Solutions for Importers and Distributors of Wine & Spirits

Importers and distributors of wine and spirits face unique business challenges. Overseas suppliers and long import lead times. Regulatory reporting requirements. Complex industry pricing and promotional scenarios. Control versus non-control states. On-premise versus off-premise accounts. Constantly changing demands of retail customers. And more. All of which increase costs and drive business complexity. AppriseŽ Distribution provides you with the comprehensive tools you need to streamline your operations and enhance your business performance - enabling you to meet customer needs and regulatory compliance requirements while maximizing revenues, reducing costs and improving profitability.

Key Benefits

In addition to the benefits provided by the comprehensive ERP and supply chain management solutions offered within Apprise Distribution, wine and spirits importers and distributors receive additional industry specific benefits, including:

• Increased import management control, with comprehensive container and vessel level tracking and management and the ability to track true landed costs
• Streamlined reporting for regulatory compliance in control states, such as pricing, sales and receivables
• Comprehensive business intelligence, with reports by sales representative, territory, region, state, customer or product; tracking of on-premise and off-premise sales; inventory depletion reports; "gallonage" reports; and more
• Increased flexibility with sophisticated customer or product specific pricing, discounting and incentive programs, as well as flexible units of measure for bottles and cases
• Maximized revenue opportunities with restrictions and reservations that enable you to allocate and prioritize scarce vintage inventories by customer and/or sales representative
• Efficient sample management with tracking by sales representative or customer
• Tightened cost management with additional charges, such as broken case charges
• Improved sales responsiveness and customer satisfaction with real-time sales representative and customer access to inventory, pricing and order status information
• The ability to conduct business anytime, anywhere with robust eBusiness solutions and tight integration with handheld devices for remote order entry
• Improved, more efficient route management with automated scheduling and pick demand generation based on your route delivery rules
• Improved risk and cost management through shared price breaks/discounts with vendors and supplier billbacks to cover breakage costs
• Streamlined operations and improved efficiencies in purchasing, importing, warehouse/inventory management, sales, customer service, brand management and financials through full integration across all of your operations and locations