Works alongside MDBS 3.0 · Read-only

Run the route on your phone.
Run the business from your desk.

DBRBand-Aid reads the data you already keep in MDBS and fills the gaps: route-day tools, cash flow, inventory, collections and a coach that explains your numbers. Nothing in MDBS changes.

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Phone · laptop · iPad  ·  Set up on your MDBS PC in about 10 minutes

Why distributors use it

MDBS keeps the books. It doesn't tell you where to spend Thursday.

Today

You find out a customer is slipping when the balance is already too big to collect.

With DBRBand-Aid

Customers are sorted into Protect, Watch and Collect from their real payment history, so the stop list tells you who to see first.

Today

Monday's tool bill and Wednesday's bills show up before you know if the week covered them.

With DBRBand-Aid

Cash flow shows money in, pass-through money and bills week by week, with a 13-week look ahead and what you can safely pay yourself.

Today

The truck is full, but a big share of it hasn't sold in a year.

With DBRBand-Aid

Inventory shows turns, weeks on hand and dead stock by category, with a clear-out plan that frees up cash first.

What you get

One app for the truck. One for the desk.

Route day, on your phone

Today's stops, balances, wish lists and requests. Log visits, promises and calls as you go. Payments still go into MDBS, and show up after the next sync.

Cash flow

Weekly or monthly view, a bills calendar, budgets by category and an owner-pay planner. Enter expenses by hand, or connect your bank through Plaid and let AI import and sort every transaction.

Route analysis

Your Friday review in four questions. Sales, margin, TP and PSA balances by day of the week and by customer group, in tables you can sort any way.

Inventory

Is the truck the right size? Turns, aging and dead stock by category, a buying plan for the coming season, and an item lookup that works even when your store has never carried it.

Customers & collections

Receivables by route day and shop, saved views, and stages you can tune. See prospects, best customers, who's slipping and who's behind.

A business coach

Like a field trainer on screen. It speaks up at the week's checkpoints, explains one number at a time with the math, and leaves the decision to you.

Take a look inside

The screens you'll use every week

See the week the way you run it: money in against breakeven, every bill, what is safe to pay yourself, and the money that was never yours to spend.

app.dbrbandaid.com/cash-flow Sample data

Cash flow

WeekMonth◀ Oct 19 – 25 ▶
ManualAI · bank connected

Money in

$8,140

✓ $640 over breakeven

Spent

$5,212

of $5,600 budget

Your pay

$900

Paid Wed 10/21

Left

$1,418

after sales tax

Spending you control

Fuel

$302 of $420 · 72%

✓ On pace
Repairs

$610 of $350 · 174%

! Over budget
Phone & software

$118 of $120 · 98%

▲ Will go over
Card fees

$96 of $140 · 69%

✓ On pace

Fixed bills and your pay

Tool bill

$3,500

✓ Paid

Note

$412

✓ Paid

Truck payment

$138

set aside

Insurance

$74

due Nov 3

Before Wednesday

Bank balance$11,240
− Bills due Wed$4,812
− Sales tax held$610
− Cushion$5,000
Room above cushion$818

Not yours to spend

Sales tax$610
PSA collections$1,240
CIB$180

How it works

Up and running before your next route day.

  1. 01

    Sign up

    Create your account on the web or on your phone. We review and approve each new store before its data starts syncing.

  2. 02

    Install the connector

    On the Windows 10 or 11 computer that runs MDBS, download the guided setup. Approve the computer by scanning a code with your phone. No administrator password, no keys to type, no changes to MDBS.

  3. 03

    Open the app

    Your numbers appear after the first sync, and your full history fills in over the next few. MDBS keeps working normally. After that the app stays current every 15 minutes.

Your data

Built so it can't break the POS.

The connector only reads. It runs as the Windows account MDBS already uses, sends data out over an encrypted connection, and is built so the counter never slows down.

Read-only, always

Nothing is ever written back to MDBS. You keep working in it exactly as you do today.

Sensitive numbers stay home

Social Security, card and bank numbers are blanked on your PC before anything is sent.

No way in from outside

Outbound only. No open ports and no remote access to your PC. Each store has its own key, which can be turned off at any time.

Bank connection through Plaid

Plaid is a secure, proven service used by thousands of financial apps. We only read transactions. We never see your account numbers or move money.

You decide who sees what

Roles for a manager, office help, a route helper or your accountant, with money screens on or off per person.

Pricing

Try it on your own route for 30 days.

Use every feature with your real MDBS data. If it doesn't earn its keep, uninstall the connector and ask us to delete your store's data.

Join as one of the first 50 stores and pay half the regular price for your whole first year.

One store

Founding price · first 50 stores

$25/month$50

for your first year, after a 30-day free trial

Then $50/month. Stores that join after the first 50 pay $50/month from the start.

  • Phone app and owner web app
  • Cash flow, route, inventory and customers
  • AI expense tools: bank transactions imported through Plaid and sorted for you
  • Business coach
  • Connector updates and email support
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Questions owners ask

Does it change anything in MDBS?

No. The connector only reads. You keep entering sales and payments in MDBS the way you do now, and DBRBand-Aid picks them up on the next sync.

Do I need someone from IT to set it up?

No. The guided setup runs on the computer that already runs MDBS, under your normal Windows account, with no administrator password. Most owners are done in about 10 minutes. Email support@dbrbandaid.com if you get stuck.

What if the PC is turned off?

The app keeps showing your last synced numbers and tells you when it was last updated. If it has been more than an hour, you see a warning. It catches up as soon as the PC is back on.

Is connecting my bank safe?

Bank connections run through Plaid, a secure and proven service used by thousands of financial apps. DBRBand-Aid only reads your transactions to sort your expenses. It never sees your account numbers and can never move money. You can disconnect at any time, or skip it and enter expenses by hand.

Will it slow down the counter?

It is built not to. The connector reads in small batches and staggers its work so MDBS stays quick at the counter.

Is this from my franchisor?

No. DBRBand-Aid is an independent product from Bardis LLC. Check your franchise agreement for any rules on third-party software that reads your MDBS data.

Can I cancel?

Yes, any time. Uninstall the connector, close your account, and ask us to delete your store's data.

Know your numbers before Friday.

Thirty days free, then $25/month for a year if you're one of the first 50 stores. Set up in about 10 minutes.

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