Beverage & Soft Drink Distribution
How We Help
Fleet Planner builds beverage routes by weight capacity and drop sequence, not by stop count. DriverPro captures temperature at delivery and photographs damaged returns at the door. SupplyNow's pricing engine applies active promotions automatically: Gold tier, regional discount, and seasonal stack — so the rep sees the correct price without arithmetic.
Industry Challenges
Common obstacles and pain points that organizations in this industry encounter in their daily operations and growth.
Routes must be planned by weight and volume capacity, not just stop count — because each truck carries far more cases than SKUs
Returns management is complex: empties, damaged cases, and wrong-temperature stock each require a separate flow
Promotions are layered and change weekly: volume discounts, channel-specific prices, seasonal campaigns — reps cannot memorize all active rules
Cold-chain beverages require temperature confirmation at delivery, warm-chain deliveries have different documentation requirements
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to the most common questions about how 8Move serves the beverage & soft drink distribution industry.
DriverPro records empties collected at each stop as negative inventory adjustments. The van manifest reconciles empties returned against empties dispatched at end of day.
SupplyNow's pricing engine supports eligibility rules: Gold-only, regional, first-order, and seasonal promotions can run simultaneously with defined precedence.
Fleet Planner loads trucks against declared weight and volume capacity. Stops are sequenced to drop heaviest items first, minimising vehicle stress.
DriverPro captures temperature readings at collection and delivery, with GPS-stamped timestamps. Every handover is logged for audit.
The CEO dashboard surfaces missed cross-sells and promotion compliance rates by territory.