October 2010
Converting to Agility the Right Move for New Mexico Plaster & Supply
A customer since 1993, New Mexico Plaster & Supply chose to stay with DMSi when they converted from D+ to Agility and now, they are reaping the benefits. Agility not only provides the company with accuracy, confidence and efficiency, but they can continue to work with the company they trust, DMSi. “D+ is a really good system and we were really happy with it, but DMSi is constantly working to improve things,”Barbara Gentry, New Mexico Plaster & Supply’s inventory control and purchasing manager said. “There were some things in Agility that were really attractive, such as the ease of order entry and the ability to keep track of multiple item suppliers and costs. It is really important to us now.”
It has been two years since their conversion, and New Mexico Plaster & Supply continues to be happy with their choice. "One thing about DMSi is that they do listen to what customers want," Gentry added. "It is pretty obvious because of the changes and little tweaks they constantly do to the program and they did that on D+ also. That is one of the main reasons we stayed."
Since implementing Agility, New Mexico Plaster & Supply’s customers have also noticed a change. “We now have better control of our inventory. We can quickly provide detailed information to customers on their purchases, pricing, etc,” Gentry added. “One important thing that hasn’t changed for our customers is very few invoice corrections, but Agility does make it easier for us. With all the pricing options, you can get everything in there and keep it updated in a quick amount of time.”
A small company, with 12 employees and five Agility users, New Mexico Plaster & Supply runs the software in the hosted format, or Software as a Service (SaaS). Gentry and the other users access all of Agility’s functionality just by having an Internet connection, and DMSi takes care of the security of their data. “I don’t have to know anything because it is all in DMSi’s hands,” Gentry said. “I don’t have to worry about backups or crashes. There is no way we could have someone here with the technical knowledge to maintain such a complex system.”
Changing to a new system can be daunting to some companies, but New Mexico Plaster & Supply didn’t have an issue with it. “The conversion was really easy. The people who convert the data at DMSi did a really fine job,” Gentry said. “It just wasn’t a big deal. The most important thing is to do the up-front work to figure out what you want from the system, then clean up and organize your data files as much as possible before the conversion.”
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