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Seven Companies Select contractERP RoleTailored
Posted on March 24, 2011 by contracterp
Seven Companies Select contractERP RoleTailored as Their Next Business System Following Its 2010 Release
Farmingdale, NY — March 22, 2011 – Access Information Technologies, Inc., a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner and the developer of contractERP® RoleTailored, today announced that after a very exciting and successful launch of its newest version of contractERP® (contractERP® RoleTailored), seven companies in the architectural openings industry (Commercial and Residential – Windows & Doors), in both the distribution and manufacturing sectors, have chosen contractERP RoleTailored as their next generation business software solution.
Moving forward with contractERP RoleTailored are:
Bunting Door & Hardware Co. in Baltimore, Maryland, RDL Supply in Dallas, Texas, Northern Hardware LTD., in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Union Wholesale Co. in Wilmington, Delaware, Merrimack Building Supply in Merrimack, New Hampshire, Mercer Industries in Beaverton, Oregon, and Secure Door & Hardware in Brooklyn, New York
“The launch of contractERP RoleTailored, as well as our next generation advanced interface to the leading estimating and detailing solutions, has proven to be a real business game changer for our clients as we had expected.” said Bill Natalie, Executive Vice President of Access IT. “We are excited to partner with our new clients, and look forward to continuing to push contractERP RoleTailored onward as the premier business software solution for contract selling businesses.” concluded Mr. Natalie.
“Access IT is very pleased to be working with such a great group of businesses. We are committed to the continuous effort of evolving contractERP, as demonstrated with our most current release. We will continue to listen and work with our clients to adapt our application to support the most efficient practices within the niche industries we serve” said Allyn Vineberg, CEO of Access IT.
About contractERP®
contractERP is a business software solution designed to specifically fit the special needs and nuances of material supplying companies, who sell via a negotiated sales contract. contractERP is powered by Microsoft’s world class business software, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, a powerful solution in use by over 85,000 companies, and over a million users world-wide.
About Access IT, Inc.
For over two decades, Access IT has served the mid-market business community implementing successful business management software solutions in the distribution, manufacturing, and service industries. Access IT’s clients extend all across North America and vary in size and complexity. Access IT is based in Farmingdale, NY.
Access IT was recently selected as a member of the Microsoft President’s Club for 2010. This is the eighth year Access IT has been named a President’s Club member. Members are recognized not only for their high volume of software sales, but also for their commitment to excellence in their engagements with the clients in the industries they serve, as well as unparalleled customer service and satisfaction.
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Access IT announces the next generation of Detailing Software Interface
Posted on June 1, 2010 by contracterp
New technology creates a seamless connection between detailing and business data never before seen in the industry.
FARMINGDALE, NY — May 14, 2010 – Access IT, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, announced today at it’s contractERP User Conference, the release of it’s next generation detailing software interface for contractERP. This new, revolutionary interface continually passes data real-time between the detailing applications of the architectural openings industry and contractERP.
“Our first generation detailing interface, launched in 2003, was a major milestone for this industry. The bridging of data between these two systems eliminated countless hours of data rekeying and manual errors between the submittal requirements and fulfillment of the material, but we knew this was just the beginning,” said Bill Natalie, Executive Vice President of Access IT. “Our goal was simple; create an interface that seamlessly passes business logic and data between applications. This technology provides the best of both worlds; two applications doing what they do best, while speaking to each other in the same language. This has always been needed in our industry, but never accomplished at this level,” added Natalie.
Access IT has partnered with emullion Corporation and their e/PWS solution as the launch product for the new interface. Other detailing solutions can access the same powerful technology using the newly developed Detailing API within contractERP.
“Our new detailing software interface is going further bridge the gap between front-end detailing and back-end business software,” said Allyn Vineberg, President & CEO of Access IT. “This level of advancement in the openings industry is possible thanks to the huge commitment to research and development from both Microsoft and Access IT,” added Vineberg.
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Access IT Debuts contractERP RoleTailored
Posted on June 1, 2010 by contracterp
Hot off the presses!
Access IT announces the release of contractERPâ RoleTailored
New release of industry leading software solution provides a revolutionary interface that tailors business software to the individual needs of each user.
FARMINGDALE, NY — May xx, 2010 – Access IT, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, announced today at it’s contractERP User Conference, the next generation of contractERP, contractERP RoleTailored. This new version of Access IT’s solution for the Door and Hardware distributor brings the latest business technology from Microsoft as well as significant new features that take an already proven solution to the next level.
“contractERP is used by thousands of members of the Door and Hardware industry everyday. The software has allowed distributors to realize greater profitability through a system designed to mirror their business flow exactly,” said Bill Natalie, Executive Vice President of Access IT. “contractERP RoleTailored introduces a totally new interface that makes it even easier for users to view their work priorities, get instant alerts sent to them, and access information specific to their role. When users are presented with the data that’s relevant to THEM, they can be even more effective and their level of employee satisfaction grows,” added Natalie.
The new Role Tailored interface is based on technology featured in Microsoft’s latest version of Dynamics NAV, the backbone of contractERP. These role centers have been designed to provide customized views for the business owner, the project manager, the shop manager, and more. These views have been developed by Access IT based on its seventeen years of experience working with Door and Hardware distributors. The result of these tailored experiences is an environment where each user of the system has a very specific and efficient presentation of their particular tasks.
