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DEERFIELD, Ill. (May 1, 2008) – Friedman Corporation a leading provider of configurator-based ERP software solutions, announced today that Harry G. Barr, a manufacturer of vinyl windows and doors have selected the Friedman Frontier ERP to replace their current business systems. Founded in 1934, the Harry G. Barr Co. a family owned and operated business, headquartered in Fort Smith, AR, supplies a six state region with a comprehensive range of vinyl windows and doors. Trading under the brand name of Weather-Barr Harry G. Barr manufacture, supply, and service high quality vinyl window and door products to the homebuilding and remodeling industry with emphasis being placed on value and fair pricing.
Frontier provides a cutting edge fully integrated single database architecture and best-in-class configurator, providing a central point of control and integration for all product and engineering data, the full integration of Frontier including Customer Service, Manufacturing, Dealer Quoting and Accounting was the primary reason that Friedman were able to secure this business. Friedman’s industry leading configurator technology, which Friedman estimates is a full two years ahead of the competition, has helped to establish the company as the industry leading provider of ERP solutions to the Fenestration Industry. In fact over 40% of the Top 100 Window and Door Manufacturers in North America utilize the Frontier ERP system and Friedman supplied Dealer quoting tools
“We wanted to improve our inventory control and order cycle time while still providing our customers large range of options” said Larry Barr, President at Harry G. Barr, “It was also very important for us to find a single vendor that could provide all of the software functionality to support our companies business, this included a fully integrated Accounting and Financial Reporting Module” he added.
“Friedman’s pedigree as the leading ERP solution for our industry and the flexible nature of their configurator was also a key factor in our decision”, added Michael Barr, Operations Manager.
Harry G. Barr contracted with Friedman Corporation to provide the implementation services to assist their project team in achieving the goal to fully implement Frontier over the next 9-12 months.
About Harry G. Barr
For over 70 years the Harry G. Barr Company (www.weatherbarr.com) has provided the highest quality building materials available. A product is only as good as the quality of the company that stands behind it. Since 1934 the Harry G Barr Company has proudly stood behind every product it has produced. Opened as a family business, the high ideals and strong business ethics that helped grow the company continue today through the third generation of family ownership and management.
Their product line continues to evolve today, as they continually study new technologies to determine how to bring even more value to homeowners. The Harry G. Barr product line is among the most complete offerings in the industry, including single and double hung windows, casements, awnings, sliding and hinged doors.
About Friedman Corporation
Friedman Corporation (www.friedmancorp.com), headquartered in Deerfield, IL. specializes in Configuration-Based ERP Software and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Constellation Software (www.csisoftware.com) .
Constellation Software is an international provider of market leading software and services to a select number of industries, both in the public and private sectors. Our mission is to acquire, manage and build market-leading software businesses that develop specialized, mission-critical software solutions to address the specific needs of our particular industries.
Constellation have seven operating groups which currently service customers in over 20 different markets worldwide. We aggregate our business into two distinct segments for financial reporting purposes: (i) the public sector segment, which includes businesses focusing upon government and government-related customers, and (ii) the private sector segment, which includes businesses focusing upon commercial customers.
With our headquarters in Toronto, Canada, and offices in North America, Europe and Australia, we have over 1,400 employees generating consolidated revenues exceeding US$210 million.
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