Past Excellence Award Winners- Technology
Past Winners: Technology and Website Design
When using financial information to analyze sales, most dealers are about as sophisticated as a game of checkers. A few businesses, using the same board of financial data, have advanced to chess. Now TW Perry has figured out how to play chess on several boards simultaneously.
Loran Hall, owner/president of Mathew Hall Lumber in St. Cloud, Minn., says he used to call his company's website a "glorified Yellow Page ad."
John Askin Jr. compares the benefits of the warehouse management software his company installed to the Lewis and Clark expedition's reports of geysers and hot springs at what's now Yellowstone Park.
With the rise of web browsers on mobile devices and social media like Twitter and Facebook, Ridgefield Supply Co. has dismissed its old website for one that makes it easier to get round-the-clock access to the dealer.
Boston Cedar & Millwork isn't a distributor, says marketing manager Scott Babbitt. It's a "marketing company that distributes building materials."
Building materials supplier TW Perry knows it made the right improvements to the dealer's website, www.twperry.com.
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A new web site is looking to connect suppliers with contractors that are hoping to save money and find the best price available for materials.
Brian King divides LBM executives into two camps: those who buy software to improve their operations, and those who don't. He's an avid member of the first group.
One way you can tell that the number of builders and customers interested in green construction is growing is the ever-rising number of requests dealers are hearing to explain what being green means. One of those dealers decided to address the issue through a Web site that's as colorful and...
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You might suspect that a company established in 1854, when Franklin Pierce was president and coal gas was first used to light major U.S. city streets, could be a tad hidebound in its employ of Internet technology. But Rufus Deering Lumber Co.'s 89-page-and-growing Web site (www.rufusdeering.com)...
Truitt & White Lumber's Web site gives builders a lot of information without trying too hard to seem impressive. And that makes it impressive. Packed with housing products, industry information, event dates, and more, the site's layout keeps things easily accessible.
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The owner himself will admit the high-end dealer Interstate + Lakeland Lumber was one of the last companies to start using computers. But when the business did take the plunge, it hit the Web full force and in its own way.
Tindell's launches online contractor account access as a value-added service and an internal cost saver.
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