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Katalyst Direct Store Delivery provides business benefits across the enterprise.
From board members to C-levels, from operations to information technology and the
individual users will benefit from the deployment to Katalyst Direct Store Delivery.
Please use the following tabs to view benefits by position:
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- It’s easy to use – the barcode entry means you don’t have to type
in item numbers and lot numbers. You are faster
and no mistakes!
- It works in your user’s native language: Spanish, French or English! All
with the same software!
- Increased Revenue – you are more productive in your revenue generating activities:
Sales, Route delivery, DC Operations, Billing.
Leapfrog to the latest productive technologies or position for the future:
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- Wireless Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Handheld Barcode entry for all product moves
- RFID Option
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Your Customers like it – orders / ASN’s are all accurate. Their items
are barcoded with their specified labels.
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Proven solution that yields:
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- Reduced costs – eliminate manual error-prone procedures.
- Quantifiable / Visible Results - by DC, by Sales Person, by Driver, by Customer,
by product.
- Increased Revenue – you are more productive in your revenue generating activities:
Sales, Route delivery, DC Operations, Billing.
Scalable
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- expand / grow without proportional increase in costs.
- Supports multiple DC’s / Sales territories.
Leapfrog to the latest productive technologies or position for the future:
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- Wireless Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Handheld Barcode entry for all product moves
- RFID Option
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- Integrated logistics and financials means no troublesome interfaces.
- Immediately gain tight control of route collections, returns. Integration with billing
and A/R. Auto-bill driver for shortages of receipts or product. Make your owners
sleep better at night!
- Faster Closes: Compress time required for your month-end close – from several
days to less than 1.
- Suppliers - Know what you’re spending, with whom & how often?
- Improve your ability to plan and forecast.
- Get paid faster, track rebates, manage payroll & cash flow.
- Measure profitability by route / driver / sales person.
- Measure profitability across multiple DC’s.
- Greatly reduce charge-backs and penalties from larger customers for mistakes in
shipping / paperwork / labels.
- Electronic signature for deliveries mean fewer billing questions from customers.
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- Improved order accuracy.
- Enables ability to offer more services like online ordering.
- Anticipate customer needs, track orders & spending patterns closely.
- Identify and monitor key customer accounts.
- Attract and keep new and existing customers.
- See what got delivered / returned on every delivery. You even have an electronic
signature for each customer delivery!
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- Allows your drivers to sell product off the truck – increase sales!
- Enables ability to offer more services like online ordering or EDI orders from larger
chains.
- Anticipate customer needs, track orders & buying patterns closely.
- Identify and monitor key customer accounts.
- Integrated CRM capabilities – your employees smart phone is now a real sales
tool! See who your sales force is calling on in real-time.
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- Leapfrog to the best business practices supporting the latest technologies with
minimal investment.
- SAP and DSR support you so you don’t have to add staff as your business grows
– especially during the busy seasons.
- Upgrades are provided as part of your maintenance agreement with SAP. I am a member
of ASUG so I get input into SAP product direction. DSR provides upgrades of their
Katalyst DSD solution as well. Both SAP and DSR are extensions of my IT staff!
- My staff has stayed small as the business has grown and we have provided much more
value to the business. That’s because we are spending most of our time doing
business process analysis vs. programming.
- The solution is delivered to you with test scripts, documentation – both written
and online tutorials!
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- It works in your user’s native language: Spanish, French, or English! All
with the same software!
- It’s easy to use – the barcode entry means you don’t have to type
in item numbers and lot numbers. You are faster and no mistakes!
- Everyone can see the status of orders. No bothersome phone calls – just look
on the system and see for your self.
- Output throughout the system is automated. No typing or hand writing – BOL’s,
ASN’s etc. The auto-fax option means you don’t waste time at the fax
machine!
- Online Help and Video Tutorials are always available when you are stuck or
to help teach new people in your department.
- Everything is electronic – no files / paper. Everything is always updated
real-time for all to see.
- Your Customers like it – orders / ASN’s are all accurate. Their items
are barcoded with their required labels.
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- You can see all activities in the system as they occur: loading, unloading, route
drivers – real-time updates with immediate P&L update.
- Everyone can see the status of orders. No bothersome phone calls – just look
on the system and your associates can see for themselves.
- Output throughout the system is automated. No typing or hand writing – BOL’s,
ASN’s etc. The auto-fax option means your people don’t waste time at
the fax machine!
Leapfrog to the latest productive technologies or position for the future:
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- Wireless Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Handheld Barcode entry for all product moves
- RFID Option
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Proven solution that yields:
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- Reduced costs – eliminate manual error-prone procedures.
- Quantifiable / Visible Results - by DC, by Sales Person, by Driver, by Customer,
by product.
- Increased Revenue – you are more productive in your revenue generating activities:
Sales, Route delivery, DC Operations, Billing.
- Measure profitability by route / driver / sales person.
- Measure profitability across multiple DC’s.
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