Hargreaves use e-Xact

North West based plumbers' merchant, James Hargreaves, has recently taken on the bisTrack range of software products from Progressive Solutions. The system will be used to manage sales, control stock, simplify purchasing and gather intelligence. Around 100 James Hargreaves staff will be using the system.

James Hargreaves are already major users of e-Xact and one of the requirements stipulated by their MD, Gordon Rothwell, was that the bisTrack software should integrate with e-Xact as seamlessly as possible.

Commenting on the company's use of e-Xact Gordon said, "We like to spend our time selling plumbing and heating materials. So anything that removes the drudge of keeping our systems updated is great for us. For many of our suppliers, e-Xact helps to do this. We and our associates in the CBA want to see many more suppliers on e-Xact. As we move to trading on the internet the opportunities and benefits of using it are becoming even greater for all those involved."

Gordon went on to say that in Hargreaves' move ahead, because of the integration with bisTrack "e-Xact will become a cornerstone of our core trading application."

Much of the technical integration work between bisTrack and e-Xact has already been completed – and e-Xact supplier catalogues and content (such as product images) can be accessed and browsed directly from the bisTrack applications.

e-Xact and Progressive Solutions are having on-going discussions about how the integration can be further developed to provide even greater benefits to users.

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