Capture Your Share of a $20 Billion Market

An Acre of Vendor Exhibits

FLBMDA's Expo '94 will offer another exciting display ot vendor exhibits, featuring all kinds of lumber and building materials, computer software and hardware, industry services and more. New products mean new business for you. Over 280 exhibits!

Florida Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association

Post Office Box 65 Mount Dora, FL 32757-0065

Phone: 904/383-0366

Fax: 904/383-8756

One of Florida's largest lndustry Erpositions. Watch for Registration Information

ApEealing to the Entire lndustry

* Erhibits featuring the latest industry products.

* Panel Discussions/Seminars with Industry Erperts.

- Standardized Requirements for the Truss Industry.

- Florida's Residential Building Industry & Building Codes - What's Ahead?

- Reduced Resources, lncreased Technology. The Growing Uses of Engineered Wood Products.

- The Manufacture and Erection of Wood Trusses.

' Exciting Speakers & Entertainment.

- Marketing Expert Dr. Roger Blackwell

- Even Stephen - 'A Tribute to Elton John'

- The Amazing Kreskin

- Comedian Dan Riley

- Nova, Rockin'Robin & Girls in Treble

New Software System Tracks Special Orders

Dataline8OOO hrnkey sales, inventory and accounting software can track a special order ftom deposit to delivery, generating a single purchase order or combining multiple special orders. An inquiry feature updates the sta0rs of the order. Free-fonn text notes can be used to share information.

An order-based delivery handling system includes delivery information such as directions, delivery time requests and special handling r€quircments for each order. Orders can be accessed for delivery by time of day, priority status, driver, tfuck or assigned route.

Those responsible for loading trucks can be tracked and freight for deliveries can be preset by zone and/or truck required. Specially designed delivery tickets can be printed with all infonnation required by the driver. All delivery infonnation is permanently stored within the sales history daabase.

The system also provides item promotion, pricing, purchasing, receiving, accounting and other databases. Each database is capable of storing detailed or summarized transactions for up to 10 years. Sales history information can be imported into curfentd@uments.

Infomration is available via screen inqulry or report and may be exported to other applications. In addition to down loading data to personal computers, the Dataline8OOo can be integrated to most established office networks. Most CAD design work estimates c n be elecCIonically np loaded on it as quotes.

Outside salespeople can access the system or post orders and quotes from home-based PCs ornotebook cqnputers. Customers have eleclrqric acc€ss 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The syst€m, which will be available in the fall, has the technology to allow asynchronous communications to major co-ops.

Woodworking Machinery Fair

International Woodworking Machinery & Furniture Supply FairU.S.A. will offer equipment, supplies and materials from around the world Aug. 25-28 at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta Ga.

The American Fumiture Manufacturers Association, Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America and Woodworking Machinery Importers Association sponsor the show.