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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

CRP Industries Sees Sales Growth With Blue Ridge

CRP Industries services the automotive parts and industrial products sectors. In addition to their primary headquarters in Cranbury, NJ, CRP also operates facilities and warehouses in Fremont, CA; Mississauga, Ontario; and Puebla, Mexico. The company provides products from some of the most recognized brand names in the NAFTA market, including ContiTech automotive belts, Rein Automotive parts, Pentosin technical fluids, AJUSA gaskets and head bolts, Fertan rust treatment products, Reinflex high-pressure thermoplastic hoses, TUDERTECHNICA rigid mandrel hoses, and Perske high-speed motors.


Prior to implementing the Blue Ridge solution, CRP was grappling with how to best control for the following business sector challenges:


◾Extremely slow moving items
◾Demand seasonality
◾Short product lifecycles
◾Increased competition, industry globalization and increased lead times due to production locales ◾Controlling costs and gaining market share
◾Kitting Opportunities


After implementing Blue Ridge, CRP experienced the following results:
◾Sales growth 10%+ 
◾Order fill rate 95% 
◾Backorders: lowest in company history
◾Improved forecast accuracy and lead-time management
◾Reduced unneeded inventory
◾Significantly greater cash flow to meet long-range goals, such as commercial sales, special programs and market grabbing promotional opportunities


To learn more about Blue Ridge and read current business case studies, visit the Blue Ridge Newsroom.


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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Brigade Electronics 'Keeps it Simple' With Phocas BI

Brigade Electronics is a UK based company specializing in automotive safety products including sensors, alarms and visual aids for industrial and commercial vehicles. Brigade operates predominantly through distributors – both in the UK and abroad.


Tom Brett, Brigade’s Deputy Managing Director, talks about the impact Phocas business intelligence has had on their business. “We had been crying out for something like this”, says Brett, and “it suited our needs perfectly. The low-risk rental model meant we made a quick decision, and decided to implement Phocas.”


Highlights of the key aspects of what the Phocas implementation has done for Brigade to date:
  • Monitoring Sales Activity
  • Key Metrics at a Glance with Dashboards
  • Loyalty Schemes
  • Stock and Purchasing Analysis
  • Using it Live in Front of Customers
  • International Roll-Out
To sum up, Phocas has made management information and sales data much more accessible at Brigade. Brett concludes that “this sort of data is what helps drive you on as a business, and I have no doubt it will help drive our business forward. Perhaps the best part is that you don’t need to play with it much to be an expert. It makes everyone’s life easier. Our business is a little complex, and I’m trying to simplify it, and I think Phocas does that really well.”


To learn more about Phocas BI, visit the Phocas Newsroom




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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Reinders Enhances Sales Performance With MITS Reporting

Reinders, Inc. is a family-owned distribution company established in 1866 in Elm Grove, Wisconsin and serving the commercial green industry—such as golf courses, municipalities, schools, parks and other outdoor recreational facilities.


As Reinders grew, its needs evolved. Reinders’ business, however, presented a range of complexities. “Our organization includes a matrix of sales reps, product categories and regions,” explains Reinders IT director Robin McGuire. “Also, our Reinders IT resources are extremely limited.” These challenges meant sales reps and managers had to wait for monthly reports to be printed and transported to their locations. For these reasons, Reinders began looking for a reporting and analysis solution better matched to its need for enhanced, self-service decisions support, and automated, easily distributed reporting.


Early in its search, the Reinders team learned of the MITS Distributor Analytics solution. “Our company president saw a MITS demo, and immediately liked its ability to present snapshots of the business— with the added analytic facility for drilling down into the details when problems or opportunities become apparent,” says McGuire. The MITS solution offered other important advantages: instant, automated report distribution via the Web and email, data export to PDF or Excel for further investigation as well as dashboarding and reporting for use at appropriate levels within the organization. The Reinders team decided to begin using MITS Distributor Analytics, and MITS Report (for operational reporting) to make the wealth of data held within the Infor SX.enterprise system accessible on a selfserve basis. Implementation was rapid and rewarding.


Reinders will expand its use of MITS Discover and MITS Report in the near future, adding a number of standardized reports and a second analysis application focused on inventory. “Now, we’ll get answers in the hands of decision-makers much more quickly,” says McGuire. “So decisions can be made more quickly. Our company will be able to take advantage of more opportunities, and address issues before they become larger problems.”


To learn more about the Reinders implementation, visit the MITS Newsroom.


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Visit our website to learn more about the Brown Smith Wallace Advisory Services<http://www.software4distributors.com/> and to use our Software Features Comparison Wizard<http://www.software4distributors.com/compare/default.aspx>.
 
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Developed through a partnership with Industrial Distribution, Industrial Supply, Contractor Supply Magazine and Brown Smith Wallace Advisory Services, these 12 page Supplement Guides provide valuable, independently researched information. Each Guide details software company information, identifies vertical markets, highlights functions and technology features, new developments to the software package, shows graphs of the user range, basic entry price point, sales channel (how and where the software is sold), along with company contact information. The Supplement Guides provide everything you need to know when beginning your software selection and evaluation process.

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Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Dowi Hosiery Mills Modernize Key Business Processes With NetSuite

Dowi Hosiery Mills, a leading manufacturer of socks and other hosiery products in the Philippines, implemented NetSuite to streamline key business processes. Dowi Hosiery Mills is using NetSuite for financials, order management, invoicing, billing, purchasing, receiving, shipping, RMA management, multi-location inventory, reporting and analytics.


Dowi had operated its business for years on homegrown, custom software and databases, but the system had severe limitations. The company felt these software limitations harmed the company’s ability to strengthen its retail relationships, and made it difficult to accurately match manufacturing output with demand.


With NetSuite cloud ERP, Dowi has improved operational efficiency and productivity as well as gain the scalability needed to grow its business. The company also observed that it is able to deliver much better service to its retail partners.


NetSuite delivers the following features and benefits to Dowi Hosiery Mills’ success:
◾Efficient order management.
◾Multi-location inventory management.
◾Native cloud solution.
◾Rapid implementation.
◾Data-driven decisions.
◾Customization capabilities.
◾Efficient user interface.
◾A scalable platform.
◾Real-time business visibility and business intelligence.


With NetSuite, Dowi Hosiery Mills has gained real-time insights into key business performance indicators for a unified view across the head office and its subsidiaries.




To learn more, visit the NetSuite Newsroom.


New Software Research Guides Available
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For 2017 Manufacturing Software Guide: http://www.software4distributors.com/downloads/2017_Manufacturing_Software_Guide.pdf?utm_source=DownloadInteractive&utm_medium=Blog&utm_campaign=2017MFG 

Visit our website to learn more about the Brown Smith Wallace Advisory Services<http://www.software4distributors.com/> and to use our Software Features Comparison Wizard<http://www.software4distributors.com/compare/default.aspx>.
 
Also, read our 2016 Mid-Year Supplements.<http://www.software4distributors.com/downloads/2016_Mid_Year_Supplement.pdf>

Developed through a partnership with Industrial Distribution, Industrial Supply, Contractor Supply Magazine and Brown Smith Wallace Advisory Services, these 12 page Supplement Guides provide valuable, independently researched information. Each Guide details software company information, identifies vertical markets, highlights functions and technology features, new developments to the software package, shows graphs of the user range, basic entry price point, sales channel (how and where the software is sold), along with company contact information. The Supplement Guides provide everything you need to know when beginning your software selection and evaluation process.

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