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Navigating the various systems required to complete and execute an agreement between trading partners in the foodservice industry grows more complex by the day. As more distributors and operators implement their own contract management solutions, manufacturers - not to mention their broker users - face a seemingly insurmountable task of learning to use and meet format requirements of various contract and trade promotion management software.
Answers Systems and our ContractPro User Community are transforming these change management challenges in to collaborative opportunities between trading partners.
We invite you to join our ContractPro Community webinar featuring discussion of how we have...
Release offers enhanced security options, time-saving features, and powerful analytical tools for foodservice manufacturers
Answers Systems, the leading provider of foodservice trade promotion management solutions, deployed the ContractPro® version 4.2 release this month. The version 4.2 release provides features aimed at enhancing security of client instances of the ContractPro portal, increasing user productivity, and providing access to robust new analytical reports in the new ContractPro
Shawn Cady sat down with Greg Hilton and Tom Tipps to discuss some of the highlites of the new 4.2 release of the ContractPro trade promotion management application, released on March 1, 2010.
If you monitor Twitter, Apple-related news, or technology gadgets in general, you probably know that the Apple tablet is being revealed - about right now, in fact (1:00 EST).
For years we’ve all tried to get the sales force to stop using the cocktail napkins as a preferred contract delivery method. Now with the advent of Apple’s revolutionary tablet computer, the game is changing for contract management. The new tablet (and future generations of tablets) will allows our apps to become a "dig
by Stacy Jackson
If you haven't already heard, a federal appeals court reversed the ruling on the Feesers vs. Michael Foods and Sodexo case. You may remember last summer (here's a link to that post) a lower court found Michael Foods and Sodexo guilty of violating the Robinson-Patman Act. Last week, Friday, January 8, that ruling was reversed.
Below are some links to that latest news:
Appeals Court Reverses Foodservice Pricing Pricing Ruling, Food Management
Third Circuit Rules that Food Service Management Companies and Distributors are Not Competitors for Robinson-Patman Act Analysis, USLaw.com
Michael Foods wins pricing case appeal, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
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Posted by Janet Zlokovich
As we wrap up the 2009 year, I want to leave you one thought as you have discussions with your supply chain partners on trade promotion . . . .
Collaboration on data exchange should be a key factor when you establish the core objectives for your trade program model. A requirement of the model must include the submission of electronic billback reporting to the manufacturer for claim settlement. It is simply the only way vendor partners will have the proper insigh
Bud Hilton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Genesis Group, Inc., dba Answers Systems, the leading provider of foodservice trade promotion management solutions, announced the promotion of Greg Hilton to President of Genesis Group, Inc., dba Answers Systems. Bud Hilton, founder of Answers Systems in 1986 and whose career spans over 46 years in the foodservice industry, will continue in his role as Chairman of the Board and CEO. Bud will become even more involved in foodservice industry i
Posted by Janet Zlokovich
Trade Spend Management collaboration means calibrating terms for contract negotiations.
One of my “Best Practice” recommendations for foodservice is to Promote trading partner collaboration for maximizing efficiencies by improving the claim processing timeframe and driving waste from the supply chain by eliminating paper. The way to achieve this objective is with technology such as Answers Systems EclaimSM; calibration occurs when the claimant submits all bill
Posted By Greg Hilton
Here is a simile for you . . . Buying a reporting solution and not considering the cleanliness, accuracy and timeliness of the data being analyzed, is like installing a beautiful water faucet in your kitchen and hooking the plumbing directly to your sewer line.
Good data is like a filet mignon!
I was on a phone call with a potential customer the other day. I love being involved in the sales process because you really get energized by offering answers to the problems th
Posted by Tracy McQuilkin
E-claims are claims that come in an electronic format to Answers Systems and can be loaded into our processing system behind the scenes. This is a completely paperless process that eliminates the need for printed claims and manual claim entry.
The benefits of the Eclaimsm process are two-fold. Naturally, as members of the global business community, we have a certain responsibility to contribute to the preservation of our environment. By introducing and encouraging clients to use this greener, more accurate process, we reduce the amount of paper needed for the claims process. And when you’re processing more than 400,000 claims...
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