Secret Ingredients in Specialty Food Distributor A Priori’s Rapid Rise: Utah’s Tony Caputo’s Roots & Acumatica Distribution
Headquarters
Salt Lake City, Utah
Industry
Distribution
A Priori Specialty Foods Co.
Implemented a single, connected, distribution platform that provides end-to-end visibility
Improved inventory management, allowing for faster turns
Gained a warehouse management program, reducing shipping times while increasing throughput by 30 to 40% per day
Improved shipping processes, while improving order accuracy
Streamlined processes saving national fulfillment team 3.5 hours a day, and sales team some 6 hours daily
Enabled efficient 9 to 5 workday, reducing labor costs
Gained system to efficiently track intercompany transactions
Trimmed time to close annual books by two months to less than two days, recouping time
Automated shipping, lowering frustration, errors and cost of replacements
Expanded dealer network with ability to access historical data and track success
Achieved a 30% savings in time processing price changes
Improved communication and productivity with inventory visibility, eliminating multiple status phone calls daily
"It's a huge luxury for us to know how to adapt, how to grow, how to continue on this path, and frankly, without Acumatica in place, we would not be able to do that."