What's New at Activant

Press Release: Activant Prophet 21 Offers Functionality For Petroleum Distributors

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:42:13 EST

Activant�, the leading software and services provider for wholesale distributors, announces the addition of functionality to Prophet 21� specific to petroleum distributors.

Press Release: Activant Announces The Availability Of Acclaim Version 18

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:42:07 EST

The latest offering of Acclaim features non-stock item ledger tracking, suspend/resume purchase orders and material receiving, mass delete inactive items, and much more.

Success Story: Activant Prophet 21 Helps Abatix Succeed

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:41:53 EST

For years, Abatix, a Dallas, TX-based industrial distributor, relied on FACTS to run their business. Eventually, the need for adaptability and flexibility forced Abatix to move to a new software solution -- Activant Prophet 21. Not only has the company found a partner they can rely on, they increased sales by 40 percent with less than a 10 percent increase in staff.

Success Story: Activant Prophet 21 Helps Tri-State Distributors Find Facts Faster

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:41:48 EST

What had Steve Williams, chairman and CEO of Tri-State Distributors of Royston, GA, all hot and bothered was that his Infor FACTS solution couldn't give them to him fast enough or in enough detail. With eight locations, the distributor of heating, cooling and ventilation equipment needed a solution that would allow the company to stay on top of business in a territory that spanned four states.

Success Story: Activant Prophet 21 Helps H.J. Kirby Corp. Simplify Complexity

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:41:37 EST

Nobody needed to sell H. J. Kirby Corp. on the benefits of technology for its operations. It was an early adopter of personal computers, automating its order entry, inventory management, purchasing and billing in the 1980s, and a Web pioneer among distributors, with a site dating to 1999. But as the Westlake, OH-based manufacturer and master distributor of instrumentation and control products entered the new millennium, it realized that if it was to continue to grow, it needed to bring its technology out of the old one.

Press Release: Activant B2B Seller Version 5.5 Now Available

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:41:31 EST

Success Story: Activant Prophet 21 Helps Quality Tooling Get Everything Right The First Time

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:56:01 EST

"We're a very small company, with only six people using our enterprise solution," Tony Adamczyk explained when asked why he initially hesitated to implement Prophet 21. Now that Quality Tooling has been live with Prophet 21 for a while, he has come to realize that it was actually the cheaper option: "The expenditure to implement Prophet 21 was high, but with all the money we spent trying to fix problems we encountered with the various other systems we used, it would have been more cost-effective to go with Prophet 21 in the first place."

Press Release: Activant Names Kevin Roach Head of Wholesale Distribution Efforts

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:31:30 EST

Kevin Roach has joined Activant Solutions Inc. as the executive vice president of its wholesale distribution group headquartered in Yardley, PA.

Press Release: Distribution Executives Invited to Discover Why Business as Usual Doesn't Cut it Any More

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:57:38 EDT

Executive Sessions Give Distributors Tips on How to Strengthen their Businesses

Press Release: Activant Releases SDI Version 14

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:46:55 EDT

The newest version of SDI includes many new and enhanced features suggested by the user base.

Success Story: Activant Prophet 21 Helps All Fasteners Take Weekends Off

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:43:04 EDT

All Fasteners, the Franklinville, WI, fastener and industrial tool distributor knew it had the right technology for its fastener business in Activant Faspac, but it wanted the ability to run all aspects of their entire operation with a single package. In Activant Prophet 21, it found that package -- and thanks to the improved technology incorporated into its Wireless Warehouse Management Solution, even the fastener business runs better too.

Success Story: Activant DocMan Helps Katzke Paper Company End the Paper Chase

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:42:58 EDT

Katzke Paper, the Denver, CO-based paper distributor is in the business of selling paper, not filing it -- yet filing it was what the company spent way too much time and effort doing with its archaic microcomputer system. So the company decided to end the paper chase by implementing Activant Prophet 21 with the DocMan document imaging solution. Now staff can answer customers' questions faster and find documents in a snap. Next on its agenda: Getting rid of more than 20 file cabinets.

Press Release: Activant Releases Faspac Version 6.0

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:58:39 EDT

The newest version of Faspac includes many new and enhanced features suggested by the user base.

Press Release: Don't let travel costs limit training

Fri, 5 Sep 2008 09:26:40 EDT

Between rising fuel prices and the extra fees charged by airlines, more and more distributors are cutting training from their budgets. It's not the educational programs they can't afford, but the cost of travel. While this may be a short-term fix for the bottom line, it could end up costing your business much more in lost productivity. Fortunately, you don't have to break the bank to ensure your employees have the training they need.

Press Release: ASA Names Activant Exclusive Recommended Technology Provider

Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:35:05 EDT

Wholesalers to Benefit from Access to Technology