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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Athens Wine & Spirits Reduces Overstock With Blue Ridge

Athens Distributing Company of Tennessee is a family run business dedicated to bringing quality wine and spirits products to Tennessee consumers. Athens services 76% of the state of Tennessee, and have been in the wholesale Wine and Spirits business for over 65 years.

Athens selected Blue Ridge for their ability to manage demand and supply planning for retailers and distributors in the most economical way possible. The 'what,' 'how much,' and 'when' of future inventory orders are orchestrated to maximize profitability without sacrificing service to your customers. Because Blue Ridge technology is delivered via the Cloud and was configured to Athens unique environment, results were realized in as little as 90 days.

As a result of implementing the Blue Ridge solution, Athens experienced a 2.4% increase in service levels, saw their overstock drop by 67%, reduced overall inventory by 9% and was able to reduce their on-order inventory by 12%.

Read more at the Blue Ridge Newsroom.





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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Raymond Building Supply Gets On-Track With Epicor BisTrack

Raymond Building Supply serves professional builders from five locations near their base in North Fort Meyers, Florida. Raymond has used Epicor's BisTrack software for several years and it has helped restructure their business to operate more efficiently in their marketspace.

The benefits Raymond Building has experienced include the following:
  • Reduced administration staff
  • Saved time retrieving information and reports
  • Improved project accuracy
  • Enabled managers to be proactive
  • Positioned company for growth
  • Automated manual tasks
  • Better customer service
BisTrack software has automated many tasks that had been done manually at Raymond. Additionally, tasks as varied as inventory, calculating sales tax, and searching for and filing documents are completed much faster within the solution. “It’s all about the dashboards to me,” said Duane Swanson, Jr., president and CFO, Raymond Building Supply. “Our managers have their BisTrack software dashboards up 24/7—constantly monitoring our business operations in real time with much greater efficiency. Whether it’s gross margin exceptions, system alerts, you name it, the information is all there, so they can be more proactive. That’s huge.”


The BisTrack instant documentation solution has helped Raymond uncover issues that were eating away at their profits—delivery disputes where missing items were replaced at Raymond’s cost, kits where inventory was not fully allocated, and mistakes due to lost paperwork. “Taking photos of deliveries definitely pays for itself,” commented Ken Myers, millwork manager at Raymond, referring to the BisTrack Mobile Delivery feature that uses a camera phone to capture photos of a delivered load and link it to the order documents.




Read more at the Epicor Newsroom.



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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Drogen Electric Supply Implements Savance ERP For Enhanced Efficiency

Drogen Electric, a wholesale distributor of electrical supplies headquartered in Oneonta, NY, has been in operation since 1949 and expanding from a solo operation to its current size of more than 150,000 square feet of facility space with 11 employees.

Drogen took a step-by-step approach in its migration to Savance Enterprise, to avoid disruption of daily business activities. The company quickly found that the Savance solution worked seamlessly with its existing system, providing much needed improvements in data access on the back end – with no disruptions to its day-to-day business activities.

The more Drogen explored the Savance ERP solution, the more potential benefits the company saw. From wireless inventory functionality to Web-based capabilities for sales staff to customer access to accounts, Savance Enterprise seemed like a natural fit. Ultimately, the benefits led the company to take steps toward a complete migration to Savance Enterprise. "Savance guaranteed us they could bring over 12 years of our Array data during the change, and they did not disappoint", Drogen VP Chris Puerile says. "The system is very extensive and every day we are finding new ways for it to support our business".


Read more on the Savance Newsroom. http://www.savanceenterprise.com/testimonials

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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Mill Creek Lumber and Supply Company Chooses Kerridge for Growth

Kerridge Commercial Systems recently announced that Mill Creek Lumber & Supply Company has selected its K8 business management software to help prepare for future growth. Mill Creek has been in business for over 80 years and has more than 20 locations across Oklahoma and Kansas.

As a full-service building material supplier, they provide everything needed for building materials including windows and doors, roofing, custom millwork, hardware, and floor coverings. Mill Creek CFO, Wade Lennon, stated, “Kerridge Commercial Systems is a leading software company that provides a highly integrated system with proven capabilities in two core industries that are vital to Mill Creek – lumber and building materials as well as flooring materials. The software, combined with KCS’s culture and drive to work with its customers, proved to be the right solution for our company.”

Kerridge has experienced global success in the lumber and building materials industry with K8. As businesses look to technology to be able to take the next step in efficiency, profitability, and growth, they find K8's solution a compelling one to consider. To read more, visit the Kerridge Newsroom.


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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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