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The Internet has changed the way we do business, and entrée.NET brings those advantages to your foodservice distribution operation.

The Internet can be a powerful tool for businesses that want to increase their sales while also decreasing costs and improving profit margins. This is especially true when you can offer your customers the convenience of entering their own orders, as well as providing them with the means to increase their own productivity.

The success of Internet based e-commerce and the millions of online shopping sites,  illustrates that when it comes to using the Internet, customers are not only capable and comfortable, but eager. In fact, many of your existing and prospective customers may have already asked you about providing an online extension of your food distribution operation.

If you are considering entrée.NET, chances are that you already have a website or are seriously considering creating one. You realize that you need to give your customers the online experience they have been asking for in order for your business to thrive. You know that by helping them, not only will your customers stay loyal, but the accuracy of orders and sales will both increase, while your costs will be slashed.

Your CUSTOMERS will enjoy the ability to:

• Easily place orders and use the system 24/7/365.
• Create custom Order Guides to speed them through the ordering process and help ensure they don’t forget critical items.
• Search and quickly locate items within your product catalog.
• View extensive information about each item, including: extensive descriptions, photos,  brand names, units of measure, pack sizes, UPC numbers, item notes, nutritional info, etc.
• View your product catalog by “Tags”, such as: Kosher, Gluten Free, Fat Free, Peanut Free, etc.
• Generate their own customizable reports, based on 13 months of their purchase history, as Excel spreadsheets or PDF files.
• View your “Specials” and other items on sale or featured.
• View their accounts receivable status, including open invoices and payments.
• View scanned invoices (if you use our entrée.DOC software).
  
  

Your SALESPEOPLE will enjoy the ability to:

• Enter and view orders for any of their assigned customers.
• Speed through entering orders using the “Standard Order” feature which knows all the products the customer normally orders.
• If given permission, the ability to enter pricing.
• Generate customized reports for any of their assigned customers as Excel spreadsheets or PDF files.
• Track potential new customers by entering Quotes, including the items they are interested in, along with their quoted prices.
• View sales graphs comparing their top 10 customers.
• Easily search your product catalog with detailed information, view pricing and weekly specials.
• Create custom Order Guides geared toward their customers, for each of their customer’s delivery locations, as well as internal departments such as produce, meats, etc.
• Easily view the status of their customer accounts, including open invoices, payments, credits, etc.
• Enter orders, manage prospects, generate quotes, print reports, etc. via the ELECTRONIC ORDER PAD.  Click here for more information and sample screenshots about the ELECTRONIC ORDER PAD. 
  
  

Your SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR will enjoy the ability to:

• Control the colors, grid layouts, restrict specific information, sort order, etc. for all entrée.NET screens.
• Control countless options such as delivery date rules, minimum and maximum order rules, item pricing, order cutoff times, etc.
• Email and customer messaging tools, so you can always stay in close contact with your customers.
• Customize and maintain your external NECS designed website without the need for a web developer.  Access to customize each page, including layout, logos, photos, text, contacts, etc. are provided.
  
  

To view specific features that this product offers, please click here.

General

• entrée.NET is optimized for speed and intensive data demands. It is SQL Server based, designed with PHP 5.
• entrée.NET works with virtually all computers.
• entrée.NET will run in many different web browsers; Internet Explorer 7 and 8, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Google Chrome.
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  puter servers are located at a “server farm”.  This is a secure location where thousands of computer servers are kept. 
• Server is guaranteed to be up 99% of the time (besides scheduled maintenance).
• Daily data backups of your data are performed.
   

Security

NECS understands that your data is precious and should never be allowed to get into the wrong hands.  Because of this, our entrée.NET system was designed to protect your data every step of the way.   The following are some points to reassure you about the security of your data:

• Customers using your website and entering orders are never directly on or have access to your company’s computer server.
• Your entrée.NET software will run on a computer server, at a secure, offsite location.
• All data is encrypted before transmission from your company's in-house server to the entrée.NET server.
• Once loaded onto the server, your data is protected by several security measures and behind multiple “firewalls” so it’s safe from hackers and other unwanted intruders.
• When customers log on with an authorized “Username” and “Password,” they can only view their own data, such as their open receivables and sales history. There are also options available to further limit what can be seen by your customers. For instance, you can prevent item prices from showing if you choose.
   

Shared Server vs. Dedicated Server

Normally, entrée.NET runs on a “shared server,” which means your license of the software is running on a server with other NECS customers.  Using a “shared server” is normally fast enough for the average sized food distributor, having less than 500 orders/day entered via the entrée.NET system.

• You also have the option to run entrée.NET on a “dedicated server”.  This server would be maintained for you by NECS and would be devoted to your company’s use.
• A dedicated server is ideal for food distributors with a large amount of data and many customer transactions, as it would provide the fastest possible operation of entrée.NET.
• NECS recommends a dedicated server for our customers who average more than 500 customer orders/day.

Pricing for the NECS entrée.NET system starts at $995 and increases depending on the options selected.

If you would like more information related to pricing or a specific quote for your company’s needs, please click here.

If you currently are not an NECS entrée software user and do not have plans to make the switch to entree, but would like to utilize the entrée.NET and ELECTRONIC ORDER PAD technology with your current software, then our “Private Label Server License” may be right for you.

Because we designed entrée.NET with an “open interface”, it is possible that it can interface with your current ERP / accounting software. 

As long as you have access to export necessary data (such as customer, inventory, special pricing, open accounts receivable, etc.) and then import customer order data (as entered into entrée.NET and/or the ELECTRONIC ORDER PAD) , then the “Private Label Server License” may be your perfect solution.

