Route Accounting Industry Going Through Dramatic Change

Route accounting is going through a dramatic change. The reasons are economic, and the beneficiaries of the changes will be beer wholesalers. When the route accounting industry came into existence in the 1970s and 80s, it was primarily used as a way to track sales and distribution, and later to reduce admin costs by transmitting orders through handhelds. Eventually route accounting software evolved to include automated check-in for drivers, inventory management, A/R, electronic reporting to suppliers, more sophisticated sales and