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THE FUTURE of FCB2B
Jim Buckles Founder, Purchasing Ally, the PA for your flooring business™. Buckles is an industry veteran of over 30 years, whose experience includes CCA Global, RFMS, the WFCA as
F cB2B is a success until it’s not. Today, over two thousand retailers are communicating with nearly sixty vendors, representing the major manufacturers and distributors, using either their custom software or one of the legacy erps like Qfloors or RFMS. Unfortunately, over eight thousand dealers can’t, as their business is not fit for the requirements of legacy ERPs, nor can they afford to make custom software. These dealers work hard every day to run their businesses, which provide for their families, and use QuickBooks for their accounting needs. Purchasing Ally believes that we run our business, not the retailers. Retailers run their business in the often-hard-fought ways that provide for them. Today, they record entries to their Quickbooks as they make sales and pay their bills. Purchasing Ally lets them have their price books at their fingertips regardless of the vendor’s use of EDI and send purchase orders to all vendors that can be confirmed electronically. The entries are made to their accounting software as a byproduct of using Purchasing Ally. Today, less than half of the vendors participating in fcB2B take electronic purchase orders or send invoices. Purchasing Ally was created to be a simple purchasing solution for those smaller dealers. Using an exclusive patent-pending method to bridge
well as consulting with independent retailers throughout the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. info@purchasingally.com 256-469-0485 www.purchasingally.com “ Today, less than
half of the vendors participating in fcB2B take electronic purchase orders or send invoices.
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