Hello everyone I am Bob Greenberg, Vice President of Master System. I want to welcome everyone to our BLOG. To our customers I am sure I have met most of you either at trade shows, at your office, in our office and, even during our user conferences. To our prospective customers I welcome you to our website and get to know us. "We won't bite!" In my 11-years at Master System I have had thousands of lively and interactive conversations about OMS, especially all the positive ways that wholesale distributors who use OMS have been able to grow. Interestingly enough, I am humbled by our customer's comments when they tell me that OMS "meets and exceeds their expectations!" In our BLOG our goal is to make the BLOG a proving ground for the uses of OMS. I will do this by sharing some of my favorite stories about OMS that you told me about. Interesting enough is that every time when a prospective customer asks me to explain the why should choose OMS I can't but help but relay your stories anonymously. What I have come to learn is based on an accumulation of 11 years of working closely with the thousands of OMS customer's where I have been gathering your feedback, and at the same time learning the different ways our customers have profited by OMS. Seems every time I am in a retail store, I see your products on the shelves, on the floor. I even tell the sales clerk: "that's my customer!" I hope you enjoy all the insightful information of our BLOG and our website.

Our reasoning about ERP business software has to do with our flagship products family Office Master Systemâ„¢ and how it strengthens your business DNA; improves your customer service DNA; delivers decision support DNA; empowers operational efficiencies and, enables a full collaboration for wholesale distribution. We believe the OMS ERP business software solution is one of your missing DNA links. OMS ERP in your business DNA, takes you to the next level. Most distributors are being pressed against the wall today looking at all the areas of their business. Cost savings is the leader.

Lately I have encounter quite a bit of wonder as to why various companies decide to go with large ERP vendors such as SAP, Oracle or Microsoft based on being able to just say that that company has that software. It has become more and more common I believe that IT staff is pushing for these large ERP vendors to better their own experience just so they are able to put on a resume that they implemented SAP or other. Without careful consideration on the fundamental needs of what is best for the company. Since ERP is becoming better known in households, that when asked what software do you have, companies excitedly or arrogantly say "We have SAP." This is like the one upping neighbor stating "oh we just bought the SRT10 Hennessy Edition Jeep Cherokee for $250,000!" And my response is always, wait you did what? So let me get this straight you purchased a Jeep because you like the room and need the V8 for towing the 4X4 capability because you live where it snows. Base model starting around $28,000 you went ahead and spent $222,000 more just so you can say you bought the SRT10 Hennessy Edition. Just like with a few companies I encountered that have spent far too much for an ERP solutions that wasn't want they "needed" but for the sake of saying we have SAP or other vendors. Is this how software is to be thought of? You get what you pay for? Or are there alternative motives or something underlying that I just do not see? Now this isn't being written to downplay or to say that SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft are not good or even great solutions. But I compare purchasing a car to software with the similar kind of approach right? You think about what you need the vehicle for and how that vehicle will make your life better in the purchase. Or am I being too naïve? I'll leave that to you…………………….

If there are three letters that can wreak fear in mind of business managers it's the letters ERP. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) will bring visions of costs overruns, schedule delays and wreak general havoc to most company resources.It doesn't have to be that way!. It makes sense to implement an OMS ERP business software solution because the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages in your environment. TCO (Total Cost of Ownership), Implementation, Support, and Competitive Advantages are just a few of the benefits you can achieve. • The first and the foremost reason why companies are implementing an OMS ERP business software solution is cost. The OMS ERP business software solution is the lowest for cost of implementation and lowest in cost of ownership and ongoing maintenance! There are no "arm and a leg" charges for our OMS software and our "premium" support is among the lowest- - -bar none. In addition you'll experience only a one-time license cost and, far lower costs of implementing and where the need arises- - -customizing an OMS ERP system. When you add nominal training and data conversion costs you still experience the lowest cost of investment compared to any comparable solution. It is typical for companies choosing our OMS ERP to under-spend their budget and utilize less resources as opposed to over-spending. And, no- - -there are no hidden costs in the OMS ERP business software solution. • Time is another big advantage of implementing an OMS ERP business software solution. A typical implementation takes 4-7 weeks versus 6-12 months. In those 4-7 weeks an OMS ERP business software solution is typically deployed rapidly becuase all OMS ERP business software solutions are "ready-to-go" industry solutions. Most companies have a hard time keeping their data consistent and accurate during the implementation. That's why when implementing an OMS ERP business software solution we deliver all the conversion programs to our customer to assist them in the clean up the data up and to the time the customer decides let "go live." • Implementing an OMS ERP business software solution does not drain company resources, nor does it have any negative affects the ability to run and maintain business as usual. In all cases it is possible to successfully implement an OMS ERP business software solution because of our expeience of how your business operates – we understand your industry in detail and the OMS ERP business software solution is designed based on experiences gained over the past 25-years of working hand-in-hand with businesses throughout a widely diverse wholesale distribution industry.