Lumber and Building Materials Software
WoodPro Software Inc. provides integrated Business Management Software for
companies in the Lumber and Building Materials Industry. Our WoodPro
InSight system is designed for wholesalers, distributors, dealers,
building materials distributors, importers, exporters, sawmills,
remanufacturers, wood treaters and secondary manufacturers. Real-time
information regarding inventory management, accounting, finance, sales,
purchasing, warehousing, manufacturing, and services is seamlessly unified. Many
types of distributors and manufacturers choose WoodPro to fulfill their
end-to-end business processes.
WoodPro InSight, is a one vendor Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) and Business Intelligence solution based upon Microsoft technologies. With
it, you obtain deep operational insights and performance measurements that
enable you to cut costs, improve operational efficiency, improve customer
service, and maximize your return on investment (ROI). It is more than a
commercial off-the-shelf program, it is an enterprise-wide platform for growth
and incorporates strategic customer prioritized enhancements. The application
look and feel promotes ease of use and quick adoption.
For over 25 years, WoodPro Software Inc. has been applying knowledge and
experience gained from hundreds of projects to deliver time-tested, innovative
uses of our application. We'll share our experiences and best practices;
however, if enhancements are required, we will give you the capability
advantages of in-house development for the lowest cost in the lumber and
building materials software industry. The system has the breadth and depth of
functionalities needed to run your business efficiently. It is easy to use and
highly adaptable, which promotes quick adoption and a favorable ROI.
Engineered for Your Businesses
Whatever pressures and challenges you face, WoodPro's integrated
ERP System helps you manage information regarding your finances,
accounting, sales, inventory, production, customers and suppliers more
effectively. WoodPro InSight provides direct and remote access to critical, real-time information
required, so that you can quickly respond to any changes in your business
environment.
WoodPro InSight is more than just a building materials software, it also handles
softwood and hardwood lumber specific requirements efficiently. Valuable
insights gained at many different levels can help you quickly make crucial
decisions, so that you can stay ahead in various dynamic environments. All your
business operations are seamlessly coordinated within a single application. The
benefits are immediately obvious, as processes flow into one another, staff
collaborate more closely, and managers and executives have an instant and
accurate view of the whole company. Right out of the box, we deliver a
tried-and-tested, complete system that is designed to handle your complex
business processes.
On your behalf, we apply the knowledge gained from hundreds of projects to
deliver time-tested, innovative uses of our application. We strive to listen to
you, understand your culture, learn how you work, and gain your trust and
confidence the old-fashioned way - by earning it. Our system incorporates many
useful and easy-to-adopt tools that provide critical time sensitive information
to help you enhance your operations and position in the supply chain.
ACCOUNTING
View of all your accounting information in real time, including G/L, A/R, A/P bank reconciliation, financial statements, fixed assets, payroll, and GL consolidation. Data details can be seen through drill down capabilities, inquiry functions, and detailed reports for strategic cost analysis. Currency conversions, multi-entity consolidation, and electronic fund transfers (EFT) are available for facilitating global business transactions.
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INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
Optimize inventory management and control inventory costs and quantities for multiple locations with a real-time view of on hand, available, committed, on order, and vendor managed inventory. Benefit from multiple unit conversions including BF, LF, SF, M3, random length and random width. Inventory can be tracked be using tags, lots, lumber tally, barcodes, and universal product codes (UPCs).
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SALES MANAGEMENT
Equip sales teams with the tools for growth and profit by helping you meet customer demand efficiently. Each order from a sales quote to delivery and billing can be managed in their customized workspace. The system can be accessed using laptops, tablets, and smart phones (Windows, Android, and IOS) through a remote desktop connection.
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WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT
Automate your inventory control, shipping and receiving, customer order fulfillment process in warehouses and distribution centers with our Warehouse Management System (WMS). It is a series of applications that uses Ruggedized PCs, Ruggedized Tablets, Handheld Scanning devices and Specialty Printers. ONLINE and OFFLINE modes are available.
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MANUFACTURING
Designed to streamline business processes for both hardwood and softwood lumber mills, as well as remanufacturing and secondary manufacturing operations. Manage fluctuating customer demands with better resource allocation, forecast consumption and replenishment strategies designed to eliminate production bottlenecks and the production or purchase of wrong items.
