VAI S2K Enterprise Food MFR Review - why 4.1 stars?

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Apr 26, 2022

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What is VAI S2K Enterprise Food MFR?

VAI S2K Enterprise Food is a solution for the Food Management industry. The software is designed to improve financial management & productivity, reduce operational costs as well as provide support to key food industry best practices.

VAI was founded in 1978 and is an IBM Premier Business Partner. The company is focused on helping customers to improve their business processes through its flagship S2K Enterprise software, which provides products for the manufacturing, distribution, retail, food and service industries.

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Who is it best for?

VAI S2K Enterprise Food is focused on the Food Industry and specifically the distribution and processing sectors. It is designed to address mid range companies and is available as an on premise or cloud based solution with a SaaS deployment option.

VAI S2k Enterprise Food for food distribution provides support for unique industry requirements such as broken case processing, catch weight pricing, flexible contract pricing as well as rebates, promotions & billbacks. The solution also supports the Food Processing sector with features such as work in process for packaged & assembled food products throughout the shop floor, as well as backhaul processing and truckload management. These features are provided standard so food management companies can utilize the software much quicker and get a faster Return on Investment (ROI).

In addition VAI S2K Enterprise Food supports food industry companies that need a complete food management solution that includes modules such as customer service, manufacturing, finance & route accounting, warehouse & logistics management as well as inventory.

Customers include Seacore Seafood, A.S.Bryden, Dairy Farms Ice Cream, Java City and Montebello Foods

Main features and functionalities

The software provides support for financial management that includes accounts receivables & payables as well as general ledger with report & financial statement generation to provide a clear picture of company financial health. Additionally there is management of controlled substances such as cigarettes, tobacco and alcohol to meet government regulations for the sector.

There is a distribution model that covers customer orders, inventory management, sales analysis & forecasting as well as purchasing.

The product also includes intelligent route management to optimize time to delivery. Manufacturing management includes work orders, material requirements planning, shop floor control, product quality and capacity requirements planning. Additional modules include warehouse & fleet management with support for sales, delivery & merchandising as well as a CRM solution for customer, sales & marketing automation.

VAI S2K Enterprise Food provides support for retail management with ecommerce through on online portal for customers. There is also a supplier portal to improve supply chain management and an Executive Information System (EIS) portal for reporting & analytics with dashboards as well. Finally the software also supports mobile device access via smart phone and tablets for employees in the field as well as integration to multiple third party software.

What is the actual cost?

ITQlick pricing score is 6 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). Access ITQlick pricing guide for VAI S2K Enterprise Food MFR. You can also find here pricing information from VAI S2K Enterprise Food MFR's website.

Pros

• VAI S2K Enterprise Food is offered as both an on premise and cloud based solution
• The product supports mobile access of the application via smart phone & tablets
• VAI S2K Enterprise Food offers an API framework for integration to third party software
• Ecommerce support for retail transactions is supported by VAI S2K Enterprise Food
• As the product is designed for the food industry it provides a number of industry specific functions that allow customers to begin operations faster with a quicker ROI

Cons

• VAI S2K Enterprise Food does not support full user driven customization of the product
• There is no support for social collaboration tools in VAI S2K Enterprise Food
• The product does not have an option for multiple versions which can scale product features according to customer requirements
• VAI S2K Enterprise Food does not offer a trial or guarantee period
• The solution does not include full support for food industry quality certifications

How it stacks up?

Access a head to head analysis of VAI S2K Enterprise Food MFR vs alternative software solutions.

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