Oakcreek

This week I'm on site at Oakcreek Golf & Turf in Calgary, AB. Oakcreek is an equipment distributor with six branches in Alberta, BC and Saskatchewan. Like many of our multilocation sites, they are running ABS on a Unix server. The remote branches are connected to the home office "online real time" using a VPN (vitual private network).

Oakcreek's product lines include commertional irrigation systems, commercial turf maintenance equipment, golf carts and snow conditioning equipment. They sell and lease new and used vehicles as well as parts, repair service and turnkey irrigation projects.

The company has been running Wholesale Distribtion, Counter Sales, Purchase Order, AP, AR and GL since around 1990. Last year we installed our Buyer Workbench purchasing decision support and automation system. This year we are installling the ABS RF/Bar Code sytem, which allows ABS warehouse functions to be performed on wireless hand held devices.

We are installing RF using Dolphin 9550 56 key scanners from Hand Held Products (the best product I have seen) and Zebra bar code printers. To be continued...