This case study describes a locally owned and operated, single facility wholesaler with minimal internet advancement. Typically this company will have a "brochure-ware" web site and E-mail. Getting started or catching up with internet technology can often be a costly and difficult task. Long-term productivity gains are typically overshadowed by the short-term hassles of obtaining the gains. The size, complexities, costs, and the need to customize typically make our "Pro" solution the best fit for these companies.

Company Profile
	Company
Employees	5 - 20
Sales	$1 - $10 Million
Gross Margins	5 - 25%
Operating Income	2 - 10%
Shipping Locations	1 - 3
Shipping Carriers	UPS, FedEx, USPS, Delivery Vehicle, LTL
LAN	Yes
Internet Access	Cable Modem, DSL, Dial-up, ISDN, Fractional or Full T-1
In-house Technology Personnel	0 - 1

Challenges and Benefits
Challenge	Benefits
Limited Capital and high costs of software ownership/implementation.	With our hosted solutions, you pay monthly. Your technology capital is used to implement and customize your application. We monitor, maintain, and upgrade your operating system, database and application for you.
Longer lead time in hardware and software implementation.	With our hosted solution, you begin the implementation within 24 hours. Together, we will size and order a server for your needs. That server will host your website, E-mail, and our application.
Limited hardware and Internet system administration knowledge.	With our hosted solution, we manage and maintain your server and software, keeping the latest security patches installed on your server.
Creating an advantage to get ahead of the competition.	With our hosted solution, you have a distribution system that goes where ever you are because it's 100% internet browser based. Your customers will access their transactions as quickly as you can.