Client: Hydroflow
Product: MYOB Greentree
Industry: Wholesale & Distribution
The Story: Around the middle of 2002, financial controller Les Young decided the company had finally outgrown its incumbent package, Attache. Growth generates need He looked around at the alternatives, including Exonet and Exchequer. But Young eventually settled on Greentree. “It was the best fit for our business, with additional features that the others didn’t have,” he says. After a painless transition, Greentree went live at Hydroflow in September 2002 and now has a total of 12 users across the North and South islands. Young has been impressed by its capabilities. “I like the processing of sales orders, its reporting abilities, the ease of getting information out of it – detailed information is very good – IT processing and general functionality is very slick.”
As Hydroflow got bigger over the years, its accounting and data requirements also increased. Around the middle of 2002, financial controller Les Young decided the company had finally outgrown its incumbent package, Attache. Growth generates need He looked around at the alternatives, including Exonet and Exchequer. But Young eventually settled on Greentree. “It was the best fit for our business, with additional features that the others didn’t have,” he says. After a painless transition, Greentree went live at Hydroflow in September 2002. Les Young has been impressed by its capabilities. “I like the processing of sales orders, its reporting abilities, the ease of getting information out of it – detailed information is very good – IT processing and general functionality is very slick.” Seamless integration Greentree CRM module provides a solution that can be easily tailored to suit most businesses, with seamless integration into the core Greentree financial and distribution modules. Hydroflow has also purchased the CRM module, which it feels should be a great management tool to help with its marketing function.
Greentree has given Hydroflow much better control over its stock. “It was very difficult to achieve with our previous system,” Young says, “but good stock control makes everything easier.” Young says Greentree provides customer and supplier balance history information in a much simpler way, too. Young also appreciates the way Greentree can handle a large data file. ”I like the processing of sales orders, its reporting abilities, the ease of getting information out of it — detailed information is very good — IT processing and general functionality is very slick.” Les Young, Financial Controller, Hydroflow Distribution “We use the same data file from year to year, so the size of it increases constantly. But with Greentree we have been able to retain all the information in a very detailed format.” Across the board, Greentree has enabled an easier flow of information for this plumbing supplies firm.
About Hydroflow: Distributing a wide range of valves, pipe fittings and plumbing hardware, Hydroflow has a presence throughout New Zealand. It has built an excellent reputation in water reticulation, backflow prevention and farm water solutions. As Hydroflow got bigger over the years, its accounting and data requirements also increased.
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