VAI S2K Enterprise supply chain software integrates every step of your Manufacturing, Distribution, Food Distributors, Food Processors and Retail Business.
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Access stock status information across all locations and automate transfer requests
View substitutions, complementary items, and sales history
Create orders easily from past sales history or customer shopping list screens
Increase order totals by enabling users to up-sell promotional items
Schedule follow-up activity and track customer communications
View detailed shipping information, including carton contents and tracking numbers
Inventory
Track shipments, inventory adjustments and receipts with item inquiries that provide stock status with drill down to transaction details.
Find extensive product data, landed cost factors, purchasing formula data, pricing, and processing flags for each item.
Link substitute and complementary items to improve fill rates and encourage up-selling
Multiple units of measure can be established with conversion factors for each item.
Purchasing
Enhanced suggested purchasing programs that calculate three methods of suggested inventory replenishment: Economic Order Quantity (EOQ), Minimum/Maximum values, and Buy Line (Vendor Targets)
A comprehensive Purchasing Suggestion Manager dashboard that allows buyers to review calculated order discounts to determine which level will yield the most favorable cost per dollar, check usage history, create an overstock transfer, adjust lead time, and much more
A powerful ‘What If’ modeling tool allows the user to simulate different scenarios to determine the effect to the purchase of an item
Full support for foreign currency
On-the-water cargo tracking features that allow buyers to track and receive product by container
Landed cost options that allow users to roll up freight, duty, and other landed cost charges by item weight, cost, cubic measure, or quantity
Purchase order and landed cost price verification that allows users to match invoices and landed cost charges to receipts for verification and posting
Automatic tolerance levels that can be set to flag buyers through conditional e-mails
VAI S2K Service and Repair Software enables companies to fully integrate its service management operations with other enterprise applications. It streamlines your operations to ensure that your business can capitalize on money-saving opportunities without sacrificing service. Designed to manage service calls and equipment repair, this module supplies managers with the kind of vital information required for an integrated business system. Our software suite brings together all the necessary components for rapid response repair and delivers an immediate return on investment. S2K Service and Repair reports help you track key information such as profit and loss, parts availability, and technician productivity.
VAI S2K Rental Software is a total solution designed for the rental industry, providing the tools needed to maintain your rental fleet. It will effectively manage and help grow your rental operation. Inventory availability and product status is easily visible within our enhanced inquiry screens. Users will instantly know if equipment is in a warehouse, rented to a customer, on reserve, or in for maintenance and repair. S2K Rental Software will help manage financials across all parts of your rental business. Drill down to information quickly and set filters, making it easy to spot trends and gain insight into your business activities. Fully integrated reports will help you track key information and users can customize their own reports to meet the specific needs of your business.
Xpedium has pre-configured several standard solutions which include a rich feature set of tested modules and workflows
based on proven customer implementations. These Ready-to-Work solutions have both common and unique feature
sets that can be rapidly adapted to your unique business processes.
All Ready-to-Work solutions are supported by theXpedium xLink Mobility Connector for integration into back-office ERP solutions as well as Xpedium vehicle tracking and vehicle information systems. Options such as wired or wireless communications, GPS, bar code scanning, thermal or impact printing, camera/imaging, RFID, and many other peripherals and web services can also be implemented.
Xpedium currently offers Ready-to-Work applications for DSD Sales Delivery & Merchandising, Field Sales and Merchandising,
Pickup and Delivery, and Inspections and Asset Management.
There is no more dynamic area of business today than e-business. It is, quite literally, changing the way all business is done. With unheard of revenues being generated in every industry, e-business and e-commerce is the way of the future and it's available to your organization right now!
Sales force automation (SFA) involves using software to streamline all phases of the sales process, minimizing the time that sales representatives need to spend on each phase. This allows sales representatives to pursue more clients in a shorter amount of time than would otherwise be possible.
Today, companies are responding to changing customer demands with fewer available resources. They are faced with protecting already thin margins against high fixed costs, and are always looking to exploit new opportunities for growth. Sophisticated yet simple to use analysis is critical to ensure profitability, minimize expenses and lock-in loyalty.
With S2K Enterprise Portal technology, you can allow people to interact with your company in a personalized way. You can provide employees, trading partners, and customers with a website on which the information and applications they need have been consolidated and organized for easy access and use. They can quickly execute business processes across critical applications. They can collaborate with portal users to make faster decisions. And by providing industry-leading portal solutions for your on demand business, VAI can help you improve employee productivity, cut costs, and strengthen relationships with your customers and trading partners.
SMC Data Systems, your trusted advisor for supply chain management software solutions, provides Food Manufacturing Software, Inventory Management Software and more. The premier integrator of VAI's S2K Enterprise, SMC Data Systems are experts in enterprise application integration for mid to large size companies.
"With VAI's S2K, we've done more than reduce costs. We've improved customer service and efficiencies throughout the enterprise. VAI's S2K has given us the tools we need to successfully compete in an extremely dynamic and highly competitive marketplace."
Don DuBay
Director of Information Technology, Turtle Wax
"We were able to do 10% more transactions immediately on a daily basis. Miller Paint saw a 100% Return on Investment in just 8 months and saved $130,000 in the first year."
Ed Selee
Chief Financial Officer, Miller Paint
"With VAI's S2K we have a quicker turnaround in terms of looking at our financial results. I am able to create Balance Sheet and Financial Statements for any given time period. All the information is at our fingertips."
Massimo Prevedel
Controller, Seacore Seafood
"With the VAI's S2K system pricing errors have dropped by 80%. At the same time, product scanning in shipping at the packing station has enabled us to increase shipping throughput by 60% and reduce errors for an accuracy of 99.95% on order lines shipped."
