Release offers enhanced security options, time-saving features, and powerful analytical tools for foodservice manufacturers
Answers Systems, the leading provider of foodservice trade promotion management solutions, deployed the ContractPro® version 4.2 release this month. The version 4.2 release provides features aimed at enhancing security of client instances of the ContractPro portal, increasing user productivity, and providing access to robust new analytical reports in the new ContractPro 3D reports module.
Enhanced Security Feature
Password reset and strength policy at the client level: because each client may have varying standards of password strength and reset frequency, the ContractPro version 4.2 release rolls out new, client-managed password security policy management. Broker users who represent more than one ContractPro customer will still be able to use the ContractPro User central sign-on, and their password set up rule will default to the client's policy that has the most rigorous standard.
Increased Productivity Features
The majority of features in the ContractPro version 4.2 release will represent major time-savings and productivity increases for clients. Among this feature set are:
- Auto load estimated volume from actuals: volume for renewed contracts will be auto-populated in the new contract version based on historical purchase activity from a previous version. Users can use the historical purchase volume as the estimate or adjust them based on growth or other factors that may impact the customer's purchase behavior.
- Spreadsheet pricing: the ContractPro spreadsheet pricing feature allows users to leverage the power and familiarity of products such as the Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheet application to price contracts in either online or off-line mode.
- Additional time-saving features include new Workflow Rules Engine and various enhanced search capabilities.
New Contract Reporting Capabilities
The ContractPro v4.2 release also includes the launch of the ContractPro 3D reporting v1. ContractPro 3D reporting provides users with both static and dynamic reporting options to analyze trade promotion data in a more robust and efficient way than ever before. With this new version, Clients will be able to designate "super users" who can create and deploy custom reporting across their organization.
"We continue to provide the most mature workflow solutions available in Foodservice TPM and we've established ourselves as a dominant leader in that space. Now, the release of ContractPro 3D Reporting capabilities marks a pivotal step in Answers Systems evolution where we expose the full potential of the information produced by these systems," said Shawn Cady, Vice President of Marketing at Answers Systems.
Since 1986, Answers Systems has been meeting the unique trade promotion management needs of the Foodservice industry. The company stays on the leading edge of software development and service delivery with the ContractPro® solution for Foodservice manufacturers and the ValuTrak® solution for multi-unit Foodservice operators. Answers Systems solutions provide real-time visibility into the performance of trading partner agreements and support quantifiable ROI improvements for its client base.