Centralized Vending and Distribution Route Management with WSEasy™Host

Wengert Software Engineering, Inc. (WSE) solves your route management needs with WSEasy™Host, the central command and control center for the WSEasy™ Sales Force Automation system.

WSEasy™Host allows all route salesmen to be monitored, directed and controlled from a single site. All customer, product, order, route and credit information is maintained in an SQL 92 compliant relational database system. Running as a transaction manager and database server, WSEasy™Host allows users to access and update route sales information from any client system on the local area network. WSEasy™Host supports a virtually unlimited number of MODEMs for data exchange with route accountants who are equipped with an Intermec JANUS mobile computer running the WSEasy™ application software package.

WSEasy™Host provides labor tracking for the entire route sales force. Time of order creation and duration of each store visit is logged for each route salesman. Reports can be generated showing average visit time, number of visits, and productivity in terms of income vs. time invested. Because all orders are entered using the computer, salesmen can increase their frequency of visitation or can handle more customers. The extensive labor tracking and reporting functions allow the route manager to optimize the workload for each of his route salesmen.

WSEasy™Host is an extremely scaleable package which can grow with you as your needs grow. Start with a local, stand-alone application running under MS Windows XP. Later, WSEasy™Host can be scaled upward to a complete, 32 bit client/server system running on a Windows XP Professional Server supporting corporate wide access for reporting, messaging and order processing.

Sample WSEasy™Host Screen Snapshot

Route Management
Create routes for your outside salesmen instructing them which customers to visit on what days. Add potential new customers to be called upon by the route salesman. Route information automatically downloaded to field units via MODEM.

Order Processing
Orders are uploaded from field units at each customer, daily or weekly as required. All order information including customer, items, quantity, costs, specials, etc. is maintained in the relational database. Open architecture allows information to be passed on to exiting customer billing or warehouse management systems

Inventory Management
Maintain complete inventory control for all your trucks, depots and central warehouse.

Labor Tracking
Every movement of each route accountant is tracked. Each customer visit arrival and departure is logged. Efficiency reporting shows order total/hour spent, compares route accountants with sales force wide average, depicts number of new customers obtained, etc.

Electronic Messaging
Allows route management facility to send text "email" messages to route accountants. Telegrams can include important information such as sales meeting announcements, pricing changes, stock out conditions, or special customer handling instructions. Route salesmen can send messages to central facility and to other route accountants. Automatic delivery receipt function lets the sender know when his message was received and read.

Typical System Architecture