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POINT OF SALE
The Point of Sale (POS) Module enables lumber and building materials distributors (LBM) and dealers to handle transactions using cash, barcode scanners and merchant debit and credit card terminals. Back-office modules integration provides a complete ERP system. Downtime minimization through redundant system keeps your business going even if the internet is down.
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PROCUREMENT
Manage vendor relations, while streamlining invoicing and payments processing to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Purchases can be linked directly to accounts payable, making it easier to track purchases and pay vendors once inventory is received. Enhance accruals processing workflows and collaborations between finance, purchasing and other operational units.
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LOGISTICS
Reduce daily deliveries plans with the integrated Daily Route feature. Generate shipping documents and schedule orders to truckloads by weight for shipment to predetermined routes and zones. In-bound and out-bound orders, including sales dispatches, purchase orders, subcontracted re-man or work orders, and inter-location transfers are all supported.
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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Combining business intelligence tools Like Tableau, Qlik Sense, and Power BI with our data warehouse services, raw data can be analyzed using dashboards and visual analytics to give you historical, current, and predictive views of your business operations. Being able to share business analytics, monitor progress of initiatives, and discover opportunities facilitate better strategic decisions.
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CORPORATE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
Real-time Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are conveniently summarized in the Corporate Performance Module. They include sales, inventory, receivables, payables, cash flow and financial statements. Management can see their whole business picture, identify problems and opportunities, track orders and sales, and obtain details through drill-down features.
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E-BUSINESS & E-COMMERCE
Achieve the dual benefits of reducing costs and improving transaction speed through E-business tools offered by WoodPro. Information regarding order processing, order status verification, purchasing, inventory management, customers, production scheduling, etc., can be facilitated through integrated E-mail and E-fax solutions, EDI, E-banking, and E-commerce.
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E-DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT
Find, share, and access both scanned and computer-generated files from any screen within WoodPro. Communication to your customers and vendors using our integrated e-mail and e-fax removes the need to print or manually fax order acknowledgements, invoices, customer statements, purchase orders and more.
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PAYROLL (US)
CenterPoint Payroll software by Redwing is a locally installed or cloud-based system that adds profits by reducing the time and money associated with payroll processing. Designed to be easy for users to understand how to set up employees, enter time, and run reports. Time-saving features allow you to spend less time in the office.
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PAYROLL (CANADA)
Clarity by Paymate is a very cost-effective, easy to use solution, with a short implementation cycle. It handles the requirements of organizations
with multiple locations and works with accounting system, time clocks, banks, etc. It is flexible, with industry-leading depth of functionality.
On-Premise Solution (Clarity) and Hosted Solution (Harmony) are available.
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Why Choose WoodPro Software?
For over 30 years, WoodPro Software Inc. has been specializing in the development and design of integrated financial
and operational management software for companies in the lumber and building materials industry.
Our extensive experience, expertise and knowledge enable us to address the unique requirements of our clients.
On your behalf, we apply the knowledge gained from hundreds of projects to deliver time-tested, innovative uses of our application. We strive to listen to you,
understand your culture, learn how you work, and gain your trust and confidence the old fashioned way – by earning it. We’ll share our experience and best practices.
However, if customization is required, we give you the capability advantages of in-house development for the lowest cost in the lumber and building materials software
industry. Below are some more reasons for choosing WoodPro:
Whatever the pressures and challenges you face, WoodPro InSight helps you manage your finances, resources, information, customers and suppliers more effectively. All your business operations are seamlessly coordinated within a single application. The benefits are immediately obvious, as processes flow into one another, staff collaborate more closely, and managers and executives have an instant, accurate view of the whole company.
As a single solution from a single source, WoodPro offers all the benefits of simplification in deployment, training, licensing, upgrading and support. A single point of accountability promotes a rapid return on investment and a lower total cost of ownership.
WoodPro Software Inc. has been working with businesses like yours for over 20 years. We understand the demands of your industry . Running a single system across both your back-office functions and your customer-facing operations can ultimately translate back into consistently higher service levels and margins.
