"It became clear very quickly that Accord was
going to help us maintain and develop the company's competitive advantage
.... Profit margins quickly improved, alongside significant reductions in
stockholding and better purchasing." Musgrave Ltd
Musgrave Ltd is Ireland's largest food and grocery
distributor with both cash & carry and delivered activities
Developed in partnership with some of the key companies in this sector, Accord
provides a total solution for the modern Cash & Carry business. It helps
you to manage, monitor and control all of your business activities, allowing
you to operate more effectively and stay ahead of the competition.
Over the last few years most cash & carries have looked to offering a
delivered service to provide expansion. In turn this has meant new and additional
information being required. Accord was designed
from the outset as a system for the mixed operator.
The Accord integrated Cash & Carry point of
sale modules have been designed with the fundamentally important objectives
of security, control, and fast throughput of customers at the checkout. The
Delivered Trade operation is fully serviced by proactive telesales, full order
processing, vehicle scheduling and integrated ledgers.
Whether you are a small independent operator or a large organisation with
multiple depots, Accord provides all the necessary
functionality and benefits to run a successful and profitable operation.
Here are some of the features we have built into Accord for the
Cash & Carry wholesaler:
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Easy to use PC based Point of Sale with scanning,
full price look up and a host of other features to help you improve the
customer's shopping experience
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Powerful resilience. This ensures your checkouts
will continue to operate in the unlikely event of the main processor being
unavailable
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Customer Reception for efficient registration and
booking in of customers, credit checking, handling of coupons, returns,
etc
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Central Cash Point with full invoice printing, payment,
and reporting options - as an alternative to payment and invoicing at checkouts
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Multicurrency and Euro compliancy
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Powerful promotional and loyalty facilities
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Purchase Order Management with advanced demand forecasting
to assist planning and stock control and help you to negotiate the best
deals with your suppliers
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Stock Control allowing you to streamline stockholdings, release working capital and increase profitability whilst still meeting customer demand
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Fully integrated, multicurrency Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger and Nominal Ledger/Management Accounts
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Hand Held and Radio Frequency features. These provide
a real-time link to your IT systems and help you to improve selling face
activities (e.g. Gap Replenishment, Price Verification and Shelf Edge Label
production) and warehouse activities (e.g.Goods Received, Stock Taking)
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Conventional and Internet EDI
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Reporting options throughout to help you monitor,
control and plan effectively
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For Mixed operators
Accord
also offers features to help you better manage Delivered activities. These
include Sales Order Management, with proactive Telesales, and Warehouse
Management with RF and
Voice Recognition for improved accuracy and productivity
