Mobile Sales & DSD for Aptean ERP
Kaela extends Aptean into the daily work of food, beverage, and route-distribution teams. Reps and drivers take orders, sell from vehicle inventory, complete deliveries, handle returns, invoice customers, collect payments, and remain productive offline. HandApps brings deep mobile sales and DSD experience to the integration while Aptean remains the operational and financial system of record.
Bring Aptean pricing, inventory, and customer information into every sales and delivery stop
The route doesn't become simpler because the ERP is sophisticated. Inventory still has to match what's on the truck. Deliveries still need confirmation. Returns, credits, payments, substitutions, and refused items still need to be handled at the customer.
Kaela brings Aptean customer, product, pricing, inventory, and account information into those field workflows. Activity returns to Aptean without relying on paper trails or end-of-day rekeying.
- Presales for later warehouse or route delivery
- Van sales and delivery from carried inventory
- Returns, credits, substitutions, and refused-item handling
- Mobile invoices, receipts, signatures, and payment collection
- Offline route operation with synchronization back to Aptean
- Configurable support for food and beverage operational requirements
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Sell more at every visit — and bill sooner
Keep every route moving
Drivers and reps have the customer, inventory, pricing, and document information they need on the device, reducing calls to the office and delays at the stop.
Protect product and margin
Customer-specific pricing and promotions apply during the transaction, while route and vehicle inventory remain visible through sales, deliveries, returns, and adjustments.
Close the route with less cleanup
Delivery, invoicing, collection, returns, and inventory activity are captured during the route, reducing the paperwork and correction work waiting at the end of the day.
Built for how food and beverage distributors actually sell and deliver
Presales, van sales, and delivery together
Kaela supports reps taking orders for later fulfillment, drivers delivering existing orders, users selling from truck inventory, and operations that combine all three.
Field workflows designed around DSD
Route-day activity can include inventory review, selling, delivery, invoice adjustments, returns, signatures, payment collection, reconciliation, and reporting from the same mobile environment.
Industry experience behind the integration
HandApps has spent decades building mobile sales and DSD solutions for food, beverage, and distribution operations, including the customer-specific rules that generic mobile applications often overlook.
Twenty-five years inside the realities of food and beverage DSD
HandApps' experience includes mobile sales, route delivery, van inventory, customer-specific pricing, promotions, returns, proof of delivery, DEX, and distributor workflows that must keep operating every day. Kaela brings that accumulated experience to organizations running Aptean.
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Common questions
Is there a DSD app for Aptean ERP?
Yes. Kaela is a mobile sales and DSD app built for distributors and manufacturers running Aptean. Reps take and price orders in the field, and every order flows into Aptean through a HandApps-built integration on its approved APIs.
Does Kaela support both presales and sell-off-the-truck operations with Aptean?
Yes. Presales reps can take orders for later delivery, van-sales users can carry and sell inventory during the visit, and delivery users can fulfill orders already created in Aptean. Organizations can configure these roles around their operating model.
Does Kaela fit Aptean Food & Beverage operations?
Yes. HandApps has deep roots in food and beverage DSD — van sales off the truck, pre-sales for delivery, lot and date tracking in the field — the way F&B distributors and manufacturers actually sell.
Does Kaela work offline with Aptean?
Yes. Kaela is fully offline. Orders, pricing, and customer data live on the device, so reps keep selling in a dead zone or a walk-in freezer, and everything syncs into Aptean automatically when a connection returns.
Can Kaela support grocery and retail delivery requirements?
Kaela includes optional DSD capabilities such as proof of delivery, customer signatures, document printing, returns, inventory tracking, and DEX integration. The specific configuration depends on the retailer requirements and the workflow agreed during implementation.
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