Business management software should be highly adaptable, allowing changes that regularly occur in your business to be made quickly, easily,
and cost-effectively, like WoodPro InSight. But while some of the other vendors continue to market solutions that can “adapt” to ever-changing business requirements, most
customers are shocked to discover the true cost and time associated with making even simple modifications.
WoodPro’s software solution is built on real-world business logic and sound technology that is already deployed in hundreds of North American businesses.
The result? Enormous depth and functionality across the enterprise.
We offer over 30 years of experience in delivering financial and lumber management software that maps onto the complex inventory and operational activities.
But solid business logic without sound technology is not enough. Organizations need a seamlessly integrated portfolio of applications. This is why we have chosen to develop our products using Microsoft technologies. WoodPro InSight works with your existing systems and databases; it also works with familiar Office applications. Your staff becomes more productive quickly, as they use their existing skills. New office and IT staff can be easily recruited and trained. Information is available to other software applications making your business processes even more effective.
Microsoft is the leader in software technologies. They provide stable business platforms now and in the future.
Multiple data entry into different databases can be eliminated, saving users and administrators’ time and improving accuracy, while customers' demands
can be identified and fulfilled in a more efficient and cost-effective manner. Routine tasks are automated, and users have a system that is easy to use and
customizable to suit their working style. The system also integrates with handheld devices such as Smart Phones, Apple iPad2 and Windows Tablet PCs.
As a result, productivity is increased, and costs are reduced.
Cloud based hosting services through Ace and Microsoft Azure hosting. We can also work with your provider and assist with the setup.
Customer Relationship Management Service features enable you to manage and document each interaction with your
customers and prospects. Whether you are creating a new quotation, tracking the status of an order, inquiring about sales history, managing a return,
tracking outstanding orders and payments, or simply providing support relative to a recent purchase, the customer service option provides you with all
the resources needed to help strengthen your relationships with your customers.
The system covers multiple areas of business operation traditionally addressed with multiple applications, making deployment is easier and cheaper. Users only need to be trained on just one system; maintenance and support are covered from a single source, with just one point of contact and accountability. In addition, having a single upgrade cycle means the benefits of new releases can be felt immediately across all areas of your business. Free upgrades to all future release are included in the support contract.
Key performance indicators, daily priorities, up-to-date order status, customers’ buying history, and current aged receivables information…all these and more improve productivity and management control. Through ‘out of the box’ alerts and executive management tools in the system, clear answers to fundamental questions about your business are available.
They alert users to issues, problems and tasks to support informed decision-making.
You know your business best, which is why we offer customization services to meet your business requirements. Our system can be quickly modified to address the information needs of users and help them work more effectively.
Some customers require varying degrees of software sophistication in different parts of their operation. For this reason, we offer project switches that turn on different functions, as well as customize the code to meet your business requirements.
Client Prioritized Enhancements to your solution can be made to meet your business requirements. Approved enhancements are built into the core product by the means of project switches to insure you against program obsolescence.
Create custom workplaces for your users using drag and drop functionality. They can place all their common tasks, inquiries, reports, and business alerts in certain places, according to their working style. Productivity is increased and administrative costs are reduced.
Business forms can be customized and configured to your requirements. The C# version of the code provides for User GUI (Graphical User Interface) formsets. The fields on the screens can be controlled by the user – including moving fields, changing the terminology of the prompts and making fields view-only or completely invisible.
Reacting quickly to occurrences or conditions that could potentially affect your profitability and service levels is vital for sustained success. Notifications can be built in to ensure fast responses to significant events, prompting managers to attend to predefined business events. Managers and other staff members are notified of critical incidents, as well as routine events such as outstanding purchase orders, which are required to complete customer orders.
Our application can be deployed very rapidly without any of the trouble and expense incurred in traditional deployments. There’s no need to load software
onto each workstation; using terminal services, Citrix or a web browser (C# version), authorized office-based staff, mobile teams,
and remote employees can access centralized data. Encryption techniques ensure secure remote access to your system through public networks.
