Gary Brown Email & Phone Number

With over 25 years of distribution industry experience, I provide training, project design and development and process improvement for distributors.EDI implementationIntegrate EDI documents (e.g. vendor invoices, POs, Adv Ship Notices, Vendor Claims) to automate processes, eliminate manual tasks.Barcode / WMS InstallationA Warehouse Management System with barcode technology is not a small investment, but when implemented properly can provide a significant ROI through streamlined warehouse operations and greatly improved accuracy in shipping and receiving. Universe TrainingUniVerse is the DBMS backend for SHIMS and Eclipse. I provide training in all areas of UniVerse including report writing, creating Dictionary items, and using the many utilities and other tools available.Customizing SHIMS and Improving your OperationsOne of the best features of SHIMS is the ease of making modifications. From the simple, such as redesigning a form to the complex - such as building a complete Timeclock module, you are only limited by your imagination.The tricky part of every mod is custom designing it to work with your system and your people. I provide expertise in analyzing processes and designing each mod to work the way you do, and in such a way that the computer takes over your team's manual, clerical or repetitive tasks.SHIMS Front End TrainingTraining for all of the major applications within SHIMS• Purchasing and Inventory Management includes the concepts of inventory management in distribution, and how those concepts are integrated into SHIMS.• Pricing Management includes a basic understanding of how pricing works in SHIMS, along with advanced techniques for fine-tuning your pricing systems and managing price updates.• Financial Management includes training in Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and the General Ledger System.

I've been a member of TUG since the beginning. As association manager I provide administrative and membership support.

Salisbury, Maryland

Members Inc. provides management services for associations including strategic planning, membership services, financial services, webinars, meeting planning and execution, logistical services for the board and other services as required.

We provide a full range of conference planning and management services for meetings for 5 to conferences up to 1000. We can do as much or as little as your needs require from determining your needs; planning a budget that works for you; designing and distributing vender RFPs and the resulting proposal negotiation; site selection and negotiation; agenda design; speaker selection and management; transportation; event marketing in print and online; signage and decor design and production; online registration; VIP, guest and off-site programs, to on-site management of the event.

Chief Information Officer• Conceptualization, development and training of new systems and procedures to keep company current with latest technology, improve personnel efficiency and increase corporate bottom-line performance.• Primary responsibility for integrity of enterprise system, local and wide area networks, and all related hardware and software systems.Recent accomplishments:• Reduced stock and branch receiving time by 50% and eliminated 90% of all receiving and shipping transaction errors by implementing bar code technology for Warehouse Operations.• Cut A/P entry time by 40% by integrating EDI procedures on inbound invoices for more than half of the product vendors.• Eliminated 8 hours of labor per month for highly-paid inside salesmen and captured $20K of missed rebates per year by designing a program that automatically captures vendor rebates and transfers a daily file to the vendor.Controller• Top Financial Officer for company. • Monthly and annual reporting of financial results and statistical trends.• Establishment of cash management and reporting procedures.• Management of bank relationships.• Management of corporate property and liability insurance policies.• Supervision of Accounting, IT and General Office staff.Recent accomplishments:• Increased effectiveness of top-management by developing a cash forecasting model that projects cash availability for six-week window of time.• Increased sales on targeted products and decreased past due accounts by working with sales management to redesign the commission plan to pay on variable rates and collected sales.