{"id":36322,"date":"2024-07-16T10:18:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T08:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aton.com\/?p=36322"},"modified":"2025-11-10T12:13:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:13:03","slug":"the-world-hidden-coffee-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aton.com\/en\/the-world-hidden-coffee-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"The world hidden in a coffee cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered what there is behind this simple daily rite that takes place at the bar?<\/p>\n<p>You would find a whole logistic and commercial articulate chain, continuously improving its performance thanks to <strong>process digitalization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Less paper is used and a series of intelligent applications interconnect the various parties and allow them to improve their efficiency in the different phases.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72765 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/aton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/EN_digitalization_aton.gif\" alt=\"Digitalization of the commercial and logistics chain\" width=\"911\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Prospecting<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It all begins with <a title=\"Prospecting\" href=\"https:\/\/aton.com\/en\/customers-prospects-and-competitors-within-maps-reach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>prospecting<\/b><\/a>, on the basis of a precise market segmentation: there are specialized figures that visit and study the ho.re.ca. world, collect information and define the potentialities of a given space for a certain coffee brand or other products, like beverages, ice-creams or snacks.<\/p>\n<p><b>Contractualization<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, there come sales figures that undertake contacts with the customer and manage the supply contractualization phase, which defines terms, product assortments, commercial acquisition conditions regarding foreseen sell-in and sell-out volumes, PoP material (stands, signs, etc.), loans (e.g. refrigerators or devices such as coffee machines, shop signs\u2026), etc.<\/p>\n<p>This contract can be completely managed in a digital mode by means of an approving workflow which starts from a <strong><a title=\"mobile CRM\" href=\"https:\/\/aton.com\/en\/why-on-the-move-sales-need-mobile-crm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CRM mobile application<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><div class=\"custom_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aton.com\/en\/onecrm\/\" class=\"dropbtn mx-auto _slim\" title=\"Explore .one CRM\" target=\"\" ><div class=\"dropbtn_content\">Explore .one CRM<\/div><div class=\"dropbtn_drop\"><i class=\"sn_sprite _button_drop \"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 147 64\"><use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/aton\/assets\/images\/icons.svg#button-drop\" \/><\/svg><\/i><\/div><div class=\"dropbtn_spacer\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Goods provision<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Recurring supply processes for a space such as a bar or restaurant may be highly-frequent (e.g. fresh products, like milk) or less frequent (e.g. like coffee). It may be described as a <a title=\"A complete suite for your salesforce\" href=\"https:\/\/aton.com\/en\/sales-force-automation-direct-store-delivery-ecommerce-b2b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>pre-sale<\/strong><\/a>, by which a salesperson places an order which will be later delivered or as an<a href=\"https:\/\/aton.com\/en\/solution\/attempted-sale-digital-delivery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strong>direct store delivery<\/strong><\/a>, by which the supplier sells and at the same time delivers the goods he has got in his van, providing the customer with a sales document. All these processes are nowadays digitalized and documents may be <strong>paperless<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><div class=\"custom_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aton.com\/en\/onevan-van-sales-direct-store-delivery\/\" class=\"dropbtn mx-auto _slim\" title=\"Explore .one VAN\" target=\"\" ><div class=\"dropbtn_content\">Explore .one VAN<\/div><div class=\"dropbtn_drop\"><i class=\"sn_sprite _button_drop \"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 147 64\"><use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/aton\/assets\/images\/icons.svg#button-drop\" \/><\/svg><\/i><\/div><div class=\"dropbtn_spacer\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Payments<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In these contexts there may take place goods payments or takings corresponding to previous supplies, either in cash or through <a title=\"Digital payments in B2B food service sales solutions\" href=\"https:\/\/aton.com\/en\/digital-payments-b2b-food-service-sales-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>digital payment methods<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Profitability control\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It is necessary to monitor salespeople\u2019s results and control every customer\u2019s profitability (bar, restaurant, etc.) always bearing in mind the CLV (<a title=\"Customer Lifetime Value\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Customer_lifetime_value\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Customer Lifetime Value<\/a>) which takes into account acquisition (or installation) costs and annual profitability for the customer\u2019s retention years.<\/p>\n<p>This is why it is necessary to have <strong>sales data analysis tools<\/strong> as well as census tools regarding every cost detected by the applications mentioned above (sales costs, loans, etc.), maybe helped by <strong>data visualization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><div class=\"custom_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aton.com\/en\/onesfa-sales-force-automation\/\" class=\"dropbtn mx-auto _slim\" title=\"Explore .one SFA\" target=\"\" ><div class=\"dropbtn_content\">Explore .one SFA<\/div><div class=\"dropbtn_drop\"><i class=\"sn_sprite _button_drop \"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 147 64\"><use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/aton\/assets\/images\/icons.svg#button-drop\" \/><\/svg><\/i><\/div><div class=\"dropbtn_spacer\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All this is proved by companies like\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/aton.com\/en\/case-studies\/segafredo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Segafredo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aton.com\/en\/case-studies\/hausbrandt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hausbrandt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aton.com\/en\/case-studies\/caffe-vergnano\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vergnano<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aton.com\/en\/case-studies\/granarolo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Granarolo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aton.com\/en\/case-studies\/dac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DAC<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/aton.com\/en\/case-studies\/procaffe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Procaff\u00e8<\/a>, <\/b>which have adopted Aton\u2019s latest-generation digital sales solutions for the ho.re.ca. and normal trade worlds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered what there is behind this simple daily rite that takes place at the bar? You would find a whole logistic and commercial articulate chain, continuously improving its performance thanks to process digitalization. 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