Direct Store Delivery
Ensure Savings with Improved Efficiency, Accuracy and Productivity
In today’s world of shrinking margins, companies that deliver products for distribution must improve efficiency and productivity while maintaining delivery accuracy. This means finding a better way to track inventory, organize load processes and improve visibility into delivery information. Unfortunately, many traditional enterprise solutions fall short when it comes to managing the direct store delivery aspect of business.
Junction Solutions recognized this shortcoming and developed Direct Store Delivery (DSD) to fill the gap. This powerful tool brings a new level of control to route accounting and management. Because DSD is device agnostic, distributors can flexibly utilize a mix of handheld devices best suited to meet route requirements. DSD users can take advantage of data visibility within inventory, accounts receivable, or general ledger, all in Microsoft Dynamics® AX.
Features & Benefits
Configure Any Combination of Routes
Part of the power of DSD is its configurability. Simply define the solution to mirror business workflows. DSD supports invoice routes, pedal routes, vendor managed inventory (VMI) routes, warehouse transfer routes or any combination of these. DSD can also be configured to include definitions for vehicle type, standing sales order type, standing transfer order and static route aspects, including route and customer receipt calendar, stop sequence, load sequence and more.
Define Daily Route Management
Streamline the creation of manual or automatic daily routes. DSD features the ability to add and remove stops, move stops to existing or new shipments in case of weight/cube out constraints, create ad-hoc shipments, manage route and load sequence, build a load summary by order/stop/shipment, optimize route planning and print a variety of delivery documents.
Control Route Delivery
Simplify vehicle inventory verification and adjustment, product delivery information management and future and return order creation. DSD facilitates payment acceptance as well as proof-of-delivery receipt, signature capture and invoice generation.
Automate End-of-Day Route Settlement
Automation means efficiency, accuracy and ultimately cost savings. Automate end-of-day processes, including inventory verification and adjustment, transfer, leave or scrap product, sales order and return order creation and process, quality compliance creation and payment and settlement processes with DSD.
Make Mobile a Way of Life
Put the power of the DSD application into the driver’s hands via effective and efficient mobile capability. Junction Solutions has extended mobile functionality to allow users to select the right device for the each type of route, taking one more step toward simple. The system allows for real-time synchronization through cell-enabled devices, as well as disconnected synchronization methods.
Choose from Flexible Delivery Model Options
Junction Solution’ DSD can be delivered in either an on-premise or on-demand delivery model. This ensures that companies are able to utilize the full functionality of DSD in the way that fits their business best.
Enjoy Low Total Cost of Ownership
Delivered in an open architecture, Junction Solutions’ DSD is native in Microsoft Dynamics AX and easily integrated into third-party warehouse management solutions, extending the value of existing platform investments. Simplified implementation and shortened training time are real benefits with this familiar, easy-to-use platform. In addition, DSD is mobile enabled and device agnostic, allowing manufacturers to use a mix of devices best suited to meet their individual route needs. DSD also has a streamlined upgrade path with platform solution upgrades.
DSD Functionality:
- Configuration for both paper and mobile-enabled routes
- Daily route management
- Route delivery
- Mobile application
- End-of-day route settlement