“We are very excited to have reached the release of contractERP RTC. When we first introduced contractERP to the marketplace, the affect on distributors was significant. The solution provided a software package that understood the precise business processing flow of an openings distributor instead of forcing a company to work within the confines of a generic business application. contractERP RoleTailored is poised to revolutionize the industry once again with its new interface that provides the most effective way for users to interact with the system based on their own needs,” said Allyn Vineberg, President & CEO of Access IT.
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Bidding is Up. Margins are Down. Now what?
Posted on April 21, 2010 by contracterp
We’ve all heard from openings distributors around the country that “bidding is up, but there is a lot more competition.” And on the jobs that are won, margins are squeezed like never before.
The economy is starting to show some signs that it is turning around. But the recovery is going to take some time. Now is the time to take a look at your business, its operations, and profitability. Tools that can help you doing more with less and lower your costs are the investments that will help grow your business in the long run.
Take a look at your operations and ask yourself, “Can I do this better?” or “Can I save time and money with a better process?” The answer to these questions could be a resounding yes.
To learn more about contractERP, visit www.contracterp.com
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contractERP at the PRO-TECH Users’ Group
Posted on March 3, 2010 by contracterp
EDSS is holding their annual Users’ Group for PRO-TECH on Sunday, March 28th and Monday, March 29th at the Embassy Suites Rosemont in Chicago (right near the airport). We will be at the meeting offering a free breakfast information seminar beginning at 8:30am on the 28th. This session will take place before the first PRO-TECH session (which begins at 12:30 on the 28th).
Come join us and see how you can leverage your PRO-TECH investment and integrate directly to a world-class accounting and business management application. At this event you will see how you can seamlessly move data from your PRO-TECH job directly into contractERP, without costly and error-prone re-keying of data. Once in contractERP, manage your entire job from the point of submittal to the final contract payment as well as every accounting and inventory control transaction.
Many of our clients are PRO-TECH users. Come to this session and see why they chose contractERP as their business management solution.
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A Great Opportunity
Posted on February 12, 2010 by contracterp
While we try to keep this blog aimed towards architectural openings industry news and relevant content, we wanted to inform you about an exciting new promotion regarding contractERP.
As a distributor, your most precious commodity is TIME.
Any excessive time spent by your employees on the tasks that run your business, quite simply, costs you money and can negatively impact your bottom line.
We respect how valuable your time is. Give us an hour of your time to show you how your business can be more profitable with contractERP, and we’ll repay you for that time with a $100 education voucher* from the Door and Hardware Institute!
Your session with a contractERP Product Specialist will give you an opportunity to see how countless distributors are using contractERP to achieve higher levels of profitability and simply run their business better. The one hour session will include several practical examples of these successes from within the contractERP User Base.
Our product specialist will then ask you a series of questions about YOUR company. Using that information we will show you how YOUR business can directly benefit from the rich functionality provided by contractERP.
By the time your session is over, you will have a greater understand of contractERP and its potential role in your company’s operations!
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR YOUR SESSION!
*$100 Education Voucher is good towards the purchase of DHI educational products including National Education Classes, Self Study Course, In-House Training Courses, and Forum for the Future Registration at the Conference and Expo in Chicago. Voucher must be redeemed in full by Dec. 31, 2010 and has no cash value for full or partial redemption.
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Inventory Control – Resurrecting the Bone Pile
Posted on January 18, 2010 by contracterp
In the openings distributor’s world, it’s an everyday occurrence to buy special ordered non-standard material for contracts and sales orders. It’s also a common occurrence that, on occasion, that special ordered material doesn’t end up with the customer, and winds up as part of your inventory.
In the case of many distributors, this material winds up in a pile in the warehouse with very little documentation or visibility into what is actually there. In our work with distributors, we have come across organizations that have tens of thousands of dollars in “bone pile” inventory. We call this inventory, “unassociated inventory.”
This inventory originates from many sources including incorrect orders, changes, customer service issues, repeat orders and more. The result of this material is thousands of dollars in lost profitability.
Further, most distributors do not have a system in place to manage this inventory and give visibility of this material to the team. So instead of fulfilling material requirements for future jobs with this material, it simply sits collecting dust.
This material since it was special ordered and not for stock, needs to be individually handled. Handled might mean re-assigning it to another job, returning it to a vendor (if possible), acknowledging it as SHELVED (reviewed, but still undefined about what will happen to it), converted to a stock item or possibly written off.
As a good practice, your company should assign the responsibility to review the accumulating unassociated inventory periodically (at a minimum monthly, but more frequently would give you better control). Remember that unassociated inventory IS STILL INVENTORY and lands on your balance sheet. It’s not expensed to the job until that decision has been made.
We have seen companies who aren’t reviewing this often enough end up with a higher inventory value than they were expecting, which causes their profitability to be off on jobs and more importantly, negatively effects their bottom-line.
So as a best practice, set up an internal procedure for whom and how often unassociated inventory is reviewed and more importantly, handled. Getting control of this type of inventory situation could save your business significant dollars as well as giving you better inventory management all around.
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A New Year.. New Opportunities
Posted on November 23, 2009 by contracterp
As 2009 comes to an end, there are many new challenges and opportunities awaiting the openings industry in 2010. With all of the ups and downs of the economy from the past year, many have called a bottom to the recession and look forward to growth in the new year.
Key to any distributor is going to be to positioning themselves for the recovery. This means making sure your busy is operating in the most efficient manner possible. Key areas of focus are business technology to drive efficiency, as well as strengthened vendor relationships, and a strong team. We have the opportunity to speak with distributors everyday and many are confident that business will be much better in 2010.
At the end of the day, efficiency is the greatest way to increase your bottom line.
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Posted on September 24, 2009 by contracterp
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