“For a successful implementation, there must be senior executive sponsorship—the CEO, the CFO or the VP of Sales—that’s driving the need for the system.”

“I Supply appreciates the out of the box thinking by the AFS development team in providing a winning solution that focused on meeting our customers’ needs and keeping our costs in check.”

The project has already delivered greater brand awareness, greater visibility and greater demand. It has also meant that we can immediately fulfill that demand.”

"The new AFS Retail Execution solution has been used in Estonia for months now and we are very satisfied. It has helped the sales reps work more effectively such as reduced time spent on order taking. We have also introduced new important functionalities like electronic information sharing (planograms, photos etc.) …

"Now, we can provide the customer more information to be able to go back and dispute claims from their customers."

"AFS was able to cohesively implement several powerful software solutions that allowed our operations to streamline by reducing the headcount we needed in the warehouse. Even though we had fewer labor hours, we were able to successfully fill more orders with fewer mis-picks—allowing us to gain a lot of goodwill …

"The AFS proration process is more automated and spreads out adjustments over more customers than our previous process. We also have the ability to control customers and products that are prorated."

"FFS values integrity and honesty and we believe in treating customers and suppliers as partners."

"AFS gave my company the tools it needed to transform our business to become more responsive to the ever-evolving demands of the foodservice industry. They have been a trusted partner that has allowed us to grow every year."

"The ERP system has given us functionality, reporting and tracking capabilities so we can better manage our production processes, keep inventory levels more in line with demand and manage by exception with the many reports available. Our company is more profitable today than when it was when we implemented ERP …

"We’re not only seeing picking speed improve, but also picking accuracy. We’re seeing that our fulfiller rates have gone up and our shorts and mis-picks are way down."

"Within 2 years of implementing the AFS systems, we had seen increases in sales and margins while decreases in inventory levels. This allowed us to continue our growth without having to do an expensive expansion."