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Asakana

Automate order entry for food distributors

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Asakana is an order-entry automation tool for food distributors that converts customer messages into order drafts in an existing ERP. Orders arrive through text, calls, voicemail, email, WhatsApp, WeChat, and sales rep free-text, and are consolidated into a single structured workflow. Each line is matched to the catalog and entered as a draft, with unclear items flagged for review before the team approves the order in the system they already use.

The platform handles food-specific complexity such as product aliases, grades, pack sizes, units, and customer-specific preferences across produce, meat, specialty foods, seafood, and other categories. It connects to existing communication channels and integrates directly with most major ERPs, including legacy platforms via API or custom integration, as well as spreadsheets. Customer and business data is not used to train shared AI models.

Asakana is built for food distributors, with particular depth in seafood. A free trial is available for early customers, arranged through a demo walkthrough of the specific workflow.

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