel​s
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Phone orders
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Email and Fax orders
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Customer portal or E-Commerce B2B
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Trucked to 3PL party and then shipped to end customers via independent trucker but mostly via 3PL party​
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Regulations:
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FDA​
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Tracebility
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Expiration date
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Lot tracking
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Quality management
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Small size products, many SKUs, high volume​
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Fast delivery
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Cold storage may be required
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The simple warehousing ERP package using Scanco WMS
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Besides your basic needs for finance, distribution, CRM, manufacturing, your warehouse needs a simple store, pick, pack and ship application since products in your warehouse have to be moved fast in and out.
Your Needs
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Basic needs:
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Finance: GL, Cash Management, AP, AR
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CRM
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Distribution: Inventory, PO, SO
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Advanced fulfillment: PIck, pack and ship
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E-Commerce:
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B2C​
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B2B
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Product scan
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EDI
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Warehouse Management System (WMS): SImple
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Advanced Demand Forecasting and Inventory Management application
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Quality Management System
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Optional basic needs
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Project Accounting​
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Fixed Assets
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Customer Portal
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​Optional needs:
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Shipping application
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Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
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Project Management
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Human Resource Management including payroll
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Customer payment processing
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Vendor payment processing:
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Tax Management application
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Your ERP Package
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Basic needs:
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Acumatica Distribution Edition
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Acumatica Finance: GL, Cash Management, AP, AR
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Optional: CRM
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Distribution: Inventory, PO, SO
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Advanced fulfillment: PIck, pack and ship
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For E-Commerce
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Magento Connector of Kensium Solutions to Acumatica for B2C and B2B
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Online ECommerce product configurator of Kensium Solutions
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Product scan application (Scanco, Savant, FusionScan,..)
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EDI: B2B Gateway
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BFC Dakota Warehouse Management System (WMS)
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EazyStock Inventory Management application
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BFC Dakota Warehouse Management System (QMS)
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Optional Acumatica ERP Foundation applications:
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Project Accounting​
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Fixed Assets
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Customer Portal
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​Optional ISV Applications:
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StarShip Shipping application
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Sourceday Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
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SmartSheet Project Management
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Infinity Human Resource Management including payroll
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American Payment Systems Customer payment processing
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AvidXChange: Vendor payment processing:
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Avalara Tax Management application
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Components of ERP Package
The Wholesale Distributor of Food Products ERP Package aka Prime Foodservice Solution may consist of the following components:
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Acumatica Distribution Edition
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Acumatica ERP Foundation:
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Finance suite and Distribution suite
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Monitoring and Automation
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Advanced fulfillment: pick, pack and ship
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Nexvue customization for Prime Foodservice solution
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BFC Dakota Warehouse Management System (WMS) integrated with Acumatica Cloud ERP
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TrackMax Profit Improvement software
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Optional Acumatica ERP Foundation applications
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CRM Suite
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Project Accounting​
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Fixed Assets
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Customer Portal
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More information on these applications
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- ​Optional integrated Independent Software Vendor (ISV) applications:
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For E-Commerce
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Magento Connector of Kensium Solutions to Acumatica for B2C and B2B
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Online ECommerce product configurator of Kensium Solutions
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Preferred alternative: Shopify
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Product scan application (BFC Dakota WMS)
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EDI: B2B Gateway
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Advanced Demand Forecasting and Inventory Management application :EazyStock
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Shipping application: StarShip, AcuShip, OZLink, ..
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Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP): Sourceday
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Project Management: SmartSheet
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Human Resource Management including payroll: InfinityHR, PCBennett payroll, ..
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Customer payment processing: American Payment Systems, Century Business Solutions
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Vendor payment processing:
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Tax Management application: Avalara Tax, ..​
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For more information on the optional ISV applications, click here.
The features in the above picture address the unique needs of your foodservice company.
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BFC Dakota Warehouse Management
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The BFC Dakota Warehouse Management system includes also advanced inventory optimization and quality management.
Regarding quality management, BFC Dakota WMS has the following main features:
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When items are received, all required FDA measurements (PH, temperature, humidity, etc) are captured and stored in BFC Dakota WMA
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When a measurement is beyond a limit, a notification scripts is triggered which prevents shipment of that item to the customer
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Items that are imported from other countries may be assigned to an import slot, and checked for FDA standards before release for shipment to the customer
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At receipt of purchased items, items are stored in the right slot (bin or row, level and column)
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At pick up of items to fulfill customer orders, voice pick helps the puller to go to the right slot. No mispicks.
An optional application is TruckBuilder which guides the truck loader in loading his/her truck optimally such that items to be delivered last on his/her trip are at the front of the trailer.
All this gets the customer happy since the customer will get the right products in the right quantities at the right time.
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Click here to learn more.
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A customer testimonial from Get Fresh is given below.
Video (60 mins) showing the full integration of Acumatica Distribution Edition with Shopify ECommerce
Video (60 mins) showing the full integration of Acumatica Distribution Edition with Magento e_Commerce
Acumatica Mobile App for the truck driver
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The Acumatica mobile application will give the truck driver the main information such as:
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Customer information but no map location
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The sales orders and line items of each sales order
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The order shipments with the details (line items)
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No scanning of the barcodes of the items dropped off
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No signing of the receipt
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Handle return of items, and issue a credit note
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No Stocktaking: can not take stock of what the customer has in his/her stock
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Skynamo Mobile App for your sales rep
The Skynamo mobile application that is integrated with Acumatica ERP will give your sales rep the main information such as:
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Customer information and map location
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Stocktaking: taking stock of what the customer has in his/her stock
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Creating sales quotes
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Have the customer sign the sales quote
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The sales orders and line items of each sales order with item images
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Handle return of items, and issue a credit note