Technology

As a company, we continually try to stay on top of new technology to support all facets of our business. We utilize today’s industry-leading software like Encompass Technologies, Cirrus Tech, Rehrig Pacific, Office365, QuickBooks, and Geotab, to name a few. These allow us to provide the best tools for our employees to continually support the growing needs of our customers and supplier partners. We can also make better business decisions by integrating data and our over 70 years of experience.

By remaining on the cutting edge, Long Beverage can:

• Focus on selling opportunities and manage out-of-stocks.
• Increase accountability.
• Simplify daily employee tasks.
• Access tools from anywhere with an internet connection.
• Provide real-time data to our teams in the field.
• Increase accuracy and lower operational costs.
• Implement rewarding KPIs.
• Provide in-depth training to every member of our team.
• House more inventory using high density storage within a smaller footprint.

VOR – Our Accuracy Engine (and why it makes delivery day feel easy)

We love tools that make the workday smoother for our team and better for our retailers. The newest one we’re excited about is Vision Object Recognition (VOR), our warehouse accuracy engine, built with Rehrig Pacific. As pallets are built, VOR’s AI “eyes” verify what’s on them and flag anything that doesn’t match. The outcome is simple: the right product leaves our facility the first time, so delivery day feels less like a checkpoint and more like a handoff.

You’ll feel it on the back dock – faster check-ins, fewer questions, and consistent, trusted deliveries that keep shelves stocked and plans on track. Our team feels it, too: less time spent on repetitive audits, more time serving customers, and clear accountability backed by real data.

Biggest Benefits (at a glance)

• Faster, friction-free check-ins at retail
• Fewer disputes and credits thanks to upstream visual confirmation
• Consistent, trusted deliveries that keep shelves stocked
• Real-time data to the field for smarter decisions and follow-through
• Higher accuracy, lower operating cost across the organization
• Rewarding KPIs and accountability that help our people win

What’s Next
We’re just getting started. Long Beverage will continue piloting and advancing AI-driven innovations with Rehrig Pacific to keep raising the bar on speed, transparency, and service for our retailers and our team.

Fleet Safety & Productivity

Long Beverage prioritizes fleet safety and operational efficiency through partnerships with Uptake and Geotab, leveraging advanced GPS tracking, onboard cameras, and vehicle diagnostics. Weekly driver scorecards monitor key safety metrics—such as speeding and harsh driving—to promote safer driving behaviors and reduce collision risk. Onboard camera systems further enhance safety by providing objective insight into driving events, supporting driver coaching, and protecting employees through accurate incident review and fair resolution.

Live tracking allows for accurate delivery timing, efficient dispatching, and rapid support when needed, while real-time vehicle health monitoring and preventive maintenance tools proactively identify issues before breakdowns occur. These technologies minimize roadside incidents, reduce repair costs, and help keep our fleet operating safely and reliably.

Operational Impact

By addressing challenges such as dense customer territories, rising fuel costs, and tight delivery windows, these solutions deliver measurable efficiencies, including:

• Reduced miles driven, fleet size, overtime, and idle time
• Lower fuel consumption, emissions, and environmental impact
• Increased vehicle capacity and asset reliability
• Improved customer service and delivery consistency
• Reduced operational risk through predictive diagnostics and maintenance

Beyond protecting our employees, these safety technologies also enhance community safety by encouraging responsible driving and accountability. Together, they support continuous improvement and reinforce Long Beverage’s commitment to operating safely, efficiently, and responsibly in the communities we serve.

Retail Planning Software

Retail Space Planning offers store-specific, micro-merchandising and collaboration capabilities that efficiently optimize the position, performance, and layout of product categories for better alignment with local consumer demand.  Ensuring customers can find the products they want, when they want them determines whether those products are driving sales or drawing dust. Long Beverage uses Blue Yonder Space Planning which helps construct, manage, and optimize detailed retail planograms that enable companies to optimize merchandise space allocations and efficiently execute demand-driven category and assortment management plans.

How does it solve your business challenges?
By matching merchandise strategies with the way consumers shop, Blue Yonder Space Planning helps you determine how much product you sell, how long it will take to sell it and how much to keep in stock. Tracking fixture types and dimensions at each store enables you to monitor available space and how much product will fit on each fixture. By using the advanced three-dimensional graphics engine, you can see exactly how your store presentation will look.

What are the benefits?

• Increased sales, profits and inventory return on investment by optimizing space allocation.
• Elimination of inaccurate assortment.
• Ability to increase customer satisfaction with demand-driven planning.