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Expert: - 1/11/2012


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I have this Idea for a new liquor line but I want to pay someone to make it for me and distribute it when the right combo has come up is there a place or someone I can call that will distill it for me

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There are companies out there that would take distilling jobs, for example Frank-Lin.  These are tight relationships by their nature - given the period to distill and change over lines; it will cost you.  It's not like buying a t-shirt.  You need to do a lot of work to assess the capability and for the jobber to build trust in you; and you'll have to come up with funds, upfront.

Finding a distiller though is just a piece of the overall puzzle.  Have you thought through other key aspects like sourcing capital, distribution, quality control and marketing?

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Over 27 years experience, with 17 in international FMCG in back office operations and in field sales and data collection, including design, development and deployment of Handhelds, Marketing Equipment (Service, Tracking and Return on Investment), reporting and Vending management. Have participated on the launch of operations in new markets, and re-engineered the back office in several countries.

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Designed and led the development and deployment internal ERP system for Pepsi used in On-Premise/Vending in 13 markets. Designed 2 handheld systems, the latest is now deployed in 4 markets internationally. Re-engineered the back office functions (settlements, despatch, invoicing, credit control, etc) for over 20 snack, confectionary and beverage operators. Developing software: Progress, VB, Access, C, Sybase, SA

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State University of New York - BA Economics NYU - Courant - Graduate work - Computing

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PepsiAmericas PepsiCola International PepsiCola Company British Steel British Telecom Britvic (Pepsi's bottler in the UK) AT&T BellSouth Mars Overseas Bottling Pepsi France Matutano (Frito-Lay Spain) Frito-Lay Pepsi Foods International Chase Manhattan Bank Kidder Peabody National Power SmithKline Beecham Mars Overseas Bottling (Pepsi Azerbaijan) A&P Bottling (Pepsi Serbia & Montenegro) Iberia Bottlers (Pepsi Georgia)

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