The solution dedicated to improving your route accounting and distribution operations.
Opt for an optimal and efficient management of the delivery of your alcoholic drinks directly to the merchants.
The Companion Suite offers exclusive features to improve the distribution of your alcoholic beverages.
Management of containers and instructions
Management of freebies and volume programs
Management of multiple and complex taxes
Pallet management
Direct Store Delivery solution and route accounting run on rugged computers or mobile phones.
Optimize the activities of your distributors or your delivery people on the road. The productivity and income from the sale of your alcoholic products will be maximized through management options tailored to your industry. With Companion software you provide your mobile workforce with modern and easy-to-use tools to increase their efficiency.
Start of the day
Truck inspection and odometer capture
Loading the truck and adjusting inventory
Delivery sequence management
View notes and messages from the office
Day
Management of good and bad returns with justification codes
Acceptance of payments by credit card, cash, or check
Quick printing of the final invoice including signature capture, stamp, proof of delivery, and DEX UCS
Tablet/warehouse inventory entry and in-store order taking
End of the day
Balancing the truck inventory
Payment reconciliation
Unloading the truck
End-of-day report
In the alcoholic beverage industry, delivery is particularly demanding due to the need to minimize the time products spend in the supply chain, not to mention the fierce competition your industry faces.
Opting for the computerization of your processes or for an upgrade of your DSD solution will help you better position your business to allow it to optimize processes and remain competitive.
Our DSD solution reminds the driver of the activities to prioritize, and the messages from the office before leaving the warehouse and after each of his deliveries will help him efficiently go through every part of his day.
Alcoholic products industries excel at bringing their products to the market and serving their customers. However, it is not uncommon for these steps to be accomplished by relying on already overworked accounting and support staff to perform manual checks. So they have to go through a lot of documents, often order by order, to ensure that the product delivered and the records that accompany the returns match the money that was collected and the invoices that were generated.
An automated DSD system therefore allows the administrative staff of alcoholic beverage companies to concentrate exclusively on activities with higher added value, such as the management of the day’s routes, which present a gap that must be reconciled.
The DSD offers an interesting ROI to manufacturers and/or distributors of alcoholic products since it allows for better management of orders and routes. As the central visibility of sales and field operations is improved, it can aid in route optimization calculations offering the potential to save time and fuel costs.
Return on investment can also be generated by your alcoholic beverages business’ ability to serve a customer more efficiently as well as the ability to devote more time to sales or prospecting activities.
Ultimately, automated and smarter controls translate to more accurate deliveries with fewer returns, resulting in better customer retention and consistent, if not enhanced, income streams.
Complementary solutions to optimize your sales force.
Connects with all types of accounting or ERP software.
Our solutions offer more than traditional ERP data. Benefit from our powerful solutions and gain richer analytics on the information gathered in the field.
Not convinced?
Our solutions represent an extremely advantageous investment for the growth of your business.
Since we implemented Companion Rep, we increased the number of store visits and achieved shorter visit times. The display is very simple to use for representatives, allowing us to be much more efficient in stores and obtain better information capture for our company. The CIS team is highly professional and supported us throughout the project to ensure the implementation went smoothly and on schedule.
Retail Development Manager, Kruger Products
We were seeking an integrated solution, proven and efficient, from an industry leader.
Vice-President, Information Technology, Boulangerie St-Méthode
We have confidence in the technological experience of CIS Group for the automation of our distribution. We have succeeded in implementing SKU Store, a simple and efficient Web ordering tool that perfectly meets our expectations and those of our customers wishing to get a new purchasing experience.
IT department director, Nutrinor cooperative
Reps were quickly getting the most out of their new tools, handling orders and returns quickly and efficiently and automatically transmitting them to the company’s back-end system.
IT Director, Messageries Dynamiques/Sun Media
CIS Group offers innovative solutions to keep our company competitive in an ever-evolving marketplace.
Sales and distribution Manager
The Route Companion is most intuitive in use and allows fast and accurate field data collection.
Sales Director, Reid’s Dairy
With the Companion Suite, La Petite Bretonne guarantees itself a greater control of its activities, while considerably improving its delivery route management.
Finance Director, La Petite Bretonne
One of our distributors had forgotten his computer at the back of his truck. The device fell in the street and a car crushed it: the glass was shattered, and the keyboard severely broken. A passerby picked it up and returned it to the police. Thanks to the CIS label affixed on the computer, they were able to communicate with you, and you managed to quickly find from the serial number that the computer was ours. We retrieved it at the police station and sent it for repair to the manufacturer, who then REPLACED IT WITHOUT CHARGE, thanks to your team and your “ALL RISKS” COVERAGE! A big Thank you!
Distribution Manager, Boulangerie Auger (1991) inc.
We trust CIS Group’s technological expertise for the digitalization of our distribution. We were able to deploy SKU Store, a simple and efficient web ordering tool that perfectly meets our expectations and those of our customers who are looking for a new shopping experience.
IT Department Management
The Bermudez Group has implemented Companion Office by CIS Group across all its operating companies as its DSD solution. Over the past eight years, this solution has performed well for the Group by delivering efficiency gains, strengthening controls, and providing better insights into business data and trends.
IT Director, Bermudez Group
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CIS Group is an ISO / IEC 27001 certified company. This is a global standard (which includes ISO / IEC 27002 best practice guidelines) for managing the security of information assets. It provides the requirements for an Information Security Management System (ISMS). ISMS is a systematic approach to managing and securing sensitive information, involving staff and applying risk management processes to IT systems.
