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	Reasons To Choose Lumbergear
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Overview

Founded in 2002, Unique Data Solutions began consulting with hardwood lumber companies to grasp the unique requirements of the hardwood lumber industry, and after years of research and development, Lumbergear software was rolled out. Despite the fact that we come from modest beginnings and have come a long way, we continue to provide our customers with quality customer service and innovative technology solutions.

Lumbergear inventory software is a powerful, affordable and easy to use lumber business management system that increases efficiency in the workplace. Lumbergear gives you control of your hardwood lumber inventory and costs. The system also features a core set of modules that make it possible for you to run your lumber operations effectively, and get your products to customers on time.

Lumbergear specifically helps you manage and maintain inventory and costs for hardwood lumber and distribution, and wholesale operations. Lumbergear is also a flexible system that can be used by wholesalers, kiln facilities, hardwood and softwood lumberyards, brokers, lumber sales, and sawmills.

LumberCell is a new software add-on that works hand in hand with Lumbergear in real-time. LumberCell is a mobile transaction processing system, and is compatible with most hand held devices such as BlackBerry, Pocket PC, and others. LumberCell allows mobile workers to be productive on the road.

Lumbergear runs on Microsoft SQL Server 2005/ Windows 2000 Server/ Windows 2003 Server.

Highlights

• System Benefits
• System Modules
• Database Platform
• Research and Development
• Integration with Microsoft Office

Key Features

		Turnkey features in Lumbergear allow you to quickly operate Lumbergear with little or no additional configuration. We are also flexible, and can customize Lumbergear to meet your additional business needs.
		Inspired by Lumber and Wood Companies is a great reason to use Lumbergear. Unique Data Solutions conducted extensive research and development before rolling out Lumbergear. We consulted with several lumber companies on how lumber is handled, from the time lumber is first touched, until it reaches the customer.
		Access real-time inventory and cost, allowing you to stay on top of current inventory and stock levels. The  powerful search capabilities make it easy to find inventory in any location.
		Based on Microsoft technology  is one of the reason why Lumbergear is so powerful.  Lumbergear features a familiar Microsoft office look and feel. Lumbergear is powered by Microsoft SQL Server.
		Just-in-time integration allows sales teams to collaborate with production and manufacturing teams and stay on top of new customer orders, ensuring that orders are fulfilled faster. Submitted information is instantly visible to all employees. Orders can be processed right away, and orders can be sent out the door faster.

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The Lumbergear Advantage

Modules include inventory management, sales and order fulfillment, contact management, lumber bar-coding, procurement and receiving, freight transportation and logistics for shipping and receiving, production management, work orders, and remanufacturing, integrated reporting, analysis and graphing, accounting integration, and employee management. Lumbergear automates the billing process, and  integrates with accounting software, including Great Plains Dynamics, Peachtree Accounting and Intuit’s QuickBooks. Hence safeguarding your initial investment in accounting software because you can easily transfer Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and General Ledger to your accounting system.

The Lumbergear advantage is that it is the all-in-one lumber software system for small and midsize companies. Lumbergear has modules for lumber inventory management, sales, order fulfillment, shipping and receiving, bar-coding, remanufacturing, invoicing, logistics, procurement, and contact management. The security features are user friendly, allowing managers to perform audit trails on employees and restrict access to system modules. Lumbergear makes it easier to get customer products effectively down the supply chain. This enables businesses meet the demands of their customer's on-time.

Lumbergear also runs on Microsoft technology, integrates with the Microsoft® Office System and is powered by Microsoft SQL Server.

Inspired By Lumber Companies

Lumbergear was developed after careful research and development. Specifically, hardwood lumber wholesalers and distributors and even softwood lumber companies that engage in dimension wood components will find Lumbergear especially useful, because we spent over two years of research and development and received good guidance from real lumber companies, before going into the development process. Unique Data Solutions even relocated in house to observe the daily operations of lumber companies and  fully understand the daily operations involved in running a successful lumber business. Bottlenecks were identified and strategies were implemented to reduce business processes that took a lot of time, and cost money.

Powered By Microsoft SQL Server Technology

The advanced technology features of Microsoft SQL Server enables you to access your information from virtually anywhere when implemented correctly. With the right infrastructure in place, and proper configuration, little performance loss will be noticed in a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN) environment. Lumbergear uses Microsoft SQL Server as its primary relational database management and analysis system hence your data will never outgrow your business. Microsoft SQL Server supports very large, terabyte-sized databases, instead of the smaller gigabytes limit other file server based database management systems. Microsoft SQL Server also processes queries in parallel mode using multiple native threads within a single process to handle user requests; this feature lets you to retrieve information faster than before.

Leverages Microsoft Office System

Lumbergear software leverages the Microsoft Office System and is powered by Microsoft SQL Server technology. You can perform further analysis in Microsoft Excel, or any other Microsoft Office System product. You have the ability to easily export any of your business information in several formats for additional analysisal analysisal analysisal analysisal analysisal analysisal analysisal analysisal analysisnal analysisal analysisal analysisal analysisal analysisal analysisal analysisal analysisal analysisal analysisal analysis specifically Microsoft Office Access, Microsoft Office Excel, and Microsoft Office Word using Microsoft Visual Studio.

