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Claims – To hold up or not hold up, what is required?

By Tracy McQuilkin In order to accurately process a claim we not only need a valid contract in ContractPro but we also require specific information on the actual claims themselves. If the information is missing from a claim we receive we place the claim on hold until the information is received. Below are some of the fields we must have, note depending on the claim type the fields vary. If you would like the full SOP for these requirements please contact your Answers Systems Account Manager. To ensure your customers are submitting the following when requesting rebates for Contracted deviated or HQ...

posted @ Friday, January 28, 2011 3:54 PM | Feedback (0)

With the constant evolution of supply chain technology, nothing ever stays the same--it’s changing all the time

Answers Systems has been in production with our proprietary application, EclaimSM since 2006 – it’s allowed us to become an industry leader with billback data acquisition and implement foodservice trading partner inter-connectivity at every opportunity. Most of the Top 50 Broadline Distributors have already been set up and 70 of the largest chain operators are sending their claims electronically to their designated client mailbox at Answers. Eclaim is a perfected blend of technology and dedi

posted @ Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:44 AM | Feedback (0)

The Emperor Has No Clothes

Posted by John Nicholas Over the past eight years I have interviewed scores of foodservice manufacturers. At some point in the conversation, I ask them whether their sales and marketing efforts and trade spend dollars are primarily geared toward operators or distributors? Every manufacturer recognizes the value of their distributor partners, and the need to support the distributor’s efforts in getting their products to market. Having said that, most manufacturers feel more than a little quea

posted @ Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:18 AM | Feedback (0)

Houston, Do We Really Have a Problem?

Posted by Greg Hilton Are you one of those folks who, when prompted to participate in a problem-solving meeting or discussion, cannot help but get involved in the dialogue? Are you the type that likes to hang back and see how the discussion progresses and then give your two cents? I was reminded of a third type of person (just last evening) that has a tendency to want to lead the dialogue, quite certain that they understand enough of the facts to give great insight to those around me… um, him

posted @ Wednesday, September 02, 2009 10:03 AM | Feedback (0)

Customer Marketing Information

Posted by Tom Tipps For Operator Agreements, our systems supports the development of one umbrella agreement covering all aspects of an Operator deal. This helps align all case purchases and $ spending against that one Operator. So, the agreement might involve headquarter programs (rebates + any number of marketing incentives), as well as deviated pricing thru the distributor to the individual units. Our system presents a deal proforma (plan) to the approver for each new agreement, and then tracks monthly/weekly performance against the original plan. Operators are assigned a segment codes (we use the Technomic segment tree). All data such as SKU's, category...

posted @ Thursday, March 06, 2008 12:00 AM | Feedback (0)