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Many of us have heard the term “down-sizing”. Down-sizing in corporations has taken it’s toll on the American worker. Many people, ranging in age from their late 40s to early 60s, are faced with very difficult decisions.These middle-aged, mi

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The biggest challenge was to manage orders. Keeping in mind that food cannot wait, proper timing was crucial. On the other hand, managing inventory was also crucial because there were cases of accepting orders for food out of stock.

After having studied some of the available solutions, it was decided that a custom sales force automation solution was better. There was already accounting software in the restaurant, so one of the conditions was to integrate them together. Invoices were also issued electronically, but there was no way to calculate discounts for loyal customers, for quantity or for promotional dishes.

The software development took about half a year, although the first module "delivery scheduler" was deployed a month after the start. The next urgent module was the products inventory module, which was implemented second. Then supp

nge was to manage orders. Keeping in mind that food cannot wait, proper timing was crucial. On the other hand, managing inventory was also crucial because there were cases of accepting orders for food out of stock.

After having studied some of the available solutions, it was decided that a custom sales force automation solution was better. There was already accounting software in the restaurant, so one of the conditions was to integrate them together. Invoices were also issued electronically, but there was no way to calculate discounts for loyal customers, for quantity or for promotional dishes.

The software development took about half a year, although the first module "delivery scheduler" was deployed a month after the start. The next urgent module was the products inventory module, which was implemented second. Then supp

decided that a custom sales force automation solution was better. There was already accounting software in the restaurant, so one of the conditions was to integrate them together. Invoices were also issued electronically, but there was no way to calculate discounts for loyal customers, for quantity or for promotional dishes.

The software development took about half a year, although the first module "delivery scheduler" was deployed a month after the start. The next urgent module was the products inventory module, which was implemented second. Then supp

rs, for quantity or for promotional dishes.

The software development took about half a year, although the first module "delivery scheduler" was deployed a month after the start. The next urgent module was the products inventory module, which was implemented second. Then support for PDAs and mobiles was made, as well as improvements to the invoicing module to allow calculation of different discounts. Finally, the new sales force automation solution was integrated with the existing accounting system.

The result of the implementation of the sales force automation system was that the work process went more smoothly. The introduction of discounts helped in keeping existing customers and in attracting new ones. The reports function in the new software was extremely useful to the managers to track how business was going and what could be improved further.