North American Lumber selects Progressive Solutions software

North American Lumber selects Progressive Solutions software

North American Lumber selects Progressive Solutions software North American Lumber selects Progressive Solutions software

Author: T. Lavigne
Date: Jun 11 2010

RICHMOND, BC (June 11, 2010): Progressive Solutions Inc. is pleased to announce that North American Lumber Limited, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is nearing completion of their 90-user, 26-location bisTrack implementation. With just 7 locations remaining to go live, locations already live have been converted from numerous different software and manual systems in place throughout the organization. Once the final location goes live this autumn, North American Lumber will have a single bisTrack solution for all of their yards and locations.

North American is a privately owned lumber and building products company, which has been serving Pro Builders and Do-It-Yourselfers in Canada for over 100 years. Since 1906, the company has been building on its reputation of exceptional service to their customers, supplying them with all of their specific materials needs at great value. Now in its fourth generation of family ownership, Martha Peever has been serving as President since 2007.  Upon taking over, Martha quickly identified the need to consolidate all of their operations with a single system.

Andrew Roise, Senior Account Manager for PSI recalls, “From day one, Martha knew she needed better information to run a business that spans three provinces and several thousand kilometers, and she knew she needed the information to be complete, accurate and up-to-the-minute. Her team knew they wanted a system with a solid foundation on SQL Server, the ease of the intuitive Windows interface, and the functionality to support a diverse range of business operations and strong centralized processing options - bisTrack was a perfect fit.”

Progressive Solutions is pleased to have North American Lumber join the growing list of companies implementing our premier bisTrack solution.

Testimonials

  • "We know these are the kind of people we want to partner with long-term, with the vision and values that are critical to a mutually successful relationship."

    David Jones
    President of Brookside Lumber

  • "We were up 5 points of margin within ten months using bisTrack™ pricing management and margin review. The payback happened in just months."

    Brian King
    President of Construction Supply

  • "Since our conversion to bisTrack we have seen big pluses with purchasing and costing accuracy which have definitely contributed to the bottom line."

    Brad White
    President of White's Lumber

  • "We’ve fixed problems, eliminated data re-entry and repurposed valuable employees. bisTrack helped us be more productive with fewer people."

    Candy Loweke
    Process Analyst, Raymond Building Supply

  • "With bisTrack we have cut our costs while increasing the speed and quality of service to our customers."

    John Steinman
    VP of Purchasing and IT Services, Forge Lumber

  • "We used to go blind on what our costs were. Now we can audit every single job in millwork, see what our waste is and know what things are really costing us."

    Lan McIlvain
    Alan McIlvain Company

  • "We were looking for software we could grow with. lumberTrack and Great Plains are going to give us the ability to dig down and get the reporting data we need to make our decisions. They have streamlined our workflow and the general ledger."

    Sherry Sabbatini
    Deer Park Lumber

  • "I think highly of the people at Progressive Solutions. They have a professional approach, they understand the lumber business, and they meet their commitments."

    Joe Kusar
    Vice President & General Manager of Tolleson Lumber Co

  • "lumberTrack’s™ business logic is rock solid. It’s a very configurable system and Progressive Solutions, as a business partner has been awesome."

    Mike Beye
    Chief Value Officer of Vaagen Bros. Lumber Co