Many documents such as Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, Invoices, and Statements can be sent to suppliers and customers electronically. Furthermore, rather
than being hidden away in personal or departmental filing systems, these documents along with scanned Supplier Invoices, signed Delivery Tickets, Bill of Ladings,
etc., can be stored centrally. You can securely store important documents with a Document Management system. Information can be retrieved in seconds, and the system ensures you meet statutory obligations on data retention and storage.
Incorporation of simple, but powerful tools so that events can be audited by recording related information whenever they occur. Financial transactions cannot just be deleted or reversed, leaving no audit trails. “Regarding small businesses and Sarbanes-Oxley (Bill 198 in Canada)- learning more about it and ensuring that you move towards greater and greater compliance with its rules is a smart business strategy - duty now for the future." User based security allows individual organizations to define their own security level over their database.
We offer the best of both worlds - the advantages of low-cost Commercial Off the Shelf software, with the capability advantages of an in-house development for
the lowest Total Ownership Cost (TOC) in the Lumber and Building Materials software industry. We are primarily interested in long-term relationships through repeat
business, by providing our customers with a superior ownership experience. Our clients have been benefiting from our ability to deliver tailored solutions for
over 30 years.
The core package includes all the essential modules and features that present a global view of your business operations. Back and front office processes
are seamlessly coordinated within a single application. Information obtained from drill down capabilities, and the highly integrated modules and features
enable closer collaboration within the different departments. Managers and executives are able to easily obtain an accurate view of the company’s
overall performance. In addition, the common user-interface of an integrated solution decreases time and costs, and allows consistent retrieval of data
from multiple entry points. As a result, a complete solution from WoodPro Software Inc. translates into a rapid return on investment and a lower total
cost of ownership.
We apply over 30 years of knowledge and best practices gained from hundreds of projects to deliver time-tested, innovative uses of our application.
You can be confident that our solution will help you achieve more. Staff at all levels will have the tools to standardize and streamline complex
business processes, provide information securely, and quickly adapt to the changing business environment.
We design our system based on input from clients like you. We are able to make client prioritized enhancements to our software and deliver a complete solution that meets the needs of
each enterprise--from systems analysis, data conversion, product usage training, to full-service support.
Free upgrades to all future releases are included in the support contract.
Since WoodPro InSight is a single system, ownership is simplified: there are no separate upgrade cycles for different software products around the business; no interoperability headaches; a single point of contact and accountability delivers lower training and support costs moving forward.
Why Choose an Integrated Solution Like WoodPro InSight?
WoodPro Software Inc. offers WoodPro InSight, a truly integrated (one vendor) enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for companies in the Lumber and Building Materials Industry. With an integrated solution you can get a detailed, consistent and more accurate picture of what is going on in terms of your business operations, customers and vendors. It provides accurate and real time views of costs, transactions, and value added activities. Risks, opportunities, customer buying patterns, and supplier effectiveness, etc. can be identified quickly.
While rolled up information from non-integrated solutions and spreadsheets may show inventory movements, expenditures, revenues and other commitments, it is important to be able to drill down into the figures. This will give you the full context of the information, as it is readily accessible throughout the organization in real time.
Modules in the WoodPro InSight ERP System Are Tightly Integrated
Below are some benefits of an integrated system and some concerns regarding integration of multiple applications:
Benefits of a Truly Integrated System
- Decreases the number of steps in business processes, as common data needs to be captured only once and less time is spent on capturing and validating new data
- Reduces number of errors as main database is updated directly, and it does not have to be transferred via points of integration
- Requires less maintenance
- Improves inter-branch, location & departmental communication
- Reduces IT, administrative and service delivery costs
- Improves working procedures and data accessibility
- Makes it easier to redefine job specifications as there is consistent user interface for learning new processes
- Lowers costs because maintenance of two separate systems is not needed
Concerns With the Integration of Multiple Applications
- Ongoing upkeep of the points of integration and data fields as the products change over time
- New releases and updates that show up intermittently may negatively affect the ability to plan strategically
- Cumulative costs of user training and retraining on multiple interfaces
- Incompatibilities in workflow and internal communications techniques across multiple products
- No 360 degree real-time view of data
- Inconsistent data
- Bug fixes, unplanned upgrades, unsuspected incompatibilities can lead to production delays
- Potential delayed or protracted time to Return on Investment (ROI)
- Unpredictable Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) over time