Rapid and efficient ordering for the sales force

Appointment preparation thanks to valid round the clock data.

‌As a sales representative, plan your customer meetings simply and efficiently using cpa.OrderBar. ‌You can view all the data about the customer at a glance as well as their orders in given time frames. ‌In addition, cpa.OrderBar provides you with the customer’s turnover overview in statistics and diagrams and also enables seasonal turnover comparisons. ‌You can likewise see products that have sold best and review the number and quantity of returned items. ‌All this data will help you prepare yourself effectively for a consultation. ‌And if you have an appointment with a new customer, you can simply enter their data and first order in cpa.OrderBar. ‌This information is then automatically transferred to the central ERP system.

At the customer meeting with all relevant sales data at hand.

‌When preparing for a customer meeting, cpa.OrderBar has already provided you with all relevant sales data in the field. ‌And during the appointment you have all this data available on your notebook. ‌As a result you can provide the customer with information and images of new products, give valid details about expected delivery dates and access products in the warehouse digitally in real time for repeat orders. ‌

Thanks to the integration of cpa.OrderBar into a central ERP system – such as cpa.ShoeFactory – you have the very latest data available for order entry. ‌This approach enables you to make joint decisions with the customer, which in turn ensures greater customer satisfaction as well as a long-term bond between sales and the shoe trade.

At the customer meeting: rapid order entry.

‌cpa.OrderBar's various order entry functions are designed for flexible and individual customer care. ‌Consequently, when using cpa.OrderBar, you have a field tool at your disposal that allows you to respond to customer requests, show alternatives and efficiently enter as well as manage orders.

‌Some advantages of order entry with cpa.OrderBar at a glance:

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  ‌Efficient registration of order items and via scanner if required
• ‌Parallel entry of multiple orders
• ‌Order registration and distribution adapted to the needs of individual branches
• ‌Automated verification of brand references, minimum quantities, shortfalls, lines of credit or fixed standard assortments
• ‌Print or dispatch of order confirmations and image lists
• ‌Export of product images
• ‌Order templates such as article groupings or template orders for rapid entry of order items
• ‌Export of order-related H2 data for import into the customer's merchandise management system

Seamlessly integrated through cpa.OrderBar, cpa.ShoeFactory and cpa.DataHub.

‌The field sales force always needs to have the latest data on their mobile system. ‌Likewise the in-house staff want, for example, amended article data to be quickly available to the sales representative. ‌Being the central element for data exchange, cpa.SyncServer serves as the bridge between cpa.ShoeFactory and cpa.OrderBar. ‌Settings made in cpa.ShoeFactory and further configuration files ensure that every sales representative has the data relevant to them on their system. ‌Modified customer data as well as orders entered on mobile devices are in turn synchronised with the central ERP system through cpa.SyncServer and transferred to cpa.ShoeFactory’s order entry via EDI (electronic data interchange).

‌A significant benefit of working in offline mode is that it is possible to continue working without any restrictions and without data loss if no internet connection is available.

‌In addition to this, and with the aid of its 360° view function, cpa.DataHub offers you an overview of all sales data and specific information about the needs of each of your customers. ‌cpa.DataHub also means that you communicate centrally with your sales team about your customers using one tool only.

‌cpa.OrderBar, cpa.ShoeFactory and cpa.DataHub are three CPA tools that interact perfectly with each other.