B&L Information Systems Wins Global Partner Award

 

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B&L INFORMATION SYSTEMS WINS GLOBAL PARTNER AWARD

Progress Names B&L as Winner of SaaS Excellence Award

 

Bridgman, MI, October 16, 2014 - Progress Software Corporation announced B&L Information Systems as the winner of their 2014 Software as a Service (SaaS) Excellence Award. Now in its 13th year, the Progress Global Partner Awards recognize partners across 15+ categories using one or more of Progress' core solutions for application development and deployment, including Pacific, OpenEdge, Rollbase, and Corticon. Awards were given out during a special ceremony marking the official start of Progress Exchange 2014, taking place in Orlando, Florida the week of October 6th. The SaaS Excellence Award honors Progress' partners whose participation in SaaS enablement programs has resulted in highly innovative offerings that achieve impressive commercial success within their markets.

 

"The entire team at B&L is extremely honored to be selected for Progress Software's  SaaS Excellence Award," noted Philip Laney, President and CEO of B&L Information Systems. "B&L entered this cloud-based SaaS world in 2009. All of our new sales are now SaaS. More and more business people are understanding and accepting how advantageous cloud-based software is in running their business. They don't want the hassle and expense of maintaining a complex IT infrastructure and staff to support their business software needs."

 

More than generic accounting or manufacturing software, the Odyssey SaaS system meets the special needs of foundries, die casters, investment casters, machine shops and related operations. Odyssey SaaS is based on the Progress' OpenEdge application development platform, an unbreakable technology platform that has been powering over 47,000 businesses for more than 30 years. By focusing on factors such as performance, cost, reliability, scalability, flexibility and ease of maintenance, Progress enables B&L Information Systems to focus its efforts on functionality, trends and industry best practices. Odyssey SaaS addresses the need many metalcasters face - a need for industry-specific, ERP software with a low capital outlay.

 
B&L Information Systems created a SaaS offering of their Odyssey ERP software in 2009. The same year Progress Corporation first honored B&L as a finalist for the SaaS Excellence Award. SaaS-based Odyssey is the same industry leading software that many of North America's top metalcasters use. However, Odyssey SaaS customers enjoy the benefits of not having to expend upfront sums of money and resources typically needed for these projects. All hardware and hardware maintenance, software and software maintenance, backups, disaster recovery, etc. are handled by B&L. 
 
"Many SaaS software companies are start-ups, based in Silicon Valley with venture capital backing. B&L has transformed our 38-year-old traditional software company into a cloud-based SaaS software company with internal financing," noted Laney. "And while some fantastic staff additions have occurred over the last 5 years, a core group of dedicated employees and management have championed this metamorphosis back in 2009. Change can be difficult at times, but - as B&L customers know - it's the only way to survive and thrive."

 

B&L Information Systems is no stranger to change. Founded in 1976 by Richard (Dick) Laney and a partner as a software company developing management information systems for manufacturers, the company is now in its second generation of management and fourth generation of software. From custom-designed per client software through the AS-400 manufacturing server-based, BLIS product to a Windows-based ERP system, Odyssey, B&L has steadily increased information integration from the shop floor to the office while growing into a staff of 34 employees supporting the use of B&L technology in over 400 metalcasting firms worldwide. Poised for growth in the cloud-based architecture of the evolving software field, B&L will continue to be the leader in metalcasting ERP for years to come.

 

 

About B&L Information Systems

B&L Information Systems is a global leader in providing integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) for metalcasters. For over 35 years, B&L has used their deep understanding of the specific challenges and problems of foundries and die casters to create an ERP solution which matches the way metalcasters operate, making it easier to learn and use. With Odyssey, metalcasters will maximize their resources, minimize costs, and make better decisions faster.