Binkelman Corp Improves Processes With Enlighten.Net

Binkelman Corp is a total solutions parts distributor headquartered in Toledo, Ohio that services the glass, automotive, agricultural, steel, mining, and energy industries. In addition to parts procurement and customization, they fabricate parts, service and maintain implemented parts, and offer training.

Needs

With many operations and customers, Binkelman Corp creates numerous documents that need secure and accessible storage. Before incorporating Enlighten.Net’s Digital File Manager (Net.DFM), Binkelman Corp spent valuable time searching for poorly stored files. Net.DFM’s large Cloud storage capabilities and easy-to-use interface impressed Binkelman with its efficiency and organization.

Improvements

Since implementing Net.DFM, Binkelman Corp has experienced more efficient document handling, faster processing of invoices and audits, improved document retention, and far fewer instances of misfiled or lost documents. “I always talk about your software to other people,” says Purchasing Inventory Control Manager, Mike Juliano. Internal communication also improved with Net.DFM as employees can “easily pass documents into different views and set alerts when documents are moved.” Improved sorting and filing changed a 4 person job to a 2 person job allowing for more productive use of employee time. Binkelman was also able to save money by eliminating 6 cases of paper per month.

Outcomes

Net.DFM’s secure storage and easy-to-use layout has organized business for Binkelman Corporation so they can focus their time on helping customers.

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Behler-Young Harness Critical Information With Enlighten.Net’s Digital File Manager

Behler-Young is a family owned distribution company of HVAC equipment, supplies, accessories, and more with 18 branches throughout Michigan and Ohio.


Needs
Communicating between branches and a separate distribution center requires manageable document storage that’s accessible by all. Behler-Young was looking for file organization and quick retrieval that puts “information at people’s fingertips”


Brian Toronyi, Information Technology Manager at Behler-Young Company had this to say about when they found Enlighten.Net’s Digital File Manager. "Three things attracted Behler-Young to Net.DFM: the affordable cost, the intuitive layout, and the ease of adding and retrieving documents."


Improvements
After the implementation of Net.DFM, Behler-Young saw faster response times on inquiries, improved document sharing through in-software emailing, and improved document security. With documents so readily available, customers were serviced faster and internal communication was improved and costs on postage and handling were greatly reduced due to electronic invoicing. Employees from accounting and purchasing who use Net.DFM the most routinely at Behler-Young consider it a big “efficiency boost” to the organization of the company.


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Document Scanning & Distribution Enhances Sage ERP X3

Inixion Ltd. has recently announced the full release of their Document Scanning & Distribution enhancement for Sage ERP X3 – providing users with Advanced Document Management functionality.

The new release provides desired tools for companies wishing to automate paper based processes and begin the transition to paperless interaction with customers, suppliers, prospects etc. These features are to easily scan paper documents such as supplier invoices and correctly archive them with the corresponding electronic record within the ERP system, and also to simply automate the distribution of outgoing documents, typically to multiple email recipients.

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Documenting Your Current Process is a Waste of Time and Money

Documenting your current processes can be a waste of time and money.

When we are preparing the project plan for conducting a selection project, one topic that is always discussed is whether the client needs to document the existing processes before starting the selection engagement. We believe that the answer to this question is “NO”. Let me explain why:

Our research indicates that clients who engage us to assist them with a software selection have know for at least two, and more likely three years, that they need to replace their software. The decision to replace software requires a significant amount of time and money.

During this period of dissatisfaction, various workarounds are added to address the weaknesses of the system. This includes external applications that are bolted on or developed in-house, applications that are purchased and not integrated, workarounds developed using Excel spreadsheets and more. In other systems we see comment field crammed with actionable information since this is the only place that users have for storing this important information. Unfortunately, if users have not read these instructions or follow the instructions errors will occur in handling orders. To prevent this from occurring more ad-hoc systems or procedures are implemented.

Investing significant time and money in documenting and flowcharting doesn’t result in a better set of requirements. At the Brown Smith Wallace Consulting Group, we have developed process outlines that reflect the standard process flows that the most new ERP packages will follow. We use these outlines to conduct interviews with groups of users to aid us in developing the requirements for a new ERP package. Typically users like to tell us what their software doesn’t do and how hard it is for them to get the right job done on time. These process indexes help us to keep the focus on the process and not the flaws of the current system.

Having a flowchart of the existing system only helps us to understand how dysfunctional the existing system is. It doesn’t help create the vision of the future state of the business. This doesn’t occur until they see demonstrations of new systems and the capabilities that are available to them. Only then can they start to understand the value of the new processes incorporated into the new software.

So if you know your current system needs to be replaced, start by documenting the requirements to achieve the future vision and do not document the past that you want to replace.