M1 by B & G™ ERP PROGRAM
WINS SUPPORT OF SUBARU DEALERSHIP
Cooper Automobiles is a Subaru dealership servicing
a wide area of south west Victoria.
The family business headed by Neville Cooper has won a string
of Subaru Country Dealer of the Year Awards which is a tribute
to the professionalism of the dealership.
With the business growing quite rapidly Neville Cooper set
out to find a personal computer based ERP (Enterprise Resource
Planning) software program which would service not only the
growth path of his business, but the diversity of requirements
from sales and service to repairs and the purchasing of a wide
range of consumables, as well as all accounting and financial
management needs.
“My enquiries led us to a number
of standard ERP program suppliers all of whom seemed to suggest
that if our business needs didn't fit the operating parameters
of their software then it was our problem not theirs.
“Financially we had also outgrown
our conventional accounting package, so finding a software
program which suited all aspects of our dealership and was
flexible enough to meet our specific requirements was important.
“I mentioned my needs to the management of a local manufacturing
company which uses the M1 by B & G ERP software package
and they encouraged me to see what the software system vendor
Bowen & Groves could do for us.
“After making enquiries Bowen & Groves
convinced me that their M1 ERP platform offered a range of
modules which would be user friendly, comprehensive in scope
and capable of growing with us as a business.
“They were also able to demonstrate
that their ERP package could easily interface with the business
system base of our principal supplier Subaru.
“Consequently we decided that M1 by B & G
met our requirements and we had three of our staff trained
in the program applications.
“We were surprised how quickly we could effect the changeover
from our old computer system, plus we have excellent on line
and personal back up support from Bowen & Groves, notwithstanding
that their head office is over 300kms away.”
The M 1 by B & G ERP program
now has in excess of 500 users largely in manufacturing industry
worldwide.
Chief Operating Officer Aleta Groves says that installing
the ERP program at Cooper Automobiles was a different user
application for M1.
“While there are many business
similarities between a manufacturing business and an automotive
dealership, we regard our M1 installation at Cooper Automobiles
as a demonstration of the flexibility of our software.
‘The fact that it has worked so well for Neville Cooper and
his company gives us sense of satisfaction and maintains our
belief that there are far wider applications for M1 by B & G
than just traditional manufacturing businesses.”
Full information on the ERP program
is available from the website www.bowen-groves.com or
by emailing sales@bowen-groves.com.
* M1 by B & G is a registered trademark of Bowen & Groves.
