Industry: Home Improvement and Building Supplies
“Vivid allows us to blend financial data with our operational data all in one place with ease.”
–Mark Marlatt, IT Director, Bloedorn Lumber
Customer Snapshot
- HQ: Torrington, Wyoming, USA
- Locations: 27 locations across four states
- Employees: 320+
- Current ERP System: Microsoft Dynamics GP®
- Current Reporting Software: Management Reporter
- Current Budgeting Software: Manual use of Microsoft Excel®
- Current Operational System: BisTrack
- Website: bloedornlumber.com
Main Challenges
- Branch managers need to open multiple applications in order to view and compare various financial or operational information
- The budget consolidation process takes approximately two weeks to complete
- Takes over six hours a week to manually compile data exports from various applications
- Current financial software is unable to report off operational data
- Cross visibility and consolidations of working budgets are virtually impossible
- Viewing historical trends requires researching through prior periods spreadsheets
Objectives
- Use one solution that allows managers across all locations to view combined financial and operational data across multiple periods
- Implement consistent and centralized budgeting processes with proper controls and consolidation with historical tracking
- Find a software that is easy to maintain and accommodates growth
Implementation Highlights
- Full product implementation was done under 15 hours over the course of two months
- Remote training access eliminated travel costs
- Internal staff were able to train 24 branch managers in one hour
- Solutions were easily integrated due to end user familiarity with Excel®
The Vivid Difference
- Six to eight hours of manual work a week reduced to minutes of one-click updates
- Over 80% reduction in reporting and budgeting prep times
- Eliminated dependency on head offices for information inquiries by providing managers easy access to data, dynamic reports, and drill down options
- Increased reporting accuracy through consistent formats and real-time data availability
- Bloedorn staff are able to seamlessly create, update and maintain reports and budgets across all locations
A Vivid Result: Reporting that stays fast and accurate across multiple locations
