The Softwood Forest Products Buyer - November/December 2022

DMSi Continued from page 4
This year, PC22 attendees chose from over 60 sessions and roundtables
covering core Agility best practices and new functionality. We added over
500 new software features in the past year alone, so there was a lot to
cover.
We also held an event we call the Mash-Up, an afternoon where our developers
talk directly to customers. The developers gain a key understanding
of our customers’ businesses goals, and challenges. That helps us chart
a strategic course for Agility and reinforces the tight customer partnerships
we strive to build.
The planning for PartnerConnect takes the better part of a year. This is
my seventh conference and what makes the work worth it is to witness the
benefit our customers get out of it. Whether it’s their first time or their seventh,
I feel confident that they take things home that they can implement
immediately to make their business more efficient.
Equally, my colleagues at DMSi get value out of the conference by
better understanding our customers, who we consider partners. Hence the
name PartnerConnect.
As one customer put it in the post-conference feedback (anonymously),
“I felt like a kid in a candy store and wanted to go to every session. Everyone
is so knowledgeable about the product. Your training program must be
phenomenal. Y’all and Chik-Fil-A have it figured out!”
Anthony Muck is the VP of Sales and Marketing at DMSi, an Omaha,
NE-based company that provides software for the building materials
industry. Muck has served as the NAWLA Leadership Summit Committee
Chair and is a current member of NAWLA. He is a graduate of the University
of Nebraska-Omaha. •
Attendees from lumber companies all over the U.S. participated in round tables, discussing important issues facing their businesses in today's environment.
From left, Archie Cameron, Dawn Previty, Emily Aguilar Contreras, Hilary Ross, and Brooke Steffen of Wurth Wood Group.
From left, Chris Martin, Tim Anderson, Ray Zulfer, and Kim Diaz of Aetna Plywood.
From left, Mike Leal (Lodge Lumber), Kimberly Roehl and Tressa Edwards (Midwest
Hardwood), Jacqui McElroy and Matt Bradley (Lodge Lumber).
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