FAMOWOOD

is the PR0FESSI0I{A['S Att PURPOSE PtASTtC

Can be used under Fiber Glass! M&a

Ready to use right out of the can, Famowood - applies like putty-sticks like glue; dries quicklyi won't shrink; takes spirit stains, and will not gum up sander. Waterproof and weatherproot when properly applied. -<e

!

E)Eutl DEALERS in our indusf ltry have been considering electronic accounting and computer management for several years but within the past two years the interest has increased significantly.

The big boost in business the past two years, plus inflation, have increased the total gross sales for many to all time highs. Although there is no gross sales guideline that tells you when you should consider computers for your business, a large number of dealers begin serious consideration when gross sales reach $ 1 .5 to $ 2 million annuallv.

Recognizing the increase in interest and the technical aspects of computerization, our Western States Lumbermens Council has organized an Electronic Accounting and Computer Management Workshop, to be held at the San Francisco Airport Hilton Inn, Mar.2l*23.

The WSLC is comprised of the six Western retail lumber and building material dealers' associations. It develops programs and sends bulletins on many subjects of common interest to all dealers.

The workshop was organized because of the increased interest and because of the difficulty for any one dealer to talk with those who have gone through the agonies of computer birth.

Dealers are approached by vendors attempting to sell the most exotic and most costly equipment in their line. There is little sincere consideration given to the basic needs of the dealer and to help him grow into this new fleld. The cost of computerization is expensive but the equipment has reached a high state of the art and the cost has remained relatively the same.

The workshop will present dealers who have computerized their operations. They will provide a background on the benefits, problems and pitfalls. An ex-computer salesman (now a retail lumber and building materials dealer) will tell you what the computer salesman will do and what you should look for. A doctor from the University of Santa Clara Business School will give the background and development of computers and their small business appli cation.

Vendors will give you a presentation on their equipment ano programs.