{"id":4509,"date":"2012-11-07T16:11:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T16:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudnewsdaily.com\/?guid=ae4b0fac92f1de3fa86feffe5c967163"},"modified":"2012-11-07T16:11:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T16:11:00","slug":"b-l-progress-software-partner-to-deliver-cloud-based-erp-for-metalcasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/b-l-progress-software-partner-to-deliver-cloud-based-erp-for-metalcasters\/","title":{"rendered":"B & L, Progress Software Partner to Deliver Cloud-Based ERP for Metalcasters"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Progress Software Corporation<\/a> announced that B&L Information Systems<\/a>, developers of metalcasting-specific ERP software, has successfully transformed its Odyssey ERP offering to a Software as a Service (SaaS) model with the help of the Progress\u00ae OpenEdge\u00ae<\/a> product. <\/span><\/p>\n

B&L\u2019s Odyssey software provides foundries and die casters with precise and timely information to balance customer satisfaction, operational efficiencies and profitability. With the help of Progress Software, B&L transformed its traditional ERP software to a SaaS model and doubled its close rate for the application. The Odyssey SaaS application offering outsold the traditional model by 300% in the first year and has seen a revenue increase of 880% since 2009. The SaaS model has enabled B&L to spend more time on site with customers instead of keeping up backend systems.<\/p>\n

The Progress OpenEdge platform helps Progress\u2019 Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) Partners<\/a> build dynamic, business process-enabled applications for secure deployment across any platform, any mobile device and any Cloud. The OpenEdge platform has evolved over the last 30 years incorporating new technologies such as multi-tenancy, data encryption and auditing, security and compliance and user-interface flexibility.<\/p>\n

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\u201cProgress has given B&L the resources and support needed to grow our business beyond expectations,\u201d said Matthew Gacek, vice president of Business Development for B&L Information Systems. \u201cA major benefit for us was the Progress SaaS Empowerment Program<\/a>, which helped B&L develop a business plan, determine costs, and market our applications. Progress\u2019 tools, market intelligence and expertise are unmatched by any other provider we\u2019ve looked into.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gacek continues: \u201cProgress has allowed us to do two things very well. First, they have given us a rock solid platform to work with which means no crashes or downtime – that\u2019s critical in our industry. Generally, our customers are smaller, privately held firms. They don\u2019t have resources for a formal IT department. The Progress OpenEdge product has empowered us to give them a product that does not require a vast amount of maintenance resources, which, in turn, allows us to help them improve their bottom line.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cProgress has always strived to provide our partners with the information and services needed for market success,\u201d said Kimberly King, vice president, Global Partners and Channels for Progress Software. \u201cIt\u2019s great to see that our Empowerment Program played a key role in growing B&L\u2019s business, and our OpenEdge platform continues to provide loyal partners, like B&L, with new opportunities to drive their business forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

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