Tablet PC — Affiliated Foods Case Study in Grocery Retail

Tablet PC — Affiliated Foods Case Study in Grocery Retail

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CHALLENGE
• Provide 850 independent grocers with a streamlined order entry process
• Reduce out of stock items and improve purchasing decisions

SOLUTION
• Migrate existing software to a mobile, full screen Tablet PC
• Roll out xTablet Tablet PCs to eliminate the need to download orders from handheld units to a back-office server

RESULT
• More efficient order process
• Increased percentage allowances and profit margins

Affiliated Foods Midwest (AFM), a cooperative owned entirely by independent grocers, made a simple retail computer switch in its stores recently that led to a large and very real financial payoff. With the industry’s highest processor performance, the company’s xTablet Tablet PC gave AFM the ability to develop a full functioning application on the Tablet PC, thus completely eliminating the need for users to download data from a handheld unit to the back-office server. One of the key requirements for AFM was to find a solution that would help preserve their development investments. Since the xTablet Tablet PC runs a full version of Windows XP Tablet, AFM was able to continue to leverage their developmental resources with Microsoft Visual Basic.

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