"I would say that the discussions I had with Handshake’s team were very on point and deep. With the knowledge that they brought to the table, we were able to avoid a lot of hurdles."
"At first, when were in just a few schools, order forms seemed to work just fine. But we couldn’t keep up with the demand, and we couldn't keep up with all the paperwork. We were hiring people just to do data entry, and it just wasn’t efficient."
"It is the easiest B2B site I've used thus far, no instructions needed, user friendly. It's not often when you can roll something out like this that doesn't require additional manpower or technical support."
"We’re having a very efficient time with the buyer. We can get them pricing on the spot, and we can get an order in at the show. It’s a tremendous increase in efficiency."
"Before, everything was manual, and we would sit for weeks to get all the orders entered. Now, after a trade show, I just review the orders quickly and export them. I have everything I need to begin production."
"We’ve been using Handshake now for half a year, and we’ve seen more changes and improvements in the past few months than we saw in the eight years with our own custom solution."
"Frequently, by the final day of a trade show, orders from the first day of the show are already shipping out the door. Customers appreciate how quickly we can fulfill orders."
"We put every single order through Handshake, and that order goes straight into Xero––and out to the warehouse for shipping. No one has to waste time keying in the order."
"My customer service and data entry teams LOVE Handshake Now we have a digital copy of each order and no more manual entry. Orders that took hours to load now take seconds. It allows our team to focus on actual customer service and sales support as opposed to data entry."
"Stephanie guided me through the entire process I need to know how to answer my internal team’s questions, and the video tutorials were so easily laid out. Going through it step by step made the whole process a lot easier."
"After joining Cooper-Booth, my vision for ordering was to be more order process agnostic. I would love to say, we just want your orders. If you want to use the web, that’s OK. If you want to have a sales rep write your order, that’s OK. If you want to use a handheld ordering device, that’s OK too. We’d like to be able to offer our customers a whole suite of options for ordering and let them choose whatever they like."
"Our vision for the customer experience is to have the most hands-free, easy-to-operate order system, because the task of ordering is difficult when it’s repetitive. We want the customer to say, ‘I ordered efficiently. I received a great confirmation. Everything was in stock, and it arrived on time. It was delivered at the correct temperature and put in the exact place I want it.’ That’s the vision that we have for every single delivery."
"Our customers also enjoy the process of dealing with the Handshake app. I can flip through the catalog without having to lug around a 4-inch binder of all of our products, and the customer gets an immediate confirmation of what they ordered."
"It has made order taking faster and more efficient. Everyone has jumped on board using it and enjoys it. I, for one, love it and think it’s fantastic. It’s cut down the duration of time spent during a booth appointment by half."
"It’s more than an ordering tool for our sales reps and dealers. My vision is for Handshake to provide real-time access to promotions, new product information, shipping notifications, and other updates. It’s about having direct communication between the brand and our sales reps, and between the brand and over 2000 dealers."