Benefits of the “Private Label Server License”:

• Designed for the specific needs of food service distributors that normal e-commerce solutions cannot handle.
• Enables you to use the proven, field tested and reliable technology of entrée.NET and the ELECTRONIC ORDER PAD, which currently processes almost $1 million (and growing) sales per day for NECS customers.
• Eliminates the time required to create your own solution.
• Eliminates the bugs and headaches you would have to deal with if creating your own solution.
• You pay one flat fee for the server license, and a monthly set fee for Software Maintenance.  Whether you process 100 orders/day or 1 million orders/day, there are no extra fee’s (as long as your server can handle the traffic).
• The “Private Labeling” concept removes all references to “entrée”, so that it appears to your customers and DSR’s (Distributor Sales Reps) as your own application.
• Ideal for large food distributors looking to immediately roll out a proven solution.
• Ideal for computer software companies looking to provide a new option for their customer base, along with a new revenue stream.
• Server runs under Linux providing speed, stability and a lower cost point vs. Windows Server.
• NECS can customize any part of entrée.NET and the ELECTRONIC ORDER PAD to address your company’s specific needs at a reasonable price.
• NECS will build the server for you and guarantee all software modules are installed properly and operational.

Server Specifications (subject to change):

• Linux, RHEL5 recommended or CentOS 5
• PostgreSQL 8.4 database engine
• Apache 2.2.x
• PHP 5.2.x (modules: PDO, mcrypt, mbstring, pgsql, gd, xml)

If you would like more information related to pricing or a specific quote for your company’s needs, please click here.

	Version 3.6.7a Date: 02/15/2012 Click here to download the PDF! Feature Flash Summary: "Special Order” Items Support added to entrée,entrée.NET,entrée.EOP and entrée.DSR. Metric Conversion factor updated to be more accurate in entrée, entrée.DSR & entrée.UPC. entrée version 3.6.7 - 3.6.7a; Assign Routes “Re-assign Invoice Date” Security Option, Invoicing updates count and weight totals,Search Inventory by Manufacturer’s Item Number,Create/Change Invoice enhancements to Prior Sales dialog and Sale Price save, Reports updates, Customer File “Exclude from .NET Export” Option. entrée.NET version 3.3.4 - Display Manufacturer Item # in Catalog Page of the Website. entrée.DSR version 1.1.19 - Access to View Inventory and Customers Updated. entrée.UPC version 2.2.10 - Metric conversion factor. Electronic Order Pad (EOP)- Generate, View and Email Reports, Quantity Ordered Field Format Change. entrée.DOT - Sync UPC Code Feature. entrée.FS - Salesperson Laptop Permissions for Food Show module.
	Version 3.6.6 Date: 12/20/2011 Click here to download the PDF! Feature Flash Summary: Assign Routes Refresh options, IFM Brand name, Brand Maintenance utility, Invoicing pieces per case, cost price update for piece items, Open Credits process, Picking Labels options to configure with temperature zones and only print for catchweight items. entrée.UPC Activity Log Report and Product Recall Report. entrée.NET Orders section on Home tab, Display Gross Profit dollars and percent in cart option, added support for color coding DOT Foods items. Website new Ads system for Banner ads. Min / Max Order weight option. Electronic Order Pad can Display Brand images, Edit description in orders, view pending orders and invoices.
	Version 3.6.5 Date: 11/16/2011 Click here to download the PDF! Feature Flash Summary: Inventory search by Manufacturer Item number, Invoicing show last received date option, Enter Payables sort by check date or check number options, Picking Labels Box Id value. entrée.DOT support for 8 tier pricing. Electronic Order Pad system options for GP review, allow sales to enter route number, Hide gross profit in order entry screen, Brand support added. entrée.NET search by item UPC, Date Filtered standard order, option to show only items in the last standard order, Allow sales to enter prices below base cost, enforce credit hold for salespeople. Website features to email blog postings and utilize 3rd party mailing lists.
	Version 3.6.1 Date: 07/21/2011 Click here to download the PDF! Feature Flash Summary: Assign Routes utility refresh options, system options, Stop Numbers. Unlimited Company Invoice Headings, IFM internet image search, Apply promotion to price break option, show landed cost in future pricing, access to apply credit discount in cash receipts, report enhancements entrée.NET – Website Blog, Join Our Email List, Contact Email. Salesperson Call List, Resend Customer Account Information, DOT Foods support and Electronic Order Pad support. entrée.DOT – Introduction to product features. entrée.DSR – Gross Profit adjustments for Bottle Deposits and Lot Based items priced by weight. Electronic Order Pad - Introduction to product features.
	Version 3.2.4 Date: 04/15/2011 Click here to download the PDF! Feature Flash Summary: Website Social Networking feature to add feeds for Twitter and Facebook. Now add web page Background images and ability to display large item images.
	Version 3.5.14 Date: 02/10/2011 Click here to download the PDF! Feature Flash Summary: Manufacturer File Maintenance utility, assigning manufacturers to items, list of reports supporting manufacturer, AR Release Journal report, Modify Special Prices customer exclusion filter. UPC Bar codes available in reports and labels. entrée.NET - Order Import Report company name field, Promotions feature, Forgotten Password reset option, website sort options. entrée.WMS enhancements.
	Version 3.5.13a Date: 12/22/2010 Click here to download the PDF! Feature Flash Summary: Calculate Gross Profit using Landed Cost, Invoicing shows Last Sale Date, Last Price, Last Profit percent, Physical Adjustments by Class, Inventory Count Sheet catchweight lines. entrée.NET – Export utility, Import Scheduler options, Case Count, Unit Price Warning, Password change and viewing, Restricted Items, Default Order Guide, Min/Max Order Quantity, Website Design tools: Color schemes, Banner editor, Default Sort options. Forgotten Password reset option. entrée.AP – Company Maintenance Discount and Adjustment Accounts assignments