Implementation of DSI Route Sales for Mobility

About Regal Confections

Regal Confections is a Canadian leader in the distribution of quality confectionery and chocolates. Founded in Montreal in 1962, the company initially was an importer of European confectionery. It quickly evolved to developing packaging, marketing, product development, and becoming the exclusive distributor of some of the most prestigious brands in the industry. Today, Regal Confections specializes in the import, production and distribution of confectionery, chocolate and delicatessen products. Operating four distribution centers, Regal Confections serves a wide clientele, consisting of food retailers and supermarkets, as well as wholesalers and national chains.

Challenges and Opportunities

• Problematic communication;
• Analysis functions limitations;
• Complexity of changing the application.

Regal was already using JD Edwards for ordering but had no application to capture order entries on the road. The company wanted to equip the EEX sales team, which is mainly composed of travelling representatives, with a mobility solution that provided access to real-time information to quickly respond to customer needs and optimize the order process.

There were several objectives regarding the Regal mobility project, including:

• Reducing order processing time;
• Obtaining an order’s status and the carrier’s tracking number;
• Consulting customer records and their purchase history;
• Providing visibility on product inventory;
• Transmitting electronic documents.

DSI Route Sales Stands Out!

As we needed to move the 25,000-square-foot EEX warehouse facility and integrate this division with JD Edwards in a three months’ tight deadline, the DSI Route Sales (DSI) solution has proven to be a wise choice, because the solution is already integrated with JD Edwards. As DSI goes well with its ERP, Regal expected a quick and easy integration; which was an imperative, given the context. In addition, the company was attracted by the scalability of DSI, as well as its ability to be customized according to the current and future needs of the business.

Thanks to DSI, Regal has managed to reach all its initial objectives. The solution ensures, among other things:

• Real-time ordering;
• Access to customer accounts;
• Visibility on orders in progress’ status (to limit the use of customer service).

DSI also meets the established selection criteria, including being:

• User-friendly with predetermined features;
• Highly secure;
• Stable.

In fact, the implementation of DSI is already profitable to Regal, which has:

• Improved customer experience;
• Simplified data entries;
• Minimized order errors and the processing time;
• Made productivity gains;
• Eliminated bottlenecks;
• Allowed (as a bonus) the possibility of implementing the solution to the rest of the sales force of Regal whose manual orders account for 50% of the number of orders, while it represents only 20% of turnover, the rest is done by EDI.

Why Createch?

Regal has been doing business with Createch for more than six years due to the use of JD Edwards. The success of this project confirms for a second time the confidence that Regal already had in Createch's expertise. The company appreciated the proximity with which it was able to work with the experts, reacting in record time to the glitches encountered. They managed to meet the major challenge represented by the short delay.