orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2013 vermont information processing type esop industry route accounting software founded 1973 founder howard aiken headquarters colchester vermont united states 1 area served united states key people dan byrnes ray rouleau products 25 distributor solutions 15 supplier solutions number of employees 200 300 website http public.vtinfo.com vermont information processing inc. vip is a small business in the route accounting software industry with a large software suite for soft drink bottlers wine and beer distributors and brewers . vip s route accounting software runs on an ibm iseries in the cloud and is accessed through microsoft windows ; mobile solutions run on windows mobile ios and android . contents 1 history 2 route accounting software 3 warehouse management system 4 day care 5 user s conference 6 references 7 external links history edit vermont information processing was founded in 1973 by howard aiken . the company purchased third shift computer time from a local bus company and focused on providing sales analysis services to distributors of soft drinks wine and beer . distributors mailed retailer invoices to vip where they were keyed into a mainframe computer for processing the sales analysis reports were returned to the distributors via united states postal service mail . the transition from a service provider to a software development firm started in 1975 with the advent of affordable ibm mini computers for distributors . 2 the original vip software applications had an emphasis on route accounting functions as well as the backbone sales analysis suite . the mainstream use of handheld computers started in 1978 3 with beverage salesmen using the devices to enter retail orders in the field and transmit them to the minicomputers . in subsequent years handheld computers were heavily used by warehouse and delivery personnel . 4 in 1979 vip grew to 15 employees and moved to new headquarters in colchester vermont . the business expanded to over 30 people by 1991 and the company built and occupied a 32 000 square foot office building . 5 vermont information processing headquarters on watertower hill 2001 was a pivotal year for vip . the company branched from its solid base in distributor software and started offering services for beverage suppliers . 6 the vip employee stock ownership plan esop also started in 2001 with 30 % of the company being owned by the employees . vip welcomed the change back to its roots of providing services to both distributors and suppliers this time via a cloud computing solution named asp 7 rather than the 1970s method of using the us postal service . vip is a solutions provider for ibm 8 axces systems a supplier services firm from new york was acquired in 2002 . in 2003 and 2005 vip acquired beverage software competitors microvane of kalamazoo mi 9 and wholesaler computer systems wcs of st. louis mo. in 2015 vip acquired bdn systems from neilsen to compliment the growth of the supplier services . in 2007 vip implemented regression testing to expedite the testing of new features and versions . 10 vip now 100 % employee owned counts over 1 000 distributors and 100 suppliers as customers who use its software suite . the company has offices in charlotte san diego st. louis and kalamazoo in addition to the headquarters in colchester . 11 route accounting software edit the core of vip s software solution is the route accounting software . route accounting software is used by companies to keep track of product as it moves through the distribution process from the time it is received from the supplier to the time it is delivered to the retailer . warehouse management system edit vip has a warehouse management system wms that incorporates handheld technology that can transmit information about inventory movements and transactions in real time to the route accounting software . day care edit vip has had an on site daycare facility providing education services to children of employees of the colchester office since 1991 . 12 user s conference edit vip holds a user s conference annually in the fall and it is attended by vip route accounting system customers business partners hardware vendors and other interested parties . 13 references edit vermont information processing vip . nbwa go to guide for beer distributors . retrieved 2013 10 28 . ibm archives ibm system 32 . 03 . ibm.com . retrieved 2012 08 01 . computerworld google boeken . books.google.com . 1980 12 15 . retrieved 2012 08 01 . edwards john . truckers get connected . inbound logistics . retrieved 2012 08 01 . vermont information processing inc. about vermont information processing . public.vtinfo.com . retrieved 2012 08 01 . vermont information processing inc. supplier solutions vermont information processing . public.vtinfo.com . retrieved 2012 08 01 . vermont information processing inc. distributor solutions vermont information processing . public.vtinfo.com . retrieved 2012 08 01 . ibm business partner locator . 304 . ibm.com . retrieved 2012 08 01 . 1 dead link original software case study pdf . origsoft.com . retrieved 2013 10 28 . vermont information processing 1970 01 01 . vermont information processing google maps . maps.google.com . retrieved 2012 08 01 . vermont information processing inc. colchester vt early childhood program . childcarecenter.us . retrieved 2012 08 01 . 2011 vip users conference . vtinfo.com . 2011 09 09 . retrieved 2012 08 01 . external links edit vermont information processing website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vermont information processing & oldid 699817884 categories companies based in vermontsoftware companies of the united stateshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2013orphaned articles from february 2013all orphaned 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