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Lifetime Products

Outdoor Sports Product Manufacturer Gets an Assist from FileMaker Pro

Shooting 'hoops' is one thing, but managing the information needs of the company that manufactures and distributes them is no slam dunk. For this reason, Lifetime Products of Clearfield, Utah, a manufacturer of basketball systems, indoor and outdoor table tennis equipment and picnic tables, turned to FileMaker Pro for Windows and the Mac OS, the award-winning database from FileMaker, Inc.

Lifetime's FileMaker Pro solution, which was built in-house, tracks customer service inquiries, organizes product requests, coordinates production, builds budgets, manages sales and more. In all, the company uses 1,500 FileMaker Pro databases that are accessed by 700 employees.

'The biggest advantage is that FileMaker Pro is easy to use,' says Troy Robinette, Lifetime Product's DBA/Programmer. 'We can sit down a new employee and have them accessing our server and database with very little training.' In addition, John Bowden, Lifetime Product's MIS Director, estimates that the FileMaker Pro solution has made the company at least 20% more efficient than before.

When it comes to manufacturing and distributing sporting goods, FileMaker Pro has the muscle to help build championship sales seasons.

For more information, please contact:
John Bowden
MIS Director
(801) 776-1532 ext. 1235


Filemaker Contact:

Kevin Mallon
Public Relations Manager
FileMaker Inc.
408-987-7227
kevin_mallon@filemaker.com
http://www.filemaker.com


Overview
  • Lifetime Products, manufacturer of basketball systems, table tennis equipment and picnic tables, uses a FileMaker Pro-based solution to organize customer service inquiries, product requests, production, budgets, and more. FileMaker Pro's ease of use saves Lifetime Products time training new employees, and delivers greater efficiency throughout the company
Industry
  • Manufacturing
  • Medium-Large Business
  • Retail/Wholesale