Snoozer Pet Products

Snoozer Pet Products has consistently been the pack leader in the pet products manufacturing industry since beginning operations in 1985. With several products already patented or patents-pending, Snoozer Pet Products illustrates a well groomed business.

In January 2010, Snoozer Pet Products learned about the PCI DSS standard. The PCI DSS is a security standard that includes twelve requirements for security management, policies, procedures,
network architecture, software design and other critical protective measures. Read more

Hub Pen Company

The Hub Pen Company manufactures quality writing instruments for the promotional products industry. Serving a large number of distributors, Hub Pen specializes in custom engraved silk screen pens, precision laser engraved pens, planners, desk sets and other accessories.  Hub Pen wanted to put tools in the hands of their internal customer service representatives in order to enable them to provide their customers with faster answers over the phone. Valuable time was wasted getting hold of people over the phone and processing paper work, read more.

The Fastener Group supplies manufacturers and government agencies with hi-tech and military fasteners, and electro mechanical components, in the exact quantities quantities - small and large - that their customers require.  As a long-time user of SBT VisionPoint for their accounting needs, The Fastener Group had over time devised a system that attempted to track each part by all possible references: their own internal item number, their customers' order number, their suppliers' sku, even by milspecs, read more.

Dale Barth opened the Redbone Alley Restaurant in Florence, South Carolina in 1993. What started as a small business in an unlikely location quickly became a resounding success with nearly 1,500 people lining up daily to enjoy the fresh and innovative regional cuisine. Not content with just this venture, Dale later created Redbone Foods, LLC - a wholesale distribution company offering his sauces, meat rubs and cookbooks to grocery stores throughout the United States.

With aggressive growth came the need for a new business software system. Karen Smart of the WAC Consulting - Kansas recommended Sage Accpac ERP which offered comprehensive inventory tracking and distribution functionality integrated with accounting and financial reporting and operations ran smoothly. However, the challenges of growth did not end there. Redbone Foods discovered one day that its supplier had made a production error that necessitated a recall, which was extremely time consuming and costly, read more

Airparts, Inc. is a family-owned business and has been providing parts and supplies to non-commercial aircraft hobbyists since 1967. From their location in Kansas City, KS, they provide the very finest in aviation products including aluminum sheet, coil, steel tubing and other aircraft construction supplies to thousands of aviation enthusiasts worldwide. As the family business transitioned to a new generation, the need for new technology became apparent as inefficient manual data entry and reliance on a loose collection of spreadsheets made it difficult to track inventory and satisfy customer demand, read more

Design professionals in the greater Kansas City area make no bones about it - they avow by Mid-West CAD's trainers and support staff, who they say have a knack for getting them up and running in no time.

An Autodesk Premier Solutions Provider, Mid-West CAD offers a full range of Autodesk solutions. Their award-winning instructors help designers understand and master the Autodesk applications in the industries of Architecture, Civil Engineering, Design Visualization, and
Mapping/GIS. With their dedicated and expert pre and post-sale support teams, the implementation and customization services that Mid-West CAD offers to their clients is unparalleled.

Mid-West CAD has made numerous modifications to their accounting
software to support their day to day operations. Two examples of such modifications are when Mid-West CAD added a % of close field to the Sales Order entry screen. read more

In 1989, Joyce Coffaro moved to Seattle to bake biscotti that her Italian ancestors had made for generations. She started the business working alone and renting a house, the bottom floors of which she converted into baking space. Within six weeks, Starbucks had picked up her biscotti, followed by Costco, as she quickly outgrew her makeshift plant. Today with thirteen different varieties of biscotti, Coffaro’s Baking Company creates private labels for large customers and ships all over the US and Canada.

As her business quickly ramped up, Joyce recalls she needed expert assistance with her manufacturing operations. She was looking for someone with hands on experience in manufacturing who could also streamline their business processes, all without charging an arm and a leg, read more