Valley Beverage Automates Sales Force Operations with Solid Route Accounting - Integration Edition from Solid Innovation
Implementation enables Pepsi® distributor to fully integrate wireless on-the-road invoicing with back-office QuickBooks® accounting system
Prince Albert, Canada - November 16, 2004 – Solid Innovation®, Inc., a leading provider of wireless order entry, DSD route accounting, sales force automation, and integrated back-office accounting solutions for the supply chain distribution industry, today announced that Valley Beverage, a Pepsi distributor and snack delivery company servicing Central New York State, has implemented Solid Route Accounting - Integration Edition to automate its mobile sales force operations. Valley Beverage is using Solid Route Accounting - Integration Edition across its delivery fleet to integrate with its QuickBooks accounting system to streamline operations and speed route sales. By replacing time-consuming, manual billing processes with automated, push button invoice synchronization, Valley Beverage has been able to reduce billing errors, improve customer service, and generate new accounts without hiring additional back-office support staff.
William Trendell, owner of Valley Beverage, said, "From day one, Solid Route Accounting - Integration Edition has enabled us to generate added efficiencies both with our mobile sales operations and back-office accounting department. Rather than spend hours and days manually reconciling invoices, we are now able to focus our time better servicing our clients and growing our business." Trendell continued, "Moving forward, I am already in discussions with Solid Innovation to implement a Standing Order feature designed to increase sales through a more proactive sales management approach."
Solid Innovation CEO Craig Fisher said, "Valley Beverage is a forward thinking company that has established itself as a leading supplier of quality beverages and snacks throughout Central New York. We are pleased that Valley Beverage selected Solid Innovation to automate its sales force operations and look forward to a long-standing relationship helping them gain a competitive advantage with our technology."
Solid Innovation's Solid Route Accounting - Integration Edition is a wireless order entry, invoicing and mobile inventory control solution. Order Entry, Invoicing, and Received on Accounts transactions with integrated pricing and inventory control is managed on-the-road and seamlessly integrated with a company's existing accounting or ERP systems. Solid Route Accounting - Integration Edition increases Direct Store Delivery (DSD) and mobile sales force productivity for distributors of all sizes by providing each driver with tools and information needed to invoice and settle on location.
About Valley Beverage
Headquartered in Schoharie County, New York, Valley Beverage is a Pepsi distributor and snack delivery company specializing in servicing bars, restaurants and festivals with cylinder sodas and beverages as well as vending machines at schools, country clubs, recreational facilities and automotive repair shops. For more information, please contact Valley Beverage at (800) 321-SODA or via e-mail at valleybeverages@midtel.net.
About Solid Innovation, Inc.
Since 1986, Solid Innovation, Inc., formerly known as PalmX Route Accounting, has been a leading provider of wireless mobile sales, DSD route accounting, sales force automation, and integrated back-office accounting solutions for the supply chain distribution industry, including convenience store supply, dairy, candy, tobacco, food service, and others. By combining integrated product development and Remote Service Delivery methodologies, Si's products and services deliver maximum return on investment (ROI) and efficiency. The company's flagship products include Solid Route Accounting - Integration Edition, a reliable, easy to use wireless mobile sales system that integrates with many office accounting systems. It is also included in our own route accounting system and is known as Solid Route Accounting - Enterprise Edition, a solution specifically designed to run distribution businesses that have a wide range of business and financial needs. For more information, visit www.Solid-Innovation.com or call (888) 667-3769.
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