News
June 2011
Agility's Point of Sale Fundamentals are the Differentiator for Beisser Lumber
Beisser Lumber, a full-service lumberyard with three locations and a wall panel plant, chose Agility to replace their aging Dimensions system. After evaluating two other software companies, the Grimes, Iowa-based company selected Agility for many reasons, especially its strengths in inventory management. “We wanted a system that would help us capture exactly what is going on with our inventory,” Beisser Lumber’s IT Director, PJ Phillips said. “We figured at the end of the day, each one of the software packages we evaluated were going to be able to produce a purchase order, pick ticket, etc., but when it came down to the core fundamentals of point of sale, Agility was the front-runner.”
download the Beisser Lumber press release
May 2011
Professional Builders Supply considers Agility SaaS 'Mission Critical'
One of DMSi’s longest running Agility customers, Professional Builders Supply, utilizes DMSi’s best practices and Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery to provide excellent customer service to contractors in North Carolina. Headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina, PBS supplies custom home builders with lumber, windows, exterior and interior doors, mouldings and other building products. PBS embraces technology and uses DMSi’s cloud based Agility SaaS platform to build on their reputation of dependability, honesty and integrity. “Agility is one of two mission critical systems for us, the other being e-mail, and it runs everything from sales order entry through delivery and back office invoicing and accounting — every facet of our business is run with Agility,” PBS’s Vice President of Finance & Administration, Steve Lochbaum explained. “What is great about SaaS is it's reliable, and anywhere I can get an internet connection, I can run Agility.”
download the Professional Builders Supply press release
January 2011
Pro-Dealer, Rochester Lumber Rings in the New Year by Choosing Agility
DMSi is proud to welcome Rochester Lumber Company, of Rochester, NY, as our
newest Agility customer. The pro-dealer has three locations and will be using
many facets of Agility with 21 users in a hosted environment. The main lumber
yard primarily provides framing packages and lumber; the East Rochester yard has
a showroom for windows, doors, siding, etc., and handles most of the special
orders; and the third location is on the edge of town and does pre-hung doors,
stairs, trusses and engineered wood.
download the Rochester Lumber press release
Interfaces Make Sense for Eastern Aluminum
As an independent distributor of building materials, Eastern Aluminum, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, is always looking to get the best deals, products and service for their customers.
As Eastern’s business began to change in the late
1990’s, it became apparent that they needed an ERP system that could support
their diversification of product lines. “The software we were using was still
valid, but we needed different things,” Jay Bundy, Eastern Aluminum’s general
manager and vice president explained. “The first is that it would not track the
costs of non-stocks and our method of dealing with that was getting more complex
because they were a rapidly growing product line for us. The second was, we had
a door and window department and we needed to have bill of materials so we could
configure built-up units and track material costs. The third was better
management of inventory.”
download the Eastern Aluminum press release
December 2010
Agility Software Increases Bottom Line Results For Christensen Lumber
Each customer that implements DMSi Software’s business and accounting system, Agility, does so for their own reasons. Some choose it to bring business processes up to speed, eliminate manual processes or to increase inventory accuracy. For Christensen Lumber, their reasons were based on their nearly 20-year relationship with DMSi and the proven results they had already seen from their previous DMS+ system. Implemented in 2009, Agility has given Christensen Lumber the power to increase accountability, visibility, purchasing efficiency and bottom line results. “Agility has made everyone more accountable because we can analyze things such as customer profitability and our inventory better,” Mike Potthoff, Christensen Lumber’s chief financial officer said.
download Christensen Lumber press release
November 2010
DMSi’s BuilderWire Partnership Provides Innovative Ecommerce Solutions
Customer service is becoming increasingly more important to businesses, and by utilizing ecommerce solutions, companies are able to reach out to customers in more ways than ever. Staying true to leading-edge technology, DMSi Software offers integrated ecommerce options through their software partner: BuilderWire Inc. BuilderWire Inc. builds sophisticated ecommerce solutions on top of Agility information by interfacing with DMSi’s web service Application Programming Interface (API). By using custom products like BuilderWire Inc.’s Internet Based Ordering System (IBOS), DMSi customers are finding they now have an additional outlet to cultivate robust relationships that keep customers coming back again and again.
download the BuilderWire press release
October 2010
Harper Chambers
Tuscaloosa, AL | Steve Chambers, President
It used to be that we took inventory once a year, but I came to the realization that we were trying to get this thing right one time a year. I would rather have an inventory number that is 95 percent right everyday than 100 percent one time a year. So, we began a cycle counting procedure and now with Agility, we cycle count every day. It is just standard with our business.
download Harper Chambers case study
August 2010
Hutchison Lumber
Pine Grove, CO | Bryan Hutchison, President
With just a couple of clicks, I can see where we are today or where
we were yesterday. It is phenomenally useful. It is our fourth system in
30 years and it is by far the quickest. Before we were approximating
and now we can see where we really are.
download Hutchison Lumber case study
June 2010
DQ Technologies’ Order Delivery Tracking (ODT) Reduces Transportation Costs For Agility Customers
With the economy being what it is, closing a sale in the first place can be tough. Meeting customer expectations with regard to delivering materials on time is the next challenge. And managing that process without giving away profitability can be difficult. Available with a seamless integration to Agility, DQ Technologies’ Order Delivery Tracking (ODT) is a software suite designed to help businesses who service their customers through delivery become more efficient throughout the order and delivery process. Users of ODT are finding that they are able maximize profitability of their sales by controlling the costs associated with transporting materials to customers.
download the DQ Technologies' Order Delivery Tracking (ODT) press
release
September 2009
BenBilt Takes Full Advantage of Agility’s Functionality
Since going live in January 2009, DMSi Software customer BenBilt Building Systems has utilized Agility software’s functionality to improve product tracking, achieve tighter inventory control, and improve efficiency.
download BenBilt press release
May 2009
Framing Square Lumber Company Goes Live on Agility
Framing Square Lumber Company of Midland, Texas, is among DMSi Software’s newest Agility customers.
download Framing Square Lumber press release
March 2009
DMSi Software Becomes New PAL Member
DMSi Software is proud to become a member of Progressive Affiliated Lumbermen, better known as PAL. Focusing solely on building material companies for over 30 years, DMSi remains an independent software provider.
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