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How this auto-body supply company uses EBMS to manage multiple stores.

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Introducing

Zimmerman's Auto Body Supplies

Starting in 1979, Zimmerman’s began as a small collision and restoration center in Ephrata, PA, but later started selling products when their supplier decided to exit the business. Today, Zimmerman Auto Body Supplies sells products including paint, supplies, and equipment that are sold primarily to collision centers, but also fleet repair centers and light industrial manufacturing.

Why they needed ERP

Zimmerman Auto Body Supplies is not only a supplier to small businesses, but also acts as a partner, providing inventory management and facility and safety analysis for their customers, as well as business coaching through seminars and classes.

“We want to partner with our customers and make their businesses run healthier and smoother, in turn that grows our business.”

They needed a system that would allow them to align resources, budget, and add to the fleet in order to continue the high service level they deliver to their customers.

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Why they chose EBMS

EBMS was a big part of being able to expand into multiple locations while providing inventory, budget, expense, and service data across stores. They implemented EBMS in the summer of 2004 just after adding their third location and experiencing challenges with aligning all stores.

With an inventory of over 60,000 items, the Ephrata location acts as the main hub and warehouse, distributing products to the other locations. EBMS provides crucial data in understanding which products to order and when. Each store’s inventory is viewed and used to meet customer’s needs without placing a phone call.

Zimmerman AutoBody benefits from many of the features within EBMS, including

  • Profit Center Management
  • Multiple Location Management
  • Salesperson Tools
  • Reporting & Data Analysis
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“EBMS is providing some crucial data for me as an owner of the company in understanding what products we need to purchase, when we need to purchase them, and what our salesmen are achieving in the field. “

Corey Zimmerman

Owner

Looking Ahead

One of the challenges that Zimmerman Auto Body Supplies faces is the same challenge their customers face, which is consolidation with large national companies buying up smaller companies. Zimmerman’s has an advantage in the marketplace by being of size to compete and yet nimble and able to adapt quickly to the changing climate.

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