The old saw is that “the only thing constant is change.” Nobody recognizes that more than those in the business community faced with changing technologies, changing platforms, increased productivity through innovation and beyond. One of the best in the region of Michigan’s Great Southwest to carry that story and tell others about the need to change or become irrelevant is the CEO of B&L Information Systems in Bridgman, and he’ll have a national stage next month to tell it.
Laney’s company, B&L Information Systems, is the global leader in ERP software for metalcasters, and early next month he will be a session speaker at the ProgressNEXT conference. Hosted at the Omni Orlando Resort from May 6th – 9th, ProgressNEXT is the largest global gathering of Progress customers, partners, and developers of the year.
Laney will be discussing B&L’s shift from a traditional software company to a SaaS-based model in “From Legacy to SaaS and Everything in Between” on Wednesday May 8th beginning at 4:45pm. Starting on the IBM midrange platform, moving to Progress and finally the Cloud/SaaS, B&L Information Systems has reinvented itself 4 times since its founding in 1976, and Laney’s presentation will outline B&L Information Systems’ steps to the most recent evolution to a SaaS software model. His discussion points will include:
- Configuring a consistent, simplified – yet top-notch – customer service department for a Cloud/SaaS deployment…
- How to deliver rapid, high-quality implementations for success under a SaaS model…
- Understanding the advantages of SaaS/Cloud over a perpetual or on-premises model, and helping the direct sales force to those customer benefits…
Odyssey SaaS is based on the Progress Software Corporation’s OpenEdge application development platform, an unbreakable technology, platform that has been powering more than 47,000 businesses for over 30 years. By focusing on factors such as performance, cost, reliability, scalability and ease of maintenance, utilizing Progress Software enables B&L to focus its efforts on functionality, trends, and metalcasting industry best practices.
Registration and additional information on the ProgressNEXT conference can be found at the link below:
B&L Information Systems is the global leader in cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software for foundries, die casters and investment casters. Since 1976, B&L has implemented their unique ERP solutions at over 400 metalcasting operations, making their cloud-based Odyssey ERP match how metalcasters operate. With Odyssey, metalcasters maximize their resources, minimize costs, and make better decisions faster.
