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BevLogik
Using Technology to Help
your Business Grow
Shift your thinking. Shift Your Business
Growing up I always wanted to be an architect but I didn’t realize I would be a different type of architect.I am a wife, a mom of two, a pretty good cook and I work as a Solution Architect and help business use technology .
I love what I get to do everyday.
Vanessa Toves
• 18+ years in tech• I solve business problems.• School of hands on• Few female colleagues when I
started but it’s getting better.• I love learning how to do
things better• Industries I’ve worked with:
banking & finance, manufacturing, technology, healthcare, education and more.
• Career focus: SharePoint, BI, KM, Business Process Improvement.
I worked for a cidery and I loved it!
Business can grow with or without using Technology but…
No Technology Technology
Housekeeping: IT doesn’t mean Information Technology. It actually means Investment for Technology
What Drives Technology Solutions?
Existing Problems
Preventing Problems
Existing Problems
You feel these pains on a daily basis and they cause chaos, cost overruns or missed deadlines.
It’s hard working with people in different locations.
Cloud ServiceOffice 365: Exchange, Skype for Business, SharePoint,
Value
• Enterprise Software
• It makes it look so easy
• Office on 5 devices
• Video conferencing & phone numbers
• Single source of information
• Manage your Intellectual Property
• Communication
• Collaboration
Presented by: Vanessa Toves & BevLogik
Total Wine turned us on 3 months ago so why are we
so flat with distributor 123 when everyone else is up?
Cloud / Shared ServiceVermont Information Processing
Tips
• Distributor Route Dimension
• Don't forget the drivers
• Naming the Chain locations
• Add it to the contract
Value
• Drill Deeper into Sales patterns
• Drive distributor relationsips
• Single source of information
• As close to real time as you can get
Presented by: Vanessa Toves & BevLogik
How much did we spend on events this year?
Cloud ServiceOffice365’s SharePoint Online, Excel’s Power View
Tips
• Don’t just collect data
• Stop loosing information in email
• Look at your costs in different ways
• How did the event impact sales?
Value
• Drive a Process
• Approval Process
• Visibility & Reporting
• Accountability
• Communicate via Email
Presented by: Vanessa Toves & BevLogik
What did our Sales Reps do last week?
Cloud ServiceEnterprise: Sales Force, Dynamics CRM
Tips
• Use a partner service to implement
• Calculate the value
• Know before you go -requirements
• Incorporate your Sales data
Value
• Single Source
• Real-time
• Cloud based (SaaS)
• Drive Standards
• Bolt on tools
Presented by: Vanessa Toves & BevLogik
What did our Sales Reps do last week?
Cloud ServiceOffice365’s SharePoint Online
Tips
• Tie sales to sales activity
• Use a phone but tables work great too
Value
• Access via affordable apps
• Access anywhere
• Drive standards
• Keep it simple
• Drive Accountability
• Communicate with Distributor
• Slice and Dice Dashboard
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What’s our ROI on Events and who is our consumer?
Craft Nation, Digital Pour Social Connections, Inventory
The 4th Tier
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Update Your Locator!
Avoiding the problems
Have too & must do
Policies & Procedures
Office 365’s SharePoint Online
Tips
• Don’t just tell them what to do…tell them what NOT to do
• Include video
• Make it visual
• If it’s repeatable, document it
Value
• Drive Standards
• Ensure Safety & Quality
• Promote Training
• Know who has viewed
• Text, images, video
• Save Time & Money
• Top notch search experience
Cloud Service
Presented by: Vanessa Toves & BevLogik
Managing Overtime
Managing Overtime
Accounting, Payroll & Time Tracking
Quickbooks, ADP, GP, Your Bank
Tips
• Use an accounting software or payroll service with a mobile app for time entry
• Make sure you can create jobs or projects
Value
• State based rules
• Stay in front of your overtime
• Integration***
• Visibility & Reporting
• Electronic Time Card
Cloud Services
Presented by: Vanessa Toves & BevLogik
Drive Production - Manual
Office365’s SharePoint Online, Excel, MS Project
Tips
• Know your batch labor costs
• Get a baseline and then create impactful change
• Use it for repeatable processes
Value
• Drive standards
• Identify inefficiencies
• Visibility to more than just volume
• Accountability to roles, time & cost
• Refine your process
• Be prepared
• Training
Cloud Service & Desktop
Presented by: Vanessa Toves & BevLogik
Drive Production – Enterprise
MRP, ERP, Inventory Management, Brewery Management
Presented by: Vanessa Toves & BevLogik
Drive Production - Software Selection
Do’s
• Requirements – Please
• Know what you are solving
• Set a budget
• Involve all roles who will use the tool
• A request for information
• Take your time
• Ask other breweries what they use, the experience, and if it’s helped
Don’ts
• Just buy something
• Select it because it “integrates” with you accounting system
• Make a decision unless you’ve had several demos
• Reinvent the wheel
• Go it alone
Presented by: Vanessa Toves & BevLogik
Open Discussion
Q & A
What Drives Technology Solutions?
Existing Problems
Preventing Problems
Presented by: Vanessa Toves & BevLogik
BevLogik
Using Technology to Help
your Business Grow
Shift your thinking. Shift Your Business
