Logging Equipment Provider Says, “Our IBM iSeries System Is an IT Department In-a-Box”

Logging Equipment Provider Says, “Our IBM iSeries System Is an IT Department In-a-Box”

IBM today announced that Suttle Equipment, Arkansas-based provider of timber harvesting equipment, has modernized its critical business operations with an IBM eServer iSeries system at the core of its on demand technology network. Working with IBM and IBM Business Partner, CRT International Inc. (CRTI), Suttle Equipment now saves significant time and money since implementing an IBM iSeries system with CRTI’s advanced software solution to access and analyze inventory, sales and receivables data in real-time. Before the upgrade, Suttle Equipment, a small business with 50 employees, relied on a courier service to collect and deliver data tapes from its three Arkansas locations to company headquarters for analysis — a process that took up to three days.

The company’s new infrastructure digitizes this process and enables the store sales analysis to happen in just five minutes. “This machine never goes down! The reliability of the iSeries system is why Suttle Equipment has been able to operate for so long without an on-site IT staff,” says Jimmy McLaughlin, executive treasurer, Suttle Equipment. “Now, with the new IBM i5 system, CRTI’s support and software, we’ve been able to move everything online, speed up business processes, and easily prepare for future growth.”

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