IMPACT INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES IMPLEMENTS CUTWATER BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (BI) TO REPORT ON CRITICAL BUSINESS INFORMATION

Cutwater BI for wholesale distributors is prepackaged for Activant Prophet 21 transaction system

Impact Industrial Supplies, headquartered in Tampa, FL, has implemented Cutwater BI reporting software.  Cutwater BI supports data analysis and performance reporting on data resident in the wholesale distributor's transaction system, Prophet 21.  Impact Industrial Supplies delivers high quality industrial products from leading manufacturers such as 3M, Loctite, GoJo, Rayovac, and Sherwin Williams and provides critical services that go far beyond simply selling a product. 

"Our job is to help our customers manage the resources they need to be successful," remarks John Diaz, president of Impact Industrial Supplies.  "Cutwater BI gives us the data we need to be a valued partner for our clients." 

Cutwater BI for wholesale distributors provides ad hoc and distributed reporting capabilities to the Impact Industrial Supplies operations and sales teams.  Cutwater BI is preconfigured to provide reporting on data resident in the Activant Solutions Prophet 21 is integrated with Microsoft Excel. 

"There are a lot of reporting tools on the market to choose from," says Diaz.  "Because Cutwater BI is preconfigured, installation was a matter of hours and required no effort on our part.  I simply opened the software and started reporting on my data." 

Cutwater BI provides out-of-the-box reporting features for purchasing, sales, and inventories.  Companies using Prophet 21 benefit from a preconfigured set of report categories that come with Cutwater BI, enabling broad reporting without the installation effort that sometimes accompanies acquiring new software.  Cutwater also provides a one-month trial for any Prophet 21 customer, with no commitment to license the tool until users have had the opportunity to operate the system in their own environment, with their own data.

"Buying software can be a complicated experience," says Jim Heatherington, managing director of Cutwater.  "We're reducing the hurdles involved by standardizing the tool and allowing people to try it before they buy." 

About Impact Industrial Supplies

Headquartered in Tampa, FL, Impact Industrial Supplies is a supplier of high quality industrial, production, and MRO supplies, helping their clients more efficiently manage procurement.  Impact Industrial Supplies also offers logistics and distribution services that can drive measurable return to their clients.  More on Impact Industrial Supplies can be found at www.impactindustrialsupplies.com.