Food & Packaged Goods Distribution

How Does 8Move Help?

SupplyNow's pricing engine receives manufacturer promotional updates and applies them instantly across all channels. Warehouse loading generates pick lists ordered by warehouse layout, scan to confirm each lot. Fleet Planner schedules routes against per-customer delivery windows so trucks arrive during receiving hours.

Overview

Packaged food distribution runs on SKU count more than almost any other category: dozens of SKUs per order, each with its own expiry date and batch, going out to retail and grocery chains that each close their receiving dock at a different hour. A pick list without lot visibility turns into a guessing game at the warehouse door, and a promotional price that hasn't reached a rep yet turns into a quote the customer won't accept.

8Move keeps pricing, picking, and route timing in the same operational record instead of three separate problems. SupplyNow's pricing engine applies a manufacturer's promotional update the moment it's entered, across every channel a rep might be quoting from, so no one is working from yesterday's price list. Warehouse pick lists are sequenced by layout and require a scan to confirm both quantity and lot number before a line counts as picked, and Fleet Planner schedules every stop against that customer's actual receiving window, flagging anything that won't fit before the route is published.

What Challenges Does This Industry Face?

These are the day-to-day problems 8Move is built to solve for teams in this industry.

High SKU diversity: snacks, canned goods, condiments, grains — makes van loading error-prone without pick-list confirmation
Expiry date management across dozens of SKUs requires batch-level visibility at every stage
Promotional pricing from manufacturers changes frequently, sales reps quote outdated prices if pricing is not centralized
Route optimization must account for time-window constraints, supermarkets close their goods receiving at specific times
Partial availability on a multi-SKU order means someone has to decide, case by case, whether to ship what's ready now or hold the whole order for a full shipment — a decision that's hard to apply consistently across a day's worth of orders

Recommended Suites

Pre-configured solution packages designed specifically for food & packaged goods distribution sector requirements.

Food & Beverage Distribution Suite

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to the most common questions about how 8Move serves the food & packaged goods distribution industry.

Batch numbers and expiry dates are attached at order line level, visible in the warehouse pick list and carried through to the POD record.

New promotions are entered once in SupplyNow's pricing engine and apply instantly across every channel: web, WhatsApp, field-rep tablet.

Fleet Planner schedules stops against per-customer delivery windows. Stops that cannot fit within the window are flagged before the route is published.

Pick lists are sequenced by warehouse layout and require scan confirmation of quantity and lot number before marking a line as picked.

SupplyNow supports partial confirmation: the customer chooses to ship available lines now and back-order the rest, or wait for a full shipment.

A scan mismatch stops that line from being marked picked, so a wrong lot or quantity is caught at the warehouse door instead of being reported by the store receiving it.

Fleet Planner checks each stop's planned arrival against that customer's declared receiving window while building the route, and flags any stop that doesn't fit before the route is published, not after a truck is turned away at the dock.