Progressive Solutions launches bisTrack 2 software

No less than 300 enhancements have been incorporated into bisTrack 2, the latest software release from Progressive Solutions.

bisTrack at the electrical wholesale trade counter This powerful system, designed for use by wholesalers and merchants, is developed completely in Microsoft architecture and comprises sales, purchasing, pricing, stock control and financial integration. Amongst the new standard enhancements, the new Smart View function lets users tailor standard views themselves to make them more relevant to their role. For example a rep might only be interested in seeing just his or her customers.

The 'Dashboard' is what managers and business owners say is their favourite feature of the system as it gives a snapshot view of how the business is performing. Now a new Dashboard Designer has been incorporated which means managers can set up their own dashboard to show whatever key performance indicators they want.

bisTrack now links seamlessly with GPS embedded into individual vehicles so a sales team can pinpoint the actual location of a vehicle carrying a customer's order and advise accurate delivery times. bisTrack now integrates chip and pin handling for credit cards too, which works by piggy backing on the existing network and eliminates the need for the dedicated phone lines required by PDQ machines.

New optional modules include an easy to use EDI module – eBusiness and Web Track, which can be used either as an online trading device or simply as an area where account customers can check prices or the status of their account.

The bisTrack Mobile module enables reps or remote workers to make decisions off site as it gives them access to real time bisTrack data via smart phones. This can save providing field sales teams with a laptop and the full bisTrack system. Data Warehouse is another new module which collects data from every transaction performed in bisTrack for in depth reporting and business analysis. The data is stored on a separate server to isolate the reporting function and prevent any impact on operational performance.

Progressive's Sales Director, Arthur Duffy, said that although software is just a tool, if used with the right mindset, it can help wholesalers tackle important business challenges such as maximising stock value, optimising warehouse operations, streamlining order fulfilment and providing the insight for profitable growth.

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Testimonials

"The people at Progressive Solutions are likeable, straight-talking individuals who have a commitment to continuously develop and push the software forward."

Joe Tipper, Walter Tippers Ltd
"The reporting capabilities of bisTrack really help the sales department answer day to day enquiries. It gives them instant access to information about purchasing volumes and when timber is due to come in."

Wayne Abrams, Project Leader, Arbor Forest Products
"Stock counting is one of the best facilities in bisTrack ever. Stock counting across multiple locations is effortless with multiple entries of the same product. Entering a count is even easier. Counting 10,000 lines used to take two of us 4 days. This time it was 8 hours."
"Inventory accuracy is higher because everyone is more focused and our staff can see the benefit of getting it right."

Ian Murchie, Operations Director, Howie Forest Products
“A member of our buying group told us about bisTrack, although we looked at four or five other software packages. Key factors in the eventual selection of bisTrack were its SQL platform and our confidence in the people we dealt with.”

Gordon Rothwell, James Hargreaves (Plumbers Merch)
"Our real differential is not in software features, it's in our relationships with customers. How we work with them and how we can make an effective difference. You need the staff and the expertise to be able to do that."

Arthur Duffy, managing director, Progressive Solutions
“Hargeaves are ideally placed to take advantage of the offer – whilst we plan to continue using e-Xact to update our product file we also want much better control over special product sales and purchases."

Gordon Rothwell, James Hargreaves MD
"Our staff have margin figures right in front of them now, so they're much more aware of the profit they are making."

Robert Blumsom, Blumsom Fine Timber
"We have a responsibility to the environment. That’s why we’re trying to lower our carbon footprint. We introduced e-commerce, cut down on paper receipts & are introducing electronic billing for customers."

Director, building materials supplier
"It's a very nicely laid out system with easy to follow structural menus and taskpads which, even if I haven't used a particular function before, I find relatively simple to complete."

Chris Pratt, Pratts Timber and Builders Merchants Ltd
"The reporting capabilities of bisTrack really help the sales department answer day to day enquiries. It gives them instant access to information about purchasing volumes and when timber is due to come in."

Wayne Abrams, Project Leader, Arbor Forest Products
"I'm convinced there's no other system that can deliver better what we need. Apart from its Windows architecture and its powerful functionality, it now has ten years of development behind it."

Peter Buttle, Buttle plc