2006 VIP Users
Conference
Seminars v Get Started! Workshop v Other Events v Travel & Lodging v How to Register
October 19 &
20, 2006
Come to
v Find out how to use VIP technology to improve productivity
and meet company goals.
v Learn how iBEV, new warehouse management tools for managing
close-to-code product and unavailable returns, financial tools, activity-based
costing, and more can help.
v
See what’s new in VIP software and
technology solutions.
v
See how Merchandiser Palms work.
Learn how Athena can help you manage Pocket PCs. Learn what’s new in PDAs, Beverage,
Financials, Electronic Commerce, and iDig.
v
Learn how to connect people with
the information they need so they can concentrate on results.
v Discover how to analyze results and data so you can work
smarter. See iDIG in action. Learn how to report on costs associated with
an account.
v
Meet with people from other VIP
distributors and learn from your peers.
Seminar
Topics
iBEV
Maintenance
iBEV makes it easy to do file maintenance. See iBEV in action for maintaining products, accounts (including routing), and heading codes. See how iBEV makes maintaining pricing and discounting a snap. We’ll also demo how to use iBEV to monitor and process your Palm, Pocket PC, and Mobility uploads.
What’s New in iBEV Tracker
Learn about the new features added to iBEV Tracker for setting up and monitoring objectives and taking surveys. The most notable feature is the addition of reporting capabilities for tracking objectives and surveys.
Technical Guide to iBEV
We’ll provide a technical seminar geared towards those who want to learn about the iBEV infrastructure. We’ll cover iSeries technology (including the HTTP server), firewalls, printing, messaging, and security. We’ll also cover how the iBEV web pages work with the iSeries databases and our “Work With” programming techniques.
Warehouse Management I & II
We’ll
have seminars on improving inventory practices.
One seminar will be devoted to key inventory enhancements. See a better method of handling unavailable
product returned from the trade. Learn
how to manage close-to-code product with new tools. See the enhanced method of pick-up requests
and return of partial cases. Another
seminar will focus on using the RF unit in the warehouse, truck loading
enhancements, and tracking picking statistics for activity based costing.
Merchandiser PDA
Get
a handle on merchandiser time and productivity.
PDA software specifically
designed for the merchandiser allows you to route and schedule
merchandisers, capture service times at accounts, make cooler merchandizing more
efficient by using scanner and cooler capacity to determine product to pull
from back room, route salesman’s display requests to merchandiser PDAs for
execution, and compile productivity statistics in hours and cost.
Reporting Activity Based Costs
Bring it all together here! Now that all activities are tracked, you can gather the statistics you need to get a handle on costs associated with an account. Learn how to use picking, sales, delivery, and merchandiser statistics to get a new picture of your costs. You’re on your way to making better decisions about your use of labor.
What’s New in PDAs
The VIP PDA software continues to improve based on your requests. Learn what’s new in PDAs including sign requests, display requests, automatic processing of PDA uploads, directed picking by bay for drivers, and much more.
What’s New in G3
G3 is now available. See the new features in G3: recalculating discounts based on invoices changes made at recon; autobuild of forecasts; improved method for reconciling loads; rewrite of sales quotas; automatic upload of PDA transmissions; and more.
Financial News, Tips & Tools
Besides learning what’s new in financials, we’ll cover a variety of tips and tools that will improve productivity in general ledger and accounts payable.
What’s New in iDIG
Come to this seminar to see what’s new. We’ve added the ability to see invoiced orders, analyze margins and other profit-based reports, include distribution as part of your key sale indicators (KSIs), update cubes with just the day’s sales rather than rebuilding the entire cube daily, and more. We’ll also cover iDig Remote—which puts the job of building and serving data cubes on VIP’s servers for remote access by your staff.
What’s New in Electronic Commerce
Learn about the VIP EDI Hub—your one-stop electronic commerce solution. Find out what retailers (trading partners) are now supported by the Hub, which retailers are in progress with new EC initiatives, and what we can expect in the future.
Introducing Athena
Did you ever wish that you could have VIP look directly at a unit at your office? Now you can with Athena. Athena allows remote access of a Pocket PC for support, training, hardware diagnostics, and troubleshooting.
Odds & Ends
This perennial favorite explores tips and tricks that improve your every day use of the VIP system.
Get Started! Workshops
on Wednesday, October 18
We want you to Get Started! using our
software so we’re devoting one full day to help you implement VIP features such
as truck loading, forecasting with auto build, iBEV surveys, RF in the
warehouse, and more. You can attend up to four “Get Started!” workshops during
the day. As part of the workshop, you’ll
get a planning and implementation checklist.
Workshop leaders will go through options and help you decide how to set
up the feature. You’ll also have ample time to talk to the experts for your
particular projects. When you get back
to the office, you’ll have all the info and materials to Get Started! Complete the workshop questionnaire when signing
up; topics will be selected based on interest.
Other Events
Technology Expo
See the latest technology—iBEV, Palms and
Pocket PCs (merchandiser, presell, driver), Athena, ArcLogistics Route, iDIG,
Digger, Edgar (including document scanning), Radio Frequency (RF) units,
networking equipment, printers, and more.
Supplier Seminars
We will schedule seminars dealing
specifically with initiatives for these suppliers: Anheuser-Busch, Miller, Coors, Heineken, and
Gallo. Topics for each seminar will be
based on the current initiatives of the supplier.
Breakfast and Lunch at the Conference
Catered hot breakfast and lunch are
provided both Thursday and Friday of the conference.
Friday Night Social
Join us for dinner and entertainment at
the Wyndham in downtown
Annual VIP Golf Scramble
On Saturday, join us at the Stowe Country
Club.
On Saturday, take a trip to the
Travel & Lodging
Air Transport
The
Lodging
We reserved blocks of rooms at the
Wyndham in downtown
Wyndham $169—$199
Ground Transport in
Renting a car for your stay is not required. Hotels provide airport shuttles, and VIP
provides van shuttles between the Wyndham,
How
to Register
The conference fee is $250 per person,
$40 per person for a Saturday outing (golf or
Please
register as soon as possible. We
understand that your plans might be tentative at this time, but we would prefer
to over book now and make changes later.
You will receive a confirmation letter and bill for the conference fee
after we make your reservation.
Phone:
802-655-9400
Fax: 802-655-1313