Company Bioagraphy
Anders & Associates, Inc. serves over 75 clients in the Midwest. The average client has 3-7 workstations and one server. It has served many of the same clients for more than twenty years. The majority of the clients are collision repair shops. Over the years we have installed and serviced systems from Akzo, Arms, Mitchell (their complete line of products), CCC, ADP (their complete line products) Audatex, Profitnet, and Auto-Quote.
Robert Anders, CNE, is the President and founder of Anders & Associates. He is graduate of Chicago State University (BS). Bob started the company in 1986 after careers in automobile mechanics and vocational education. Bob’s interest in microcomputers began when serving as Manager of Education for Control Data Corporation. He obtained his Network Engineer Certification in 1995. He is continually in seminars to update his knowledge of information technology. Anders & Associates, Inc. was one of the first computer service firms to recommend and install networks in collision repair shops. He knows proper network setup so shops realize the full advantage networking and “shared resources”
Barbara Wright, CPA is a principal with Anders & Associates, Inc., a technology firm that specializes in the collision repair industry. She is a graduate of Bradley University (BS) and Dominican University (MSA). Prior to joining Anders and Associates, she held the executive level positions in several insurance companies. With extensive training and experience in business management and microcomputer software, she is well versed in the development of processes and procedures in the front office. She is familiar with QuickBooks and the Microsoft Office Suite. Professional memberships include the Illinois CPA society and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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Thanks for the update. What exactly is the hitch between ABS and Business Works? A number of my customers use this combination and perhaps there is a solution for your computer tech to implement.
Bob
So many local shops were haulted after the update and some are still having problems that we are holding off as long as possible. My "computer guy" builds all our work stations and our server from scratch so he has ordered parts and we are beginning to replace one station at a time. The computers we are using now are several years old but he periodically improves them. If there is a problem it can be isolated to the workstation. He will build the server and update our software once he is comfortable with the fixes. There will not be that "perfect moment" but hopefully it will be close to perfect.