Company Grows Curriculum for Business Partