3rdwave's Endorsements

"Maintaining accounts in the currency of their transaction and being able to mediate exchange rates against the U.S. dollar provides us with accurate account statuses. 3rdwave provides complete exchange rate profit and loss analysis. And with the complete cost integration within 3rdwave, we're also able to balance inventory costs with the general ledger and analyze any variances quickly. We now close our books within days of period end (average 48 hours) to provide more timely accounting reporting. Since we now have access to accurate information in real-time, we're better able to support the functional needs of our operators and the strategic requirements of management. 3rdwave ensures that accounts are in balance throughout the system with complete audit trails. Information we report across the system now has full integrity."

Greg Norval, senior executive of Honda Trading America, Marysville, OH,
exclusive global trading arm for American Honda



"We performed an extensive search and looked at many (import/export supply chain execution) packages, but 3rdwave was a more complete package. 3rdwave allows us to slice and dice both sales and expense information quickly -- information that has at times yielded interesting results, results that intuitively were not obvious."

"Our installation and implementation gave us a ROI of about 25%. 3rdwave allows us to keep fixed costs down, such as head count, while growing sales. In fact, we have nearly doubled our sales since installation (in 1998), and have only had to add four staff."

John McLennan, Vice President, Finance, Liberty Richter



"We have access to information at any time, and so we can better manage our inventory and know when to reorder."

"Everything we did (before 3rdwave) and continue to do today is done by individual lot. If we bring in a container from Italy that has three different items in it, the contents of that container are entered into our system. And since we are talking about 35,000 orders per year, you are talking about hundreds of thousands of line items. With 3rdwave, no rekeying of data is required, as the information flows smoothly from one function to the next in a fully integrated fashion."

Carl DAngelo, Director of Information Technology, Atalanta Corporation



"Blinco offers a complete solution (in 3rdwave CGD) that is fully integrated through the entire distribution chain. I found a lot of distribution-type software companies do not incorporate export into their software and sometimes require a third party product to be added in."

"Our customer service representatives can enter a 20-line item order in less than 5 minutes. And do seventy 20-line orders, or 1400 to 1800 lines (and now up to 2200), in an average 7-hour day. They are also able to do a complete on-screen credit check, review and propose company specials, check special customer terms and conditions, and upsell goods to our customers based on their order history. This wasn't possible before we put in 3rdwave."

Anthony Prossi, Director of Information Technology, Rothco



"Because Blinco Systems is a small company, they can rapidly adapt 3rdwave software as our business changes. And they can do it rather quickly. It's that flexibility that sets them apart. Despite its size, Blinco Systems' operations are compatible with Honda Trading America's needs."

"We looked at large companies like Big Blue and smaller firms. We needed a company that could move quickly and could speak our language. And Blinco Systems fit the bill. Working with Blinco Systems is like working with a true partner, not a purveyor of services."

Blair Fujii, Senior Assistant Manager of IT, Honda Trading America



"There aren't many other (enterprise systems) that have the level of functionality that 3rdwave has. The company has an impressive list of users for its size and is well worth a look if you seek an integrated suite to manage domestic and international trade."

John Fontanella, Senior Analyst Supply Chain, AMR Research, Boston, MA



"We reviewed a lot of products promising visibility, but the fact is that there aren't a lot of supply chain solutions that neatly fit the importing business. This business is simply more complex, because more happens between the time you buy and sell - and you have to track everything that happens."

"After an extensive review of software, Atalanta selected 3rdwave from Blinco Systems because it was tailored to international wholesale distribution. When Blinco came in, they took the position that each of our divisions had specific needs and didn't try to jam a 'one size fits all' solution into our situation. What they (Blinco Systems Inc.) accomplished was quite a feat - one system, handling the discrete idiosyncrasies of all our groups, yet funnelling all the information into one traffic department."

"Now (with 3rdwave ) our inventory accuracy is virtually 99.9 percent, each day of the week. Billing is much more timely and far more accurate than it used to be. Now, product is billed on the same day it ships. Our customer deductions for inventory-related glitches have been tremendously reduced. We still get deductions... but we don't see the you 'billed me for 10 and I only got eight' claims anymore. And we have full visibility throughout our supply chain, both on products inbound to our warehouses (sourcing from 39 countries to 70 owned and non-owned D.C.'s in the US and Canada) as well as the outbound shipment of customer orders. Now, we can get an order entered and released to the warehouse in less than two minutes. With the accuracy and visibility 3rdwave brings to us, we're operating in a completely different environment."

Joe DeNicholas, Director of Logistics, Atalanta Corporation