Federal White Cement of Woodstock, Ontario is an international manufacturer and supplier of white cement for brick and block manufacturers, makers of artificial rock, and numerous other entities all over Canada and the United States since 1979. 

 

Dave Beck, President of SystemLink stated, “In their current situation, they would have required some very labor intensive spreadsheet jockeying in order to track how and where their money was being allocated.” He further continued, “Business Intelligence is a concept – not a product. Among the initiated, its ins and outs seem fruitless because it requires a certain perspective of business itself in order to acquire a better understanding of the business’ commercial context.” 

 

SystemLink deployed Sage Accpac Insight as a Business Intelligence starting point, and then worked with them to develop ways to further bolster their business. Federal White Cement now has access to the base transaction for every shipment and is able to calculate all the martins – then build up and analyze the whole business by product, distribution center, customer, product type, and location – all to understand their business and make better decisions. 

 

“Many companies will say they can do something like this and then they fall short and don’t live up to expectations, but SystemLink measured up completely, and that is their absolute best quality,” stated Tony Lopes of Federal White Cement. “SystemLink has given us a way to analyze a critical part of our business in a way we couldn’t do before—and we’re growing because of it.” 

Specifically, Federal White Cement has tripled their business over the last few years without having to add a single employee! Dave Beck concluded, “We’ve been helping companies gain better business intelligence before it was even a concept in the industry. We are uniquely qualified in this area, and are thrilled that we were able to help Federal White Cement gain more insight into their business.”