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ACCTivate! Inventory & Distribution software for QuickBooks with inventory control, CRM, EDI, warehousing, order management, purchasing, shipping and installation, service & repair management
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Food distribution software with landed cost, importing and route accounting capabilities for seafood and other food distributors
Food processing software for importers and distributors of fruit and other foods
Food processing software for batch process manufacturing that handles variable yield, lot number traceability & variable bill of materials for batch processed products like tomato soup
Beverage distribution software with route delivery capabilities like route accounting & route sales for coffee and other beverage distributors
Food distributor software that supports catch weights for meats and fresh or frozen seafood like lobster
Food & beverage distribution software for various products like grapes and wine
Route accounting software for the beverage industry including wine manufacturers, distributors & importers
FDA compliant food services software with features for managing expiration dates & best by dates for foods with lot numbers like peppers
Food & beverage process manufacturing distribution software with variable recipe support and promotional pricing for processed foods like chocolate
Food & beverage processing and distribution software for expiration date and lot number management for foods such as berries
Food services & beverage distribution software that manages product recalls for foods like vegetables
Food distribution software with lot number traceability & compliance for food processing such as with bread
Food & beverage distribution

Food & beverage distribution: Inventory management

From catch weights to expiration dates to product recall management, ACCTivate! is the solution.

>  Flexible product lookup includes SKU, UPC, customer product number, description, lot number and more
>  See purchasing information for each product including published price, last price,
lead time and purchase history for any number of vendors
>  Manage warehouse operations on a mobile handheld device
>  See a detailed ledger for each product
>  Manage inventory in any number of warehouses and bin locations
>  Optional support for barcoded products

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Food & beverage distribution: Route delivery & route accounting

Optimize direct store delivery, route accounting & route delivery operations with ACCTivate!'s mobile applications.

>  Accept purchase orders, issue invoices, & collect payments in a mobile environment
>  Keep accurate truck inventory
>  Deliver existing orders or take new order at customer from truck inventory
>  Work with Windows Mobile 5.0 handheld computer with or without barcodes
>  Cellular network enabled to instantly communicate with central database
>  Select customer or order by route stop
>  Print accurate receipt / invoice with customer price and retail price

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Food & beverage distribution: Lot numbers traceability

ACCTivate! gives you to ability to easily handle lot numbered products with power and great flexibility.

>  Lot numbers can be recognized when received, shipped or both
>  Mobile device receiving and picking with product code and lot number scanning
>  Record and manage expiration dates by lot number
>  Convenient and powerful lookup of specific lot number by product or by customer

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Food & beverage distribution: Batch process manufacturing

ACCTivate! supports food and beverage process manufacturing and distribution with variable recipe and variable yield capabilities. Batch process manufacturing allows for components to be adjusted based on seasonal requirements, availability, or the requirement for substitutions.

On product produced, batch process manufacturing provides the ability to compensate for variable yield with the ability to alter the quantity produced.

>  Handle variations in input recipe to allow for substitute items and changes in quantities
>  Support variable yield
>  Account for spillage and waste
>  Substitute ingredients in recipes
>  Handle multiple lots of the same ingredients

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Food & beverage distribution: Sales management

ACCTivate! gives features that allow you to manage some of the more complex requirements for the food and beverage business.

>  Deliver full or partial case
>  Price by quantity, by standard weight or by catch weight
>  Maintain blanket orders with ability to conveniently create orders for release
>  Quickly and easily copy a previous order for current delivery
>  Print lot numbers, expiration date and catch weights on invoices

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Food & beverage distribution: Tiered pricing

ACCTivate! has a very powerful pricing and technical specification structure designed to let you be in control.

>  Import pricing and specification from vendor-supplied data
>  Link each product to the manufacturers website
>  Store product metrics such as weight, height, length and volume
>  Store a photo or image of each product

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Food & beverage distribution: Pricing complexities

ACCTivate! lets you price your products with a wide range of flexible options to put you in control.

>  Automatically select standard, promotional, quantity break, customer specific or contract prices
>  Sell products at retail price less discount
>  Establish price basis as set price, cost plus or list minus

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Food & beverage distribution: Imports

ACCTivate! provides great tools to help document and manage the overall process of importing from overseas.

>  Track progress of imports from order submission through production to transit
through customs to final destination
>  Notes and e-mail for all parties involved
>  Include landed cost or added cost from any source

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ACCTivate! results
"We couldn't have done ElvisCoffee.com without ACCTivate!."
Tim Burleson
Owner and CTO,
Ugly Mug Coffee.
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Food distribution, wine, spirits & beverage distribution and route management software that integrates with QuickBooks and includes:

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Inventory Management
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Warehousing
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Purchasing management
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Customer relationship management
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Sales order management
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EDI
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Mobile Computing
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Picking & Shipping
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Service management
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Reporting
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Foundation

With QuickBooks for accounting and ACCTivate! for complete small business management, growing food & beverage distribution businesses can automate, organize and adapt for a sustainable, competitive advantage.


ACCTivate! ~ Food & Beverage Distribution Inventory, Route Delivery,
Route Accounting & Business Management Softwar

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