Sage MAS 90 Software - ChemRep Discovers a Formula for Efficiency with Sage MAS 90

Established in 1977, CheRep, Inc. is an innovative regional distributor and manufacturer’s representative for chemicals used in the rubber, plastics, and adhesives industries. Headquartered in South Barrington, Illinois, the company maintains warehouse facilities in Chicago and Minnesota.

Old System Dissolving

ChemRep was running their operation using Peachtree for inventory tracking & accounts receivable as well as QuickBooks for general ledger accounting & financial reporting. Needless to say, there was a lot of duplicate data entry that occurred in both systems. To make matters even more complex, ChemRep relied on a Rolodex to store customer account information as well as hand-written order pads & invoices that were filed in "the book.” This manually-intensive method worked fine when ChemRep was small. But as the company began to grow and more customers were added to the Rolodex, an expanded catalog of inventory items and complex customer-specific pricing was putting a strain on operations. Gail Petras, Coowner, recalls, "It was obvious that we were approaching a breaking point as our Customer Service Representatives were feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. It was time to either hire additional staff or evaluate solutions that would help our existing personnel become more efficient and productive.”

A Perfect Mixture

Roxanne Wieczorek, Office Manager, began her research for alternative solutions. During her evaluation, she discovered Sage MAS 90 which is developed by Sage Software … the makers of their existing Peachtree application. She was then referred to Partners in Technology – a Sage Software Authorized business partner based in Illinois. Roxanne states, "We were looking for experts that could provide business & technology guidance as well as the local training and support we would need to make this project successful."

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