In today's Direct Store Delivery, every minute matters. Making the most out of your business means optimizing every level of operations, which isn't always easy. That's why Intermec - an industry leader in DSD for the last 30 years - would like to share some important advice about your business.
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Top 10 Ways to Spice up DSD
Efficiency and Sell More Are your Profits Perishable? Are your out-of-stocks 5. Watch the Routesavoidable? Find out how you can improve. With gas prices on the rise and personnel turn-over a daily dilemma, are your routes optimized as much as possible? Introduction Are you wasting time and gas? Do you know where your In today's Direct Store Delivery, every minute matters. Making workers are and what they're doing? GPS can help you the most out of your business means optimizing every level of verify that your personnel made the deliveries, optimize operations, which isn't always easy. That's why Intermec - the routes to reduce the cost of gas and provide quick route industry leader in DSD for the last 30 years - would like to share changes to accommodate emergency deliveries.some important advice. Having equipped 200,000 routes with our solutions, we've picked up a few words of wisdom along the way. 6. Locate your AssetsWhere are your point-of-purchase displays, coolers and vending 1. Speed up Backroom Processing machines? Are they in working order? Where do your trays, crates Can your DSD personnel deliver faster than your computer and pallets go missing? GPS, 2D bar coding and RFID can provide communicates? The Grocery Manufacturers Association asset visibility to help you find out the answers. The American (GMA) predicts that DSD receiving time could be reduced Baking Association estimates that lost containers account for by as much as 60% with automated check-in processes $1 billion in expenses each year. Ignorance is not always bliss. that eliminate labor-intensive, item-by-item verification. It takes 30 seconds to transmit an invoice electronically, 7. Plan, Organize, Cash Incompared with five to 20 minutes for manual entry and Your business success depends on how well you represent your 60 minutes for item-by-item complicated deliveries. products on the shelves and in the freezers. According to the GMA, CPG company interviews of fast moving consumer goods reveal 2. Communicate in Real Time efficient DSD operations spend almost 14 minutes more (almost Real-time communications can allow your team to retrieve twice as much time) on merchandising than inefficient DSD accurate pricing before deliveries, prevent delays in the operations. Improve merchandising and competitive positioning backroom and avoid retailer penalties. That means you can by collecting data such as competitive pricing and quantities sold spend more time at the shelves and avoid the hassles of so you can build a better in-store plan. Don't leave it to chance. reconciling problems. GMA identifies that preventing out-of-stocks could add $6 billion in DSD sales each year. Shouldn't your 8. A Picture is worth 1,000 Wordspersonnel spend as much time merchandising as possible? Ever wonder what the competition is up to? Wonder how that promotional display looks? An imager that captures 3. Lower Your Print Costs; Increase Invoice Accuracy both barcodes and high-resolution images is a great way to Last minute changes are inevitable in an industry that see what's really happening in the store. See what your crew reacts to demand in real time. Having a mobile printer with sees, and you'll be able to keep a closer eye on the shelf. the delivery person will allow you to generate invoices on the spot, without wasting time and energy climbing in and 9. Consider the Greater Needsout of the vehicle. Portability and flexibility are the key: Think today's DSD only calls for a mobile computer? Think wouldn't it be nice to have a single printer that handles again. Understanding what peripherals are necessary to multiple media sizes, which has saved some companies 25% piece together your DSD puzzle can improve personnel to 50% on printer supplies and document imaging costs? performance day-in, day-out. Think Bluetooth speech and voice for a hands-free, faster solution. 4. Paper or Plastic? Accept BothMaking customers pay with cash reduces their purchases to the 10. Get Tough on Hardwareamount of cash they have in the store. With a credit card reader, Looking at industry surveys, buying anything less than your personnel will give customers the opportunity to buy more by rugged devices for your delivery-intensive tasks might be the relying on the credit from their bank, not cash in the drawer. That equivalent of flushing profits down the drain. For example, small difference could result ... [download for more]
