While some companies find that new products and services boost business in difficult economic times, another tactic to remain successful is to streamline internal operations and reduce expenses. A primary consideration in deciding which direction to take might be the customer base and market area...

...To make ordering, reordering and internal workflow easier, Lenoir installed the PowerQuote business management system in August of 1999. The company had been using an earlier program from a different supplier....

...Booth says. “PowerQuote is very easy to set up and simple to use. You do all of your estimating on it and make job tickets that actually go into the production department. The press operators can go by the information we’ve input. When the job is finished, we bill it out, make an invoice and post payments to the same system...

...Booth also has been very pleased with PowerQuote’s support. Upgrades and refinements in the program are sent regularly, and if there’s a problem, it usually can be fixed with a telephone call...