Alpine started in 1983 by serving a niche market, selling to jobbers or distributors in smaller quantities, helping them maximize their cash flow while increasing turns. This concept also benefited the manufacturers, who were able to get products to distributors in smaller quantities without lowering their own minimums. Alpine Food Distributing is now one of the largest food distribution companies in the Pacific Northwest, with three locations, 115 employees, and distribution in nine different states.
ALPINE’S WORK ENVIRONMENT BEFORE ADOPTING OFFICE 365
- Alpine was running an outdated Mail Server (not Exchange) installed on a local Windows server. There were support issues, configuration issues and occasionally downtime (1 hour to 2 Days).
- The mail server did not support the full feature set of Outlook.
- Each desktop had a different version of Office ranging from 2003 – 2012. We had compatibility issues with document sizes, formatting limitations and Outlook mailboxes.
