Elite Dealers $5 Million to $10 Million
Kevin Jackson
Advanced Business Equipment Asheville, NC www.abecarolina.com
Year Founded: 1981 President/Owner: Kevin Jackson Number of Employees: 47 Primary Vendors: Konica Minolta, Canon, KIP, KYOCERA, Dell, Xante, MBM Corp. Primary Solutions Offerings: PaperCut, Print Audit, All Covered, Microsoft, Konica Minolta, Continuum, Nuance, Servosity, Prism, Ubiquiti Networks Primary Leasing Partners: GreatAmerica, DLL, TIAA Bank Approximate Yearly Revenue: $5 to $10 million Fastest-Growing Business Segments: MNS, managed voice, managed compliance Biggest Accomplishment of the Past Year: Advanced Business Equipment significantly ramped up its IT division, with a manager and system engineer focused on expansion. Why We Consider Advanced Business Equipment Elite: • Marketing enhancements. The dealer stepped up its marketing efforts by hiring a full-time person to oversee its initiatives, and now. The company uses a mixture of email campaigns, postcard mailings and follow-up meetings by sales representatives. In addition, the dealer has a renewed presence in area trade shows with new marketing materials. • Local business. Many businesses in the western region of North Carolina and upstate South Carolina have a strong preference for dealing with 102
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local companies. Advanced Business Equipment has a strong reputation within this business community and has the distinction of never having a single complaint filed against it with the Better Business Bureau. • Open houses. The dealer plays host to a trio of open house events each year: Product Demo Day, Tech Expo and Lunch and Learn for a select vertical market. • Corporate caring. Advanced Business Equipment supports and sponsors a number of charitable organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, Western North Carolina Ministries’ Donate-a-Coat drive, the IFB Asheville Tin Cup Classic, the Brad Johnson Celebrity Golf Classic, the ABCM Mountain Classic Golf Tournament and the Sports Outreach Golf Tournament.
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specialist, and expanded from two to five locations. Why We Consider Allied Business Solutions Elite: • Hardball marketing. Allied Business Solutions is affiliated with the Boise Hawks, a minor-league affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. Each summer, the dealer throws a customer appreciation picnic at the field, with game tickets for more than 250 clients. The company also hosts at least one open house at each of its facilities to showcase its capabilities and get to know its customers better. • New deals. Two of the biggest contract scores for Allied Business Solutions in 2018 include a large university and a complex capture deal for automating health care records. • Quality workplace. Allied Business Solutions fosters a positive environment that focused on teamwork and a balanced work/life experience, which includes providing the right tools and training for each employee to work efficiently. • Civic caring. The dealer is quite active with charitable and civic organizations in the community. It furnishes monthly meals to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Idaho, and is a sponsor for Ballet Idaho and the Nampa Boys & Girls Club.
Year Founded: 2003 President/Owner: Tom Beeles Number of Employees: 50 Primary Vendors: Toshiba, Xerox, Lexmark, KYOCERA, Sharp, HP Primary Solutions Offerings: M-Files, PSIGEN Primary Leasing Partners: GreatAmerica, US Bank, TIAA Bank Approximate Yearly Revenue: $7.9 million Fastest-Growing Business Segments: IT, ECM Biggest Accomplishment of the Past Year: Allied Business Solutions acquired a pair of companies, Allied Business Solutions team members at the 2018 “Best Places to including an IT Work in Idaho” awards ceremony earlier this year
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