*SURE THI$ ISATI|UGH BUSINES$.

"ln the first year we've had the Triad our inventory has been reduced over 15%, we've increased sales and our gross profit margin is up 3% That's unheard of in the lumber business. Quite frankly, a \to)r adA I rlrnr rlrln'i have believed we could do it, but we did We did it with a Triad in one of the worst years the lumber business has ever had.

"We have four point-of-sale stations and three office terminals. Triad had us uD and running with almost all our outside nventory on the system in under'ive weeks And everybody was suooortive. Triad bent over backwards to make sure everything was done rrght, Our people got al the trairirg they needed to be oroductive immed atelv

"We've become much more accurate with the T' ad lt s given us total control over rnventory, pricing, nr ,ctnmar nrorlii nr rrah2.'^^ ^-^

,, even prorir rces all or ir nrrcc stickerS, That a ore has reduced a lot of tedious manhours. We have more time to spend with customers and more time to spend with our families,

"l used to thlnk I was a pretty good manager. But since we instal ed tbe Triad l've found out how much better I can be. I can make faster decisions with more complete information about inventory prices, recervables. payables. Anything I need is r ght at my fingertips. That wasn't the case before we had aTriad. So now when people say to me'!ra', tr)rl+nn +hic ,o r inr rah hr rcinocc l lnnk am I lEy ualtvl tl ll- ,) o luu\lrr uuJil ruJo, I rvvr\ vr rl right in the eye and say-'Sure it is, that's why I have a Triad I "

MISS0ULA. M0NTA]{A, unil, shown here under construction, is planned to open in August. lt will be the chain's fourth in that