The sales module is tightly integrated with Microsoft Office so that users can perform all operations, such as sales orders, invoicing, loading bills, packing lists, and tagging for purchased lumber, from the module itself.

The sales module is also integrated with the  shipping and freight module, which notifies the shipping department in real-time when an order is ready for shipping, ensuring that products reach customers in a timely manner. System users also can view previous orders and sales statistics. The purchasing and procurement module facilitates rapid completion of the procurement process. Printing purchase orders, faxing, or e-mailing vendors is streamlined and fast. The purchasing module integrates with Lumbergear's production module, inventory and stock control, and shipping and receiving. Once lumber is purchased, delivered, and received, it is added to the inventory automatically. Users also have the option to redirect purchased products directly to customers.

Work orders can also be created for purchased lumber, increasing mill efficiency. The production module makes it possible to  manufacture umber with predetermined product codes with description to reduce production errors during the manufacturing process and increase production speed and efficiency. The inventory management module is a core module of Lumbergear , and it allows the easy maintenance of inventory assets. Tracking and auditing inventory is also very easy, and you can search by all product attributes of lumber items and barcodes. Users can also perform single and batch operations. The barcode module integrates with the inventory module for real time updates. Lumbergear uses Intermec barcode scanners as well as other standard barcode scanners.

The ability of Lumbergear to integrate your lumber business information makes it possible for your company to be more efficient.

• Sales, customer order fulfillment, and production processes can work effectively to satisfy customer orders.
• Logistics can quickly coordinate freight to ship out customer orders on time. You can also schedule freight to receive truckloads.
•  Management can quickly analyze business information, statistics, and graphs for strategic planning.
• Customer Service can also answer and solve customer problems quickly because information is easy to find.
• Lumbergear leverages the Microsoft Office System and is powered by Microsoft SQL Server technology. You can perform further analysis in Microsoft Excel, or any other Microsoft Office System product. You have the ability to easily export any of your business information in several formats for additional analysis.

Quality Information At Your Fingertips

Lumbergear allows you to find information very easily. With a click of a button, the information you need is at your finger tips. The intuitive features also make users feel comfortable and reduce the training time.

Focus More On Selling And Improving Products And Services For Your Customers

One major reason why you are ahead of your competition with Lumbergear is that you no longer have to spend hours finding critical information. With Lumbergear , you can quickly find want you want regardless of whether you are looking for your business information regarding lumber inventory, customer sales, order status, truckloads, shipping and receiving, remanufacturing, reloads, or inventory costing. Lumbergear manages the information flow of your organization, giving you peace of mind so you can focus solely on selling more lumber, improving your products while satisfying your customer needs.

Improved Customer Service Experience

You  no longer have to tell your customers that you will give them a call back to find the product they want to buy. With Lumbergear, if you have it, you will quickly find it. You can easily give your customers fast answers. You no longer risk the potential of loosing a sale because you could not answer your customer questions in a timely manner.  Lumbergear also provides you with up to date information on the status of your customer orders.

Analyze Profitability, Yields, and Inventory Costs

You can easily measure yields on every lumber sale. Lumbergear lets you analyze your yields, or loss on every sale. This helps you increase and maintain profitability. You can also easily track the cost of your lumber inventory.

Remote Access From Virtually Any Location

Employees can be productive from virtually any location. You can access Lumbergear from home, work, or even at a customer site *. You do not need any proprietary line to access Lumbergear remotely. As long as you have a good internet connection and a good computer, you are ready to be productive regardless of where you work.

*Contact Unique Data Solutions on the best technology approach to your specific computer environment.

Reduced Costs and Increased Profitability

Lumbergear is very affordable when compared to other systems, and you get GREAT value. Lumbergear has been proven to help your company be competitive from a technology standpoint, while allowing you to focus on your core competency of servicing your customers with lumber in a cost effective way. Unique Data Solutions values you as a business partner and work with you to implement  ways your business can further reduce cost, increase efficiency which eventually leads to customer satisfaction, reliability, and profitability.

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Lumbergear is simply a quality product that was designed and implemented with the guidance of real lumber companies who understand the way the lumber industry works. The backbone architectural design of Lumbergear was implemented by professionals with years of experience in enterprise database management and design and thus provides the flexibility needed for module integration and the stability and benefits that come with properly designed relational enterprise databases. Lumbergear has great scalability. By using Microsoft SQL Server as its primary relational database management and analysis system, your data will never outgrow you. Microsoft SQL Server supports very large, terabyte-sized databases.

Read More: Lumbergear Overview Literature » Printable Format

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The inventory management module of Lumbergear is robust and was designed specifically for lumber companies that engage in wholesale and retail of lumber products. The inventory management module allows you to track inventory and costing information from various locations, and by all its attributes such as thickness, grade, species, length, type, product id (part id or number) and many more! The inventory module was designed for easy use and tracking to ensure that you find the information you want in a timely fashion.

The inventory management is also integrated with other modules of Lumbergear and provides real-time information to all areas of your organization. Also, the ability to track inventory information by multiple lot and layers will prove to be a useful feature and eliminate the need for double entry.

The inventory management module features a powerful yet easy to use Bar-coding System that enables you to easily print barcode tags for any inventory item you want across the organization.

Read More: Inventory Management Literature » Printable Format

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Managing your sales operations and order fulfillment in Lumbergear is relatively easy. The sophisticated sales order management system allows your salesperson the ability to focus on customer demands and ensure that orders get to the customer on time.  

The sales module is integrated with real-time access to inventory information and your sales team always knows what product is available in inventory. The sales module also is integrated with the production module via the order status advice. This feature allows your production team to know what needs to be run into production to meet customer demands on time.

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The lumber industry is very competitive and it is very important to know what goods should be bought based on current market trends. Lumbergear provides your purchasing department with historical data on which products attract more sales, at what periods and usually by whom. This allows your procurement team that ability to plan ahead.

One of the most important aspects of any successful business apart from delivering quality products and service is to delivery them on time when the customer needs it. The real-time integration with the production module provides your production team and purchasing department with immediate real-time information on goods that need to be produced or the raw materials that need to be bought so that the actual finished product can be made.  In Lumbergear , during the procurement stage, you can easily issue advanced work orders from purchase orders so that your production staff know exactly what to do once the purchased lumber arrives in the processing center.

It is also easy to schedule shipping for your purchase orders. The real-time integration with the freight module provides your shipping department immediate access to purchase orders that need freight pickup. With this information your shipping department knows what orders they need to plan and schedule transportation for. The freight module also integrates with the production module via the order status advice so that your warehouse personnel know when the order will be loaded and delivered as well as the carrier that will deliver the goods.

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The freight transportation and logistics module of Lumbergear allows shipping department the ability to quickly arrange truckloads and delivery of goods to customers or other specified locations. The integrated feature of the freight module with other modules allows accurate flow of shipping information throughout the organization.

This module provides real-time integration with sales, purchasing, and production. Immediately sales orders, or purchase orders are created that need shipping or receiving either for delivery to the customer lumber yard, customer site, or other specified location the shipping department is instantly notified that they need to schedule transportation for freight. Once freight is scheduled, it is reflected in the appropriate sales and purchasing information as well as production. The integration with production provides your production team and warehouse staff with real-time information of which carrier will be picking up the finished goods for customer delivery.

Creating freight orders is very easy to do in Lumbergear , and you can easily schedule freight pickup and delivery request for truck loads or rail routing. Once the freight pickup and delivery request sheet has been created, you can easily communicate this information to bidding freighters such as trucking companies via fax and so on. You also have quick access to carrier information and can view additional information if needed.

Read More: Freight Transportation Literature » Printable Format

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The production module helps you increase efficiency by providing useful features such as the integrated work orders management system, remanufacturing module and the order status advice integrated with sales, freight and production modules. The integrated features of these module help leverage critical sales information!

The ability to know what needs to be run into production is extremely useful and will allow your sales team to deliver customer orders on time. The work orders management system also allows you to issue work orders for your production staff so that they know what incoming purchased materials need to be produced.

Read More: Production Literature » Printable Format

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The barcode module integrates with the inventory management module of Lumbergear and allows you to track inventory and costing information by any, or your entire product attributes such as thickness, grade, species, length, type, product id, status, and so on.  The barcode module provides your warehouse staff with increased efficiency, air-tight inventory, accuracy, and time savings.

The direct benefit of bar-coding your inventory is that it increases inventory accuracy and reduces paper work. Manual operations and data entry by your employees can introduce errors into the system and slow down searches with incorrect data. Bar-coding your inventory affords you the ability to spend less time going through stacks of paper and deciphering handwriting. All you have to simply point and click on the barcode you want to perform an action on and voila, you’re all set.

Lumbergear reads barcodes by using standard barcode/handheld scanners/readers that have been thoroughly tested to give you the best result. Lumbergear immediately reflects updates in your warehouse inventory from bar-coding operations, and you don’t have to wait until the end of day to upload your warehouse changes into your back office system.

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Lumbergear does not include its own accounting software package; instead it allows you the ability to integrate with popular accounting software packages of your own choice such as Peachtree Accounting, Microsoft Great Plains Accounting, and others. The integration between Lumbergear and your accounting package is simple and straightforward. Unique Data Solutions Development Services can also be consulted to implement accounting integration for other accounting packages with Lumbergear .

Lumbergear also integrates invoice and purchasing information into your Accounting Software Package. This  will help reduce accounting errors and the need to re-enter the same information over and over again. This saves your accounting personnel time and they can focus on more important decision making and strategic decisions instead of re- entering invoice information.

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Lumbergear also features useful custom report definition formulas that allow you to customize your search reports. This feature makes it easier for you to find the information you want.

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• Lumber Overview
• Executive Dashboard
• LumberCell Mobile
• Sales and Order Fulfillment
• Procurement and Purchasing
• Inventory Management
• Freight Transportation and Logistics
• Inventory Bar-coding
• Accounting Integration
• Production Management
• Lumbergear Architecture and Design

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