Importers, wholesalers and distributors

Textile Bag and Sack Company

• Christchurch-based importer of bags and sacks for commercial use, such as in the grain industry
• Remote office in Auckland
• Multi-departments
• 300+ products

Attaché system: Attaché Accounts

“Attaché is a breeze. I love the flexibility and the way it helps automate things. It's such a time-saver not having to go and find old hard-copy records.

We use Multi-Locations to reserve stock until our clients are ready to receive delivery and Customer Special Pricing to set up contract dates when we tender at a set price for a certain period. At the moment we're setting up the General Ledger to report on profitability by department.”

Interleisure Sales

• Melbourne-based importer and manufacturer of trophies and mouldings
• Large stock range of 10,000+ items
• Multiple companies
• Brisbane office access to head office

Attaché system:Attaché Accounts and Attaché Payroll

“We bought another business with [a well-known ERP system] on their books for several hundred thousand dollars. Such an overkill! Bringing their data into Attaché was so easy and I can operate the two companies at the same time — it's brilliant.

I couldn't run my business without Attaché. It's our life blood. Electronic document delivery is a huge help, especially at our busy time. We're even offering customers a credit voucher to move to it because it saves us so much.”

Goodchild Enterprises

• Perth-based importer and wholesaler of batteries for automotive and industrial use
• Sydney branch accessing Perth head office
• 800 stock items
• 500 locations with consignment stock

Attaché system: Attaché Accounts

“Attaché simply works well. It helps us keep track of every item. We can reconcile everything, it gives us the control we need and it can be customised to suit the business to a tee.

One of the main reasons we use Attaché is our stock. We have stock on consignment at 500 locations with resellers and distributors — Attaché lets us keep track and move it around as needed.”

Blue Cow Cheese Company

• A Perth-based wholesaler and importer of cheese and smallgoods for restaurants and cafes
• 700+ products
• Invoices and orders are entered by sales reps remotely via hand-helds

Attaché system:Attaché Accounts and Attaché Payroll

“Attaché is a simple yet diverse program. You can do so much, and the way it works all makes sense so it's easy to teach new staff. The other good thing is that you can restrict what users have available to them, which makes it easy to train people.

It's important to have a system that grows with you, and Attaché has evolved with the times and is constantly improving. It suits our business very well.”

Vadals

• Queensland-based supplier of non-meat products and equipment to butchers and delicatessens
• 3 sales reps on the road, connected via wireless for remote ordering
• 4000-5000 products
• 4 delivery trucks

Attaché system: Attaché Accounts and Attaché Payroll

“If you are a stock-based business with more than one or two people looking after it, you need something like Attaché so you can keep a check on it all. We spot check 10 to 20 items every week and never have to do a full stocktake. Our stock levels are really tight — not much variance at all.

Attaché has now got to the stage where any bookkeeper who has used MYOB can comfortably move to Attaché with just a bit of training."

Collins Industrial Distributors

• South Australian supplier of equipment, tools and supplies to industry, engineering, mining and rural Australia
• 70,000 products available via online store

Attaché system: Attaché Accounts and Attaché Payroll

“One reason we chose Attaché was its ability to handle a large quantity of stock lines and because it works with our online catalogue. Attaché does all our reporting, and our BAS. It's easy to use and does what we need.

We've grown by 25% in the past year, with just two extra staff. Reducing our administration has helped. Most suppliers now receive their remittance advices automatically, which saves someone standing at the fax for four to five hours.”

Wishart's Paint Solutions

• Auto paints and car repair/servicing equipment to the smash repair industry, based in Wollongong, New South Wales
• Majority trade clients with some retail
• Integration of hand-held PDAs for field sales orders
• Up to 5500 products

Attaché system: Attaché Accounts and Attaché Payroll

“Being able to output files to Excel and manipulate them — to update bin locations or pricing, for example — and then import them back again is such a time saver. We've also introduced some hand-held PDAs for our sales reps in the field so they can take orders and import them straight into Attaché.

Attaché is simple and easy to use — very straight forward. There is so much information on just two screens, so setting up or maintaining things is all there. I love it.”

ABC Brick Sales

• Major reseller of bricks, pavers and retaining walls into South-East Queensland and Northern New South Wales
• Two locations
• Trade 75%; retail 25%
• Integration of dispatch/fleet-tracking system (Minorplanet) and Attaché via custom-built PowerLink systems

Attaché system: Attaché Accounts and Attaché Payroll

“Being able to tie everything together has given us a powerful tool to collect information we otherwise wouldn't have been able to get. It's saved us rekeying the same thing up to three times and eliminated a lot of admin. Our dispatchers now have more time to run the trucks efficiently.

There are things in Attaché that will be invaluable in the future. There's not much point putting in a system that won't cover you down the track.”

Lipp’s Bulk Super Pty Ltd

• Rural-based Victorian fertiliser business which has diversified into salt, gypsum, freight and workshop facilities
• Servicing the agricultural community
• Multiple business units

Attaché system: Attaché Accounts and Attaché Payroll

“We started out with a custom program but outgrew that and tried QuickBooks, which wasn't adaptable to our needs. Following our accountant's recommendation we moved to Attaché for its multi-user capabilities.

I'm very happy with Attaché. It's wonderful and meeting our expectations. It's very easy to use. I've even boasted about it to other companies. I think it's a great program.”

BMV International

• Importer and distributor of premium quality apparel and accessories
• One of a group of companies, including A-Line and KT Group, based in New Zealand and Australia.
• User of Attaché for over 12 years

Attaché system: Attaché Accounts and Attaché Payroll

“Having up to the minute access to all our data is one of the best things about Attaché. The integrity of our Attaché data is also very important to us; we have great peace of mind knowing that the integrated back-ups are done without any fuss or worry.

I have used many systems in the past and Attaché is one of the most robust, flexible systems currently available. In my experience, having worked with accounting systems for many years, I believe that Attaché is a system that could be set up to suit almost any business in any industry. Once the system is set up correctly, you won’t be disappointed with the results.

The support we receive for the product is exemplary also – it’s great to know that help is only a phone call away.”