So you have a customer website. Now what?
Self-service portals are increasingly common in the building materials industry. Allowing customers to look up pricing and place their own o…
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In the decades we’ve worked with businesses like yours in the building materials industry, we’ve learned a lot. Here’s where we share what we know—best practices, industry trends, thought leadership.
Integration for Better Performance
As mills and yards get busier, do you know what orders to accept? What order should hit the mill first? Does running a second shift make sen…
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RAD Tools: What they are, who can use them, and why your business needs them
Businesses have always been dependent on IT companies for software. But new, web-based tools are changing that. These tools are so user-fri…
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Online Business is Still Business
Business success depends on meeting customer expectations. Prices should be fair, hours should be reasonable, employees should be helpful. T…
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Agility in the Cloud Offers Customers Disaster Recovery
Your worst business nightmare . . . You've lost facilities, hardware, network and data. Now what? In the event of a disaster, hardware an…
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A Good Cloud
Word of a ‘massive cloud on the horizon’ usually conjures up negative images, especially in our industry. But, in the case of the loomin…
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