Equip-Soft Results in 650% Revenue Growth in 2 Years at Bowman Sales & Equipment

Feb. 6, 2013 - PRLog -- Allentown, PA – Equip-Soft software and services have had a huge positive financial impact on Bowman Sales & Equipment (doing business as Bowman Trailer Leasing), which leases, rents, sells and services over-the-road trailers, storage trailers and decommissioned sea containers in 14 states. Bowman has soared from 7 to 31 branches, 6,000 to 30,000+ rental units, and massive gains on the books. “There is no way we could have achieved 650% growth in revenue in two years and maintained control without Equip-Soft,” says CFO Stephen Walker.

The Equip-Soft system has met all Bowman’s requirements, says Walker, including a reliable technology platform (Microsoft Dynamics), complete fleet rental and service management, an integrated financial system, the ability to support customer service requirements, and easy, fast reporting and analysis. “Equip-Soft is the central nervous system of our business,” he notes.

The Equip-Soft system went live in five months, with 70 users – the tight timeframe due to a major acquisition that doubled the size of Bowman. “Equip-Soft and our team got it all done – from developing functional design specifications, system design and configuration, data conversion, staff training, pilot testing, and implementation,” says Walker.

“We are leveraging Equip-Soft technology to grow,” he notes. “The only other choice is to add a lot of staff and put bureaucracy in place; instead now we just add trailers.”

David Pilz, CEO of IndustryBuilt Software, parent company of Equip-Soft, says “Technology always makes a big difference in the effectiveness of equipment distributors to outstrip their competition – but the Bowman Sales and Equipment example really drives home how much cost savings and improved workforce and process efficiencies can result from the use of Equip-Soft! We are thrilled to work alongside Bowman in their continuing, extraordinary success.”