United States : Auto Supply Company converts to Activant.Byline: prashant03 Auto Supply Company, Inc., a leading automotive replacement parts distributor with 22 locations throughout North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. and the Roanoke Valley The Roanoke Valley in southwest Virginia is an area adjacent to and including the Roanoke River between the Blue Ridge Mountains to the east and the Appalachian Plateau to the west. of Virginia, is replacing its multiple enterprise operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. with the innovative Activant VisionA; system from Activant Solutions Inc. A member of the Automotive Distribution Network, charter member of the ACDelco Dedicated Distribution Group and a Ford Authorized Distributor of Motorcraft products, Auto Supply Company is converting to the Activant solution to support its aggressive growth strategy. The company over the past nine years has more than doubled its sales and market footprint through acquisitions and a variety of other initiatives. It was clear that our growth objectives had outstripped the capabilities of our existing solutions, says Auto Supply Company President Charles A. Key Jr. Our move to the Vision platform will help us continue to build on our heritage of service excellence while making better decisions about how we invest our inventory dollars. The company s I.T. committee task force presented solutions providers with a list of more than 1,100 operational requirements (programming) operational requirements - Qualitative and quantitative parameters that specify the desired capabilities of a system and serve as a basis for determining the operational effectiveness and suitability of a system prior to deployment. for its new system. In addition, the platform and system provider had to meet three overarching o·ver·arch·ing adj. 1. Forming an arch overhead or above: overarching branches. 2. Extending over or throughout: "I am not sure whether the missing ingredient . . . objectives: provide a highly intuitive, user-friendly interface; meet aggressive ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). targets established for each area of the company; and demonstrate a track record of long-term investment in its solutions. We wanted an I.T. partner who would continue to develop new system features and capabilities over the long-run, Key says. Activant has a proven track record of technology investment. Auto Supply s move to the Vision solution is intended to directly benefit the company s counter professionals and customers through what Key described as significantly better electronic catalog content. Each of the company s 19 parts stores will convert to Activant s innovative Activant LaserCatA; 3 eCatalog interface and PartExpertA; suite of data solutions. Our people are excited about the LaserCat 3 product, the Activant Cover-to-CoverA; module and the Activant OE Carry ForwardA; feature, all of which will help us better serve the installer. The Activant Vision system is an innovative, highly flexible Microsoft WindowsA;-based solution for distributors who want to control costs through highly efficient inventory management and differentiate their businesses by delivering a superior customer experience. The platform features a powerful yet easy-to-use graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to built around Microsoft .NET See .NET. technology. Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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