PM War Stories #36 – Driving Growth & Improving Operations through ERP

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In this episode Wayne Thompson sits down with Blake Chadick, Parksite's enterprise systems manager, to discuss how Parksite improved its operations by transitioning from multiple disparate software systems to a single integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution.

Parksite is a wholesaler and distributor company headquartered in Illinois that offers specialized products, training, and value-added services to market segments within the building industry. It is one hundred percent employee owned, and has 14 locations and over 350 employees.

Parksite’s growth and its continued success demand that the company maintain a clear vision and well-defined goals. It already had in place the right business model, the right people, the right attitude and outstanding products and services. What it was missing was an integrated IT system to enable managers to see what was happening in the business in real time and respond in a timely and effective manner.

Parksite set out on a quest to find a software solution that provided end to end integration; the ability to customize the software to Parksite’s needs and business model (and not the other way around); and a low total cost of ownership. After doing an evaluation of enterprise resource planning vendors, Pronto Software emerged as the finalist. Today, Blake will share with us his experiences and insights of selecting and implementing PRONTO-Xi.

Music Notes

   1. The opening of the episode – “Chelsea Loft”
   2. Interview with industry insiders – “East Ender”
   3. The closing of the episode – “Torn Jeans”

 

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