SAP has released a new mobile solution, developed to address issues hampering Direct Store Delivery (DSD) performance.
Targeted at consumer products companies, the SAP Direct Store Delivery mobile solution is designed to solve the challenges of lack of access to real-time data, limited role and process optimization, and poor route planning. According to SAP, the solution can materially boost top- and bottom-line performance by reducing costs and increasing revenues.
The solution combines sales and logistics process requirements for sales, sales management and other related roles, and orchestrates the process of selling and distributing goods directly to the final point of sale. It can also manage sales representatives activities including visit planning, preselling, van selling, taking sales orders and returns, pricing and promotions, audits and surveys, credit checks and performing mixed roles.
“The DSD sales process is a complex one for consumer products companies, who must contend with varying requirements for price, merchandising, promotion and order management across any number of retailers and formats,” said E. J. Kenney, senior vice president, global head of consumer products, SAP. “With SAP Direct Store Delivery, sales and logistics process requirements run more simply, helping ensure a more efficient operation for delivering products to retailers.”
