Weyerhaeuser Hardwood and Industrial Products live with lumberTrack

Weyerhaeuser Hardwood and Industrial Products live with lumberTrack

Author: T. Lavigne
Date: May 13 2010

RICHMOND, BC, Canada, May 13, 2010 - Progressive Solutions Inc., is pleased to announce that Weyerhaeuser H&IP (Hardwood and Industrial Products) of Federal Way, WA is live on their installation of lumberTrack™. The 238-user implementation integrates their head office, 12 production facilities and 3 remanufacturing/distribution centers across the US.

Weyerhaeuser H&IP is a division of the Weyerhaeuser Company, one of the largest integrated forest products companies in the world. Founded in 1900, the company has operations in 18 countries, and customers worldwide. The Weyerhaeuser H&IP division is a hardwoods procurement, manufacturer and distributor of hardwood, solid wood products, and chips. Wood products include a wide variety of species, specializing in alder, red oak, hard maple, cherry, soft maple, and white oak.

Progressive companies like Weyerhaeuser H&IP are attracted to the lumberTrack software because of its data accessibility and productivity tools. With its modern architecture, lumberTrack takes advantage of  Microsoftâ and SQL Server technologies to provide outstanding integrated, real-time inventory control functionality. The software was designed to help employees do their jobs better and faster, giving them more opportunity to add value in their role.

Dave Lowe, lumberTrack Support Manager with Progressive Solutions, worked closely with the team at Weyerhaeuser H&IP to facilitate a smooth implementation and go-live. “We welcome Weyerhaeuser H&IP to the growing list of lumberTrack customers, and look forward to a long partnership.”

Testimonials

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    Lan McIlvain
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    Brian King
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    Brad White
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    David Jones
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