What Ever Happened to the Paperless Office?

For decades, the ā€œpaperless officeā€ has been considered a holy grail of business efficiency. In the June 1975 edition of BusinessWeek magazine (paper-version), George E. Pake of Xerox Corpā€™s Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) envisioned a ā€œpaperless officeā€ of the future. According to George, “There is absolutely no question that there will be a revolution […]

What Does ChatGPT Know About DSD?

Lately, it seems like news about AI (Artificial Intelligence) is everywhere. From romantic outbursts by Bingā€™s AI search engine, to strange AI artwork on Instagram, to stories of graduate students using ChatGPT to write term papers. In almost all areas of popular culture and business, AI has jumped into the publicā€™s awareness like never before. […]

Why xkzero is a sponsor of Acumatica Summit 2023

Why is xkzero a Sponsor of Acumatica Summit 2023?Iā€™ll get right to the point ā€“ xkzero sponsors the Acumatica Summit every year because it is the single best way for us to connect with Partners and other ISVs to present our exciting software solution, XMC (xkzero Mobile Commerce) for Acumatica.On the surface, spending the time […]

Overview of the B2B Delivery Process

For most manufacturers or wholesalers reliant on their own fleet of vehicles to get products in the hands of B2B customers, the processes break down something like this.Pre-delivery processOrders are accumulatedDelivery routes are establishedInventory is pickedTrucks are loadedDriver checks out of the warehouseDelivery executionRoute is confirmed (or re-optimized) by the DriverDriver arrives onsite at the […]

The face of customer service

For fast moving consumer packaged goods companies, Route Sale drivers are literally the face of customer service. Route Sale drivers (who may also be referred to as Van Sale Drivers, or Direct Store Delivery (DSD) drivers) are traveling sales reps making regularly scheduled visits to their customers, making sales right off the truck. The tools […]

How to automate truck loading

Eliminating the bottlenecks at the loading dock is just one of the ways you can benefit by automating truck loading with your ERPĀ system. Ā This is especially important in Delivery Distribution operations.Start with the basicsEssential to effective truck loading for Delivery Distribution is the planning that is done prior to picking.Assignment of Orders to Routes. This […]

What Is Direct Store Delivery?

What is Direct Store Delivery? Direct Store Delivery (DSD) is a business process that manufacturers and wholesalers use to both sell and distribute goods direct to the point of sales or point of consumption. Ā This often can include additional product and market related services such as merchandising, information gathering, or equipment service. Contrast this to […]

Why Mobile Commerce by xkzero?

xkzero introduced Mobile Commerce the summer of 2014 to serve B2B distributors and manufacturers who have their own fleet of trucks. Ā  Our focus is on those requiring orderĀ delivery automation or route selling or both. In our judgment the market is filled with direct store delivery (commonly referred to as ā€˜DSDā€™) software that is substandard […]