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Case Studies | Drogen Electric Supply


  • Location: Oneonta, NY
  • Industry: Electrical Distribution
  • Products & Services: Wholesale Distribution of Industrial and Electric Supplies
  • Chris Puerile

    Owner, Drogen Electric Supply

    • Savance guaranteed us they could bring over 12 years of our Array data during the change, and they did not disappoint. The system is very extensive and every day we are finding new ways for it to support our business.
    • Array was very cumbersome. Open orders affected it; allocations affected it; and it was generally very archaic. Savance simplified the process for us greatly.
    • Savance Enterprise's level of support has remained unmatched. I know that someone will always be there to help with whatever question or concern we may have.
    • In a nutshell, Savance Enterprise has provided us with real data that we can work with, helping cut costs and making things like inventory management so much more efficient.
Key Benefits
  • Decreased investment in time and money.
  • Increased ease-of-use.
  • Enhanced efficiency throughout the company.

Drogen Electric Supply

Migration with No Disruption of Business Activities

- A Savance Enterprise Client Case Study

From wireless inventory functionality in our stores to Web-based capabilities for our sales staff in the field to customer access to accounts, Savance Enterprise seemed like a natural fit.

Background Drogen Electric, a wholesale distributor of electrical supplies headquartered in Oneonta, NY, has experienced steady and sustained growth since opening in 1949 – expanding from a small mom-and-pop operation to its current size of more than 150,000 ft2 in facility space and 11 employees. A former Array user, Drogen took a step-by-step approach in its migration to Savance Enterprise, thus avoiding disruption of everyday business activities. Challenges When Drogen Electric initially implemented Array software to manage its enterprise, the company expected to experience some growing pains, as it would be migrating numerous paper-based processes to a fully automated system. What Drogen didn't expect, however, was that after investing significant time implementing and learning the system, the Array solution still wouldn't meet the company's specific business needs. Moreover, the oft-promised upgrade to a Windows-based platform never materialized. "Array was very archaic " explains Drogen Owner Chris Puerile, "we began actively looking for new software that would bring us into the current times and something that was also cost effective."

With Array, we could never justify previous costs.

The Search "With Array, we could never justify previous costs," Puerile explains. "And when we looked at Windows-based alternatives, many of the solution's initial investments were far too large for a small company like Drogen - we simply couldn't afford such a major expense." The search ultimately led Drogen to Savance. After witnessing a demonstration of Savance's powerful functionality, Drogen decided to test out the solution by taking a step-by-step approach to implementation. The company quickly found that the Savance solution worked seamlessly with its existing system, providing much needed improvements in data access on the back end – with no disruptions to its day-to-day business activities. In fact, the software worked so well that Drogen anticipated implementing Savance's full Microsoft Windows-based functionality.
Results & Benefits The more Drogen explored the Savance ERP solution, the more potential benefits the company saw. "In a nutshell, Savance Enterprise has provided us with real data that we can work with, helping cut costs and making things like inventory management so much more efficient," Puerile emphasizes "Savance Enterprise gives a whole new definition to the term: User-Friendly."

The system is very extensive and every day we are finding new ways for it to support our business.

Ultimately, the wealth of benefits led the company to take steps toward a complete migration from its Array system to Savance Enterprise. "Savance guaranteed us they could bring over 12 years of our Array data during the change, and they did not disappoint", Drogen Owner Chris Puerile says. "The system is very extensive and every day we are finding new ways for it to support our business". Overall, Savance has been able to live up to Drogen's high expectations. "We are extremely pleased with the results of our migration to Savance Enterprise", Chris Puerile concludes. "We've been able to cut back on inventory costs now that we actually know what we really have on our shelves." When reflecting on the migration process, he explains, "We initially wanted every bit of old information from Array put into Savance, we soon realized that a lot of this data was garbage - but Savance's guidance proved to be crucial during this time. The level of support has remained unmatched. I know that someone will always be there to help with whatever question or concern we may have." In fact, Drogen Electric’s positive experience immediately had them recommending Savance Enterprise to other businesses. "I have worked for multiple companies, running various systems," Chris Puerile says. "I found the Savance system to be easier to use than many of the half-million dollar software packages I've been on before. I can safely say that any business, distributor, or any company that is currently using Array would benefit greatly from moving to Savance’s Windows-based, real-time system."