Case Study: Butterfield & Vallis achieves faster, offline tablet ordering and seamless ERP sync with jLan Mobile

Butterfield & Vallis Serves Up a Future Proof Solution with jLAN Mobile Technology

Butterfield & Vallis, a Bermuda food distributor supplying 13,000+ SKUs through a 20‑truck, 18‑rep field sales force, was hampered by a legacy mobile order-entry system built for netbooks that no longer ran on modern hardware. The old solution caused 20–30 minute daily syncs, lacked reliable offline capability and real‑time access to ERP data (Microsoft Dynamics GP), creating order delays and risking stock‑outs. To modernize field sales, they turned to jLan Mobile.

jLan Mobile implemented a customized jLan Mobile tablet solution on Microsoft Surface devices providing full offline order entry, two‑way real‑time integration with Dynamics GP, and features like order guides, stock counts, catch‑weight handling, site‑based pricing and promotion logic. The deployment eliminated lengthy syncs (saving “hundreds of hours”), sped order entry with touch screens, delivered orders instantly to the ERP for next‑day fulfillment, reduced out‑of‑stock incidents and gave reps immediate access to customer buying history and inventory — boosting service and productivity across the field team.

Butterfield & Vallis

William Mayor

CIO and VP Finance