BFC Deliver: Real-Time Delivery and Scanning Solution for Food Distributors
BFC Deliver is a real-time off-the-truck delivery and scanning solution designed for food distributors that ensures over 99% inventory accuracy and a 1 in 8,500 error rate by providing comprehensive case-level visibility, digital proof of delivery with image and signature verification, streamlined returns, and live delivery reporting with visual maps and notes to optimize last-mile traceability and driver efficiency.
BFC Deliver is a real-time off-the-truck delivery and scanning solution built specifically for food distributors.
Key Performance Metrics
- >99% Inventory Accuracy: Our best-in-class customers see inventory accuracy rates above 99%.
- 1 in 8,500 Error Rate: Top performing customers consistently achieve an error rate of 1 in 8,500.
The Fastest Way to Avoid Credits or Having to Pay Them
Improve your driver’s efficiency with integrated image and signature verification, live delivery reporting, and detailed instructions and routing for each shipment.
Benefits
- Unmatched Clarity in Logistics: Gain comprehensive case-level visibility. Track every case with precision from warehouse to delivery, eliminating guesswork and boosting efficiency.
- Inventory Management Simplified: Instantly locate any item within the truck and know exactly where it is at all times, making loading and unloading a breeze.
- Prove Your Deliveries Digitally: Digitally prove that your items reached their final destination with verifiable image and signature confirmation.
- Streamline Your Return Process: Quick and easy returns save time and reduce errors, while our paperless approach cuts costs and supports your company's green initiatives.
Deliver: Key Capabilities
BFC Deliver is a proof of delivery solution that provides last mile product traceability with total control of deliveries and returns.
- Last Mile Traceability: The final step of product traceability. Deliver captures pertinent information, such as signature capture, to ensure product delivery.
- Visual Maps: Provides drivers with a visual map of products needing delivery, ensuring each item reaches the right destination.
- Notes and Photos: Allows for notes and image capture, guiding a successful delivery at each stop on the route.
- Speedy Returns: Captures returns at each stop in real-time, expediting returns upon truck arrival back at the warehouse.
- Live Dashboards: Easily see delivery progress for each route and assess returns before the driver gets back.
- Driver Performance: Driver analytics can be used to help with driver performance evaluations.
The Gold Standard For Warehouse Operations
Our broadline, specialty, produce, protein, and convenience store clients set the standard for what ‘Good Looks Like’ in the food distribution industry.
- 1 in 8,500 Error Rate: Our top performing customers consistently achieve an error rate of 1 in 8,500.
- >99% Inventory Accuracy: Customers on both the inbound and outbound side of Dakota WMS can see an inventory rate of >99%.
Customer Testimonials
"Over the years, our trust in BFC has paid off. They've not just optimized our operations and profitability; they've been a reliable partner that's allowed us to grow and expand our business. That's why we've never needed to look elsewhere."
Robert Berkowitz
President @ City Line
“BFC Software saved us so much time and resources while giving us way more insights into the operations and efficiency of our business than we ever had manually."
Ed Maybrun
President @ Cotati Food Service
"BFC reduced the number of selectors from 30 to 17, eliminated 2 checkers and improved mispicks from 1-1,000 to 1-12,000."
Dennis Merchant
Operations Manager @ Jordano's FoodService
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