MiniMate
Plus
Features
“In the Office” |
| STEP
1: MAINTAIN
YOUR ROUTE BOOK |
- Products
and Prices
· Standard
orders
· Last
order delivered
· Suggested
order
· No order
- all sales are
off-route
- Customer
specific pricing
via price type
and level including:
· Cost
up %
· Cost
up $
· List
down%
· List
down $
· Volume
discounts
· Retail/list
price
· Fixed
price
- Route
drivers &
technicians.
- Route
numbers.
- Stop
sequence numbers.
- Temporary
routes for last
minute changes.
- Schedules
with defined route
days, will-calls,
holiday, sliding
routes or tickler
reminders.
- Equipment
by serial number
at each site.
- Service
history by piece
of equipment.
- Up
to 11 different
types of bottles,
cartons and pallet
counts at the
site are maintained.
- Maintenance
of service, preventive
& warranty
contracts.
- Up
to 24 fields (user
choice) to track
data.
- Stop
service option.
- Recurring
equipment rental
bills.
- Reviewing
of route driver's/tech's
productivity at
each stop.
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STEP 2: GENERATE
DAILY ROUTES |
- Create
route stops.
- Create
service work orders.
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STEP 3: PRINT
OR LOAD TO PDA |
- Print
route stops and
service orders.
- Prepare
the data for loading
to the PDA.
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STEP 4: COMPLETE/UPLOAD
FROM PDA |
- Complete
route tickets
and service orders
to generate invoices.
- Generate
the invoices from
the PDA data.
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MiniMate
Plus
Features
“On the Road” |
| STEP
1: START
OF DAY FOR ROUTE DRIVER |
- Load
all of the route
driver's customers.
- Load
truck.
· Load
all items
· Load
from par values
for
truck
or customer
· Bar code
loading
· Load
on the desktop
and
transfer
to PDA
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STEP 2: DELIVERY/SERVICE
PROCESS |
- Routes
are loaded in
stop sequence
order.
- Drive
may change the
stop sequence
order.
- Deliver
to off-route customers.
- Sell
off-route products.
- Take
future orders.
- Calculate
taxes including
exceptions.
- Record
notes of the stop
for upload to
desktop.
- Accept
returns for restock
or waste.
- Bar
code scanning
for selling.
- Change
prices with password.
- View
history of last
four deliveries
per item.
- View
bottle balance,
pallet and carton
count.
- View
previous balance
and aging.
- View
driver instructions
and directions.
- View
one-time note
for a stop.
- View
your customer
specific pricing.
- SERVICE
PROCESS
- Service
orders loaded
to technician's
PDA.
- Service
can be indicated
as "stop
service."
- Equipment
at the site loaded.
- Service
history of equipment.
- Problem
and resolution
recorded.
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STEP 3: PAYMENT
AND FINALIZE SALE |
- Collect
money via cash,
credit card or
check.
- Capture
signature for
proof of delivery.
- C.O.D.
can be enforced.
- Print
invoices at the
site.
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STEP
4: END OF
DAY PROCEDURES |
- Reconcile
sales and cash.
- Reconcile
truck inventory.
- Collect
route drivers'
start and stop
time.
- Transfer
inventory.
- Count
physical inventory.
- Attended
or unattended
synch options
via serial cradle,
modem or wireless.
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