Three sister companies select bisTrack...

Author: VANCOUVER, B.C., Canada
Date: Jun 06 2008

Three sister companies select bisTrack™ for its intuitive feel & advanced management capabilities

Progressive Solutions Inc., of Richmond, BC, Canada is pleased to announce that sister companies Horizon Forest Products and Long Floor have ordered bisTrack™ software for their hardwood products distribution businesses which will cover 8 Mid-Atlantic locales serving cabinetmakers and flooring contractors. Horizon Forest Products’ affiliate, All State Flooring Distributor will also be implementing bisTrack™.

bisTrack™ software will help the three companies provide advanced management of their business information, linking all stages and functional areas of customer relationship management, order processing, inventory management and financial accounting. The complete bisTrack™ systems will incorporate Microsoft Dynamics GP® (Great Plains) financial management software and scanTrack™ document scanning and management to fully integrate all transactional, customer account and related document information in a single, centralized environment.

bisTrack™ will be installed at a total of eight (8) locations across the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland and Tennessee, serving four (4) business units and a total of 107 users.

“Horizon Forest Products and Long Floor are an excellent example of two great companies partnering to provide exceptional service to their customer while capitalizing on economies of scale and cost-effective utilization of resources,” says Randy Faris, bisTrack Sales Manager. “We are pleased that bisTrack™ will help to standardize and streamline the operations of this family of companies and help them grow and prosper in a challenging market.”

Horizon Forest Products, of Raleigh, North Carolina, provides plywood, lumber, particle board, MDF and melamine to mid-Atlantic cabinet makers. They also provide hardwood flooring, including one of the largest selections of exotic and hard-to-find pine flooring, to mid-Atlantic flooring contractors. The bisTrack system will be implemented in Horizon Forest Products’ two business units and five facilities, as well as at All State Flooring’s single location.

Long Floor, of Richmond, Virginia, is a leading distributor and full service provider of an extensive inventory of pre-finished and unfinished hardwood flooring, equipment and sundries. bisTrack will be implemented at Long Floor’s three locations.

About bisTrack

bisTrack is business software for lumber and building materials (LBM) distributors and dealers, addressing the needs of both wholesale, pro-dealer and retail operations. Built on Microsoft® technology, bisTrack is feature-rich software to help LBM companies manage their day-to-day buying, selling, inventory, dispatch & delivery activities, as well as provide insight and business intelligence to better manage customer relationships and improve profitability. www.bisTrack.net

Testimonials

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    Candy Loweke
    Process Analyst, Raymond Building Supply

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    Brian King
    President of Construction Supply

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    Brad White
    President of White's Lumber

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    David Jones
    President of Brookside Lumber

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    John Steinman
    VP of Purchasing and IT Services, Forge Lumber

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    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

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    Joe Kusar
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    Mike Beye
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