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"It was way too complex for this business," Integrated Food Service Vice President, John Sugimoto said about their former business management system.

In 2005, ACCTivate! Inventory and Distribution Management Software replaced Integrated Food Service's (IFS) former "complex" system called Solomon.

"Basically we trashed that program and our IT guy recommended ACCTivate!," Sugimoto said. "It was a fraction of the cost of Solomon. It's a lot easier, the functionalities are a lot more broad than what we had with Solomon and flexible as well."

As a manufacturer of food products for schools and their distributors, IFS deals with government commodities. They pass through the values of the government commodities to the school districts. That is a simple process for them when they're selling directly to the districts, but when more than one commodity is involved and another dimension of distribution is added, the process becomes more difficult.

The commodities come from the government at zero cost and Solomon could not handle that at all. "Even ACCTivate! has its challenges because of the government commodities that we get, but for the most part its been very good," Sugimoto said.

ACCTivate!'s reporting capabilities and multiple location control have been big pluses for IFS.

Sugimoto manages the sales team nationwide, so that involves accessing many different reports and analyzing data. ACCTivate!'s integration with Crystal Reports® enables him to get the information he wants through custom reports.

"It's real flexible. It's real easy," Sugimoto said about the reporting capabilities.

Alterity's Report Specialist, creates custom reports for IFS. Sugimoto has worked with the Report Specialist several times. He finds that she is easy to work with and that she understands what he is looking for to achieve highly effective reports that help him manage his business.

IFS also manages inventory in multiple locations. "Multiple location control works very well. As complicated as some of our systems are and our business is, it does very well managing our inventory," Sugimoto said.

ACCTivate! has been able to handle the specific business needs of IFS efficiently and in terms of inventory, they are able to manage it much better than before. Sugimoto is highly satisfied with ACCTivate! as his inventory management solution and recommends it to other businesses.

"I have no complaints with ACCTivate!. Even our less experienced staff can understand and use the program seamlessly unlike our last one.," Sugimoto said.

For more information on Integrated Food Service read their Customer Spotlight.