Everything a large distributor runs on, at the size you are today.
One warehouse and a few trucks still need orders, lots, routes and the books. APFoodz gives a small distributor the whole system, billed by the building you run and the people who log in.
Small distributors
Three things that are true every day.
Everyone does three jobsThe owner takes orders, the buyer drives, and the bookkeeper is part-time. The system has to be quick to learn and hard to get wrong.
Spreadsheets fill the gapsQuickBooks, a routing spreadsheet and a shared inbox hold the business together until a busy week breaks them.
Growth arrives all at onceA new account doubles the route overnight. The system you pick has to be the one you grow into.
Built in
What APFoodz does for small distributors.
Each of these is in the product today, not a roadmap item.
Order entry and invoicingCustomer prices, credit checks and invoices from the first order.How it works →
A warehouse app on any phonePick and receive with the phone's camera; no special hardware needed to start.How it works →
Routes in one clickTurn tomorrow's orders into routes with the driver app included.How it works →
The books, includedA full general ledger, or keep QuickBooks Online and send it bills and vendors.How it works →
A storefront when you want oneLet customers order online at their price, on your domain.How it works →
Data import done for youCustomers, items, suppliers and opening balances imported by our team.
If this sounds like you
Four situations we built for.
Bring one of these to the demo and we will walk it through on your own items and customers.
- One warehouse, three trucks and an owner who still takes the phone orders.
- Moving off QuickBooks and spreadsheets without a six-month project.
- Adding route optimization or a storefront when the business is ready for it.
- A part-time bookkeeper who needs AR, AP and the bank reconciled in one place.
The parts you will use most
Where small distributors spend their day in APFoodz.
Order entryA keyboard-first order builder with the customer's price, stock and margin on every line.Order entry →
Warehouse app & scanningPick, receive, put away and count on iOS, Android or a Zebra handheld.Warehouse app & scanning →
Routing & dispatchOne-click route building with truck capacity, delivery windows and route templates.Routing & dispatch →
Accounting & GLA general ledger that posts as the work happens, with statements on demand.Accounting & GL →
Further reading
- API-first ERP: why integrations should be freeYour ERP holds your data. Getting it in and out should take a key and a developer, not a quote for a custom project.
- Building a tech stack: ERP, accounting and e-commerceThe three core systems a distributor runs, when to combine them, when to keep them apart, and how to keep them in sync.
- Cloud vs on-premise ERP for food distributorsWhat really changes between cloud and on-premise ERP, what to compare before you choose, and where on-premise still fits.
See it with your own data.
A working session with your customers, your items and your route days. Thirty minutes.