BCD Professional Services Client Success Story

Tricots Liesse was established in 1967 as a mill specializing in circular knitted apparel textiles. They have expanded to create Di-Tech, a dyeing and finishing center encompassing 110,000 square feet. They have recently broken ground for a new expansion of an additional 140,000 square feet to house a state-of-the-art knitting facility.

The relationship between BCD and Tricots Liesse began over 10 years ago when they purchased DbGen and ProGen Plus. Since that time, Ellery Soifer, the IS manager has invested in several other BCD products in order to fill the wide gap between the legacy software their requirements. "I can easily say that I've created fully functional programs and modules exceeding a legacy value of $100,000.00, and I've done this all alone; this is a one person cost-conscious operation."

In September 2000, Tricots Liesse recognized the changing trends in application development and the need to provide secure browser based remote access. Ellery evaluated WebSmart and by November had a working site in production. Working with assistance from the BCD consulting group Ellery was able to get the initial web site including sales order inquiries, price lists and product lookups developed in 5 days while at the same time developing a working knowledge of WebSmart. After the site was launched, Tricots Liesse recognized an immediate savings of approximately $400.00 per month by eliminating dial-up system access.

In April 2003, Ellery again used the services of the BCD Consulting Group, this time to build an order entry application for the Tricots Liesse sales reps.

Again in 5 days the application was developed and was ready for beta-testing by the reps. "Utilizing the skills of BCD Consulting Group allows me to get my app developed and work with their programmers so that I'm able to maintain and enhance the programs. This represents a fraction of the cost of hiring a full-time web developer."