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VANCOUVER, B.C., Canada, July 12,
2006
Progressive Solutions Inc., Richmond, British Columbia,
is pleased to announce that two more hardwood operations have
selected Progressive Solutions to supply the business software
to automate and streamline their inventory, sales order processing,
logistics and accounting functions.
Beard Hardwoods and R.J. Williams will both implement Lumber
Track™ business software to manage transactions, inventory
and logistics in their operations, interfaced with Microsoft®
Dynamics GP® (Great Plains) for full accounting and financial
management.
R.J. Williams, Inc.,
of Apalachin, New York, operates a hardwood concentration
yard supplying furniture and cabinet makers, wholesale/distributors,
and flooring/millwork operations both domestically and in
export markets. Randy Williams, of R.J. Williams, explains:
“We wanted to upgrade to a system that integrates
our inventory, sales and purchasing with an accounting package.
Lumber Track with Great Plains does that. We did our due
diligence and found Progressive Solutions products and people
to be a good fit for us.”
Beard Hardwoods, of Greensboro, North Carolina,
is a leading wholesale hardwood lumber merchant. Representing
approximately 300 manufacturers of hardwood lumber and related
products, the Beard Group delivers quality products and
services to both domestic and international markets. Derick
Shular, who heads up Beard Hardwoods’ export sales,
comments on why they selected Lumber Track: “There
were a lot of things we liked about Lumber Track. It seems
like the best fit to match our business processes, in terms
of ease of implementation and minimal customization.”
Lumber Track meets special
demands of hardwood industry
These orders come on the heels of successful Lumber Track
implementations at other top producers and distributors
of hardwood products: Alan McIlvain, Babcock Lumber, and
Webster Hardwoods.
Lumber Track’s unique ability to handle the
business and operational information needs of the hardwood
industry has proven out time and time again. Hardwood industry
capabilities include:
• Support for random widths, lengths and grades.
• Detailed tallies of individual pieces in bundles.
• Retained details from split or broken bundles.
• A Bundle Analyzer that summarizes totals and percentages
of each grade or dimension from selected bundles,
and allows bundle substitution to achieve a customer’s
specified mix.
• Load- and end-tallies tied to receipt, delivery
and inventory information.
• Integrated sales orders, work orders and shipping
paperwork.
• Detailed costing and margin analysis, from log to
final product.
Customers report that the level of detailed
inventory and costing information contained in Lumber Track
has allowed them to be more profitable and be more responsive
to their customers’ needs.
About Lumber Track
Lumber Track™ is the world’s top selling business
software for integrated inventory and sales order management
for lumber and wood products manufacturers. It also integrates
procurement, production control, costing and logistics management
functions for sawmills, panel mills, remanufacturers. The
software automates work flow and paperwork, eliminating redundant
data entry. Rich with reporting tools and on-screen information,
Lumber Track helps improve customer service, boost sales and
trim costs to improve the bottom line. Complementary products
include Fiber Track log yard management system and Tag Track
tag printing system. Progressive Solutions is also a certified
reseller for Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains), which integrates
with Lumber Track to provide complete accounting and financial
management.
About Progressive Solutions
Progressive Solutions Inc. is the international leader in
business software solutions for the forest products and building
materials industry. Founded in 1989, the company is headquartered
in Richmond, BC, with sales and development offices across
the US, UK and Canada. Its main products, Lumber Track™
and bisTrack™, address the procurement, sales, inventory
and logistics management needs of sawmills, panel mills, remanufacturers,
wholesale/ distributors and building materials distributors/dealers
with domestic and export markets.
www.progressive-solutions.com
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