The document is a tribute to Joe Greene, a leader in the food distribution industry, and outlines the development of a mobile electronic proof-of-delivery (ePod) system by AFS Technologies. It details the benefits of ePod, including reduced paperwork, enhanced visibility, and improved safety in food deliveries, as well as a roadmap for further integration and functionalities. Lastly, it emphasizes the legacy of Joe Greene in driving innovation and improvements in distribution processes.

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Advancements
in Delivery Automation
and Proof of Delivery
2017 AFS USER CONFERENCE
“Practical Analytics for Everyday Decision Making”

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Joe Greene
Joe worked in the food industry for more than 50 years. He was a pioneer, a visionary and natural leader. Hundreds of
distributors around the globe from small local companies to massive national houses have benefited from Joe’s knowledge
and friendship. He served as CEO of Distribution Management Systems (DMS) until 2005, when the company was acquired
by AFS Technologies. He worked and served as a consultant for several years until he passed away unexpectedly in
November 2016.
Since the day AFS acquired Ross, Joe pushed to introduce a proof-of-delivery mobile application to the distributor
community. His vision is a key reason for our development effort and focus.
The development team would like to dedicate ePoD
to the memory and legacy of Joe Greene.

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Gennadiy Vaksman
VP, SCM/RE Global Operations
gennadiyv@afsi.com
Speakers
Experience at a glance:
25+ years of software development and architecture
25+ years management experience
20+ years of team management for SCM and DSD
14+ years of software development teaching

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Jonathan Greene
VP, Customer Development
jonathang@afsi.com
Experience at glance:
20 years of experience helping food distribution companies through customer advocacy, strategic
planning and vision to use technology in their operations for competitive advantage
10 years with AFS Technologies
10+ years with Distribution Management Systems (Partner)
Jonathan has a B.S. in Management and an MBA from Clarkson University.
Speakers

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Joel Robbins
Quality Assurance Analyst / Solution Consultant
joelr@afsi.com
Speakers
Experience at glance:
Joel has been working in the DSD industry for 10+ years. Joel's
past experience as a delivery driver gives him the knowledge to
provide the best software solution. Joel focuses on providing
the best software quality for the mobile DSD/ePoD solution.

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 What is a Proof-of-Delivery System?
 Business Pain Points Without ePoD
 Showtime
 Summary of Benefits
 ePoD Ecosystem
AFS ePoD Roadmap
 Q & A

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Proof of Delivery is a method to establish the fact that the
recipient received the exact contents sent by the sender.
Instead of requiring drivers to maintain and submit physical
paperwork every day, mobile electronic proof of delivery (ePoD)
solutions enable real-time, highly visible, paperless delivery on
time, along with a clean invoice.
ePoD can capture signatures, GPS locations, voice messages, and
photos at the point of delivery using standard mobile devices.
What is a Proof-of-Delivery System?

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• Paper-based deliveries
• Delivery errors
• Billing and credit disputes with clients
• Ineffective customer service
• Massive administrative paperwork, scanning handwritten invoices and re-keying data
• Recall liability is too great; businesses cannot target exactly where product went
• Higher cost/lower revenue per route; inefficient workflow means fewer sales and
more returns
• Poor truck inventory management
• Lack of delivery visibility and tracking
Business Pain Points Without ePoD

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Showtime
Be ready for the quiz!

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 Pallet scanning
 Sort products based on truck location
 View items by zone
 Allow manual entry for pick labels
 Turbo boost integration
 Pick label scanning
 Police/Highway Patrol detector
 Combine orders into single delivery
 Different scan beep for scan failures
 Filter undelivered items
 High-precision pallet catapult
Quiz: Find the “Real” Benefits
UI, Visibility & Actionable Insight Quality & Speed of Delivery Safety
 Intuitive & optimized navigation
 Movie player w/ Dolby surround
 Mileage & fuel usage screen
 Route audit report
 Caffeine consumption report
 Native Android/iOS user interface
 2017 top restaurant guide on route
 Sports channel integration
 Themes for dark and light environments
 Shortage report
 Material design look & feel
 Wake-up buzz when reaching store
 Multi-zone temperature capture
 Safety seat ejection button
 Breathalyzer integration
 Automated back-scratcher
 GPS speed recording
 Speeding voice alert
 Underarm perspiration voice alert
 Pre- and post-trip inspection
 Remote spiked wheels control
 Weather forecast service integration
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Summary of Benefits:
User Experience
 Native Android and iOS UI standards and best practices
 Material design look and feel
 Adaptive UI: Screens scale to fit the screen format of
your device
 Pragmatic out-of-the-box themes to work comfortably in
both dark and light environments
 Intuitive navigation, optimized to shorten the paths to
the most-used screens
 Accessibility: Large buttons, readable and high-contrast
fonts, voice notes, differentiating scanning sounds

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Summary of Benefits:
Visibility & Actionable Insight
 Pre-order differences with reason codes
 COD+ payment feature with alert at customer selection
 Enhanced reconciliation
• Mileage screen to contain fuel usage and truck info
• Daily Totals screen to include number of deliveries,
ship-to, sales, returns, stops, pieces sold and pieces
returned.
 Scan log report
 Multi-temperature capture report
 Shortage report
 Error report: Capture failed barcode scans
 Route audit report

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Summary of Benefits:
Quality & Speed of Delivery
 Pallet scanning
 Expand functionality for manual entry when label is not readable
 Ability to deliver with pick labels when scanner is broken
 Sales details screen displays the delivered/ordered quantities
 View items by zone on deliveries in the Sales Details screen
 Filter by undelivered items on Sales Details screen
 Ability to combine multiple orders into a single delivery
 Sort products in ticket details by truck location and pick label
 Different types of scan beeps for good versus bad scan
 Force scanning for deliveries with pick label/barcode information
 Pick label scanning

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Summary of Benefits:
Safety
 Consumer safety: Capture temperature and
time for multiple zones at start of delivery
 GPS speed recording + speeding voice alert
 Breathalyzer integration
 Weather forecast service integration
 Pre- and post-trip inspection

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Summary of Benefits:
Saving Time & Money
 “Bring Your Own Device” option
 Short learning curve
 Elimination of paper invoices
and mobile printers
 Fast real-time communication
 Reduced labor cost
 Reduced Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)
 Increased revenues – Reduced lost sales

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How ePoD Came to Be
 Son of Direct Store Delivery
 Teamwork among DSD, ERP and WMS teams
 8 months development cycle
 About 200 DSD clients
 More than 10,000 routes

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ePoD Ecosystem
G2
WMS
Client
Portal
ERP
ePoD
Handheld
Report
Viewer
ePoD
Reporting
GPS Asset
Tracking
ePoD Office

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Voice-Driven
ePoD System
June 2017 July 2017 August 2017
A/R ControlsDOT ComplianceDOT Compliance
Voice-Driven
ePoD System
September 2017
ePoD Returns
WMS
Integration
October 2017
ePoD Roadmap: Timeline
November 2017

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Feature Description
Voice-driven
ePoD system
Ability to perform major functions of proof of delivery “hands-free”, using voice commands and
text-to-speech
DOT compliance Compliance with CDL (Commercial Driver License) List and FMCSA (Federal Motor Carriers
Safety Administration) Drug and Alcohol Checklist
ePoD returns
WMS integration
Integration to allow ePoD to communicate expected returns to WMS
A/R controls Open item payment application and accounts receivable statement, selective by customer
ePoD Roadmap: Details

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