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With Deke Bowman as our podcast host, we're talking to experts in our small business community to discuss the common challenges that companies are facing in operations, with technology, and beyond - and how to solve them in a way that leads to better business, more productive teams, and stronger communities.

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What Are the Benefits of an ERP System?

What Are the Benefits of an ERP System?

Inventory numbers don’t always match. Orders may need to be entered in more than one place. Purchasing decisions depend on spreadsheets or what someone remembers. And answering a seemingly simple question about margins, cash flow, or what you actually have on the shelf can mean pulling information from several different programs. These are common growing pains for inventory-driven businesses that ...
Brian Esh

Brian Esh
How to Keep Your Team Grounded When Workloads Spike

How to Keep Your Team Grounded When Workloads Spike

When work piles up, most leaders do what they think good leaders are supposed to do: they push harder, jump in to fix things, stay later, and tell their teams to hang on, just a little longer. I understand that instinct. It usually comes from a place of care, not control. But after years of working with business owners and management teams through high-pressure seasons, I’ve learned something ...
Rodney Smoker

Rodney Smoker
When Growth Outpaces Memory: Using ERP to Track Inventory, Orders, & Costs

When Growth Outpaces Memory: Using ERP to Track Inventory, Orders, & Costs

At Bontrager Welding & Steel, growth came easier than expected. Within a few short years, Lonnie Bontrager went from working as a young, adolescent farm hand where he learned some hands-on welding skills, to running a business that distributes steel fencing products to cattle farms across the country. This company manufactures and distributes pipe, panels, gates, and fencing components, both ...
Haley Hawbaker

Haley Hawbaker

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From memory-based operations to real inventory control: how implementing ERP helped this growing steel supplier keep orders, costs, and inventory in sync.

"We’ve appreciated working with a provider that actually cares how the system is used. They wanted to make sure we were doing it the right way, a way that worked for our unique circumstances, so it would actually help the business."

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Jun 2026

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See how Cedar Crest Equipment manages serialized inventory, parts, and service across multiple locations with EBMS.

"We’ve got 3 locations spread out across the state. But even with all the parts, equipment, and employees, EBMS allows us to have a pretty good handle on what's going on, whether it be through reporting or tracking a piece of equipment as it moves around."

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Mar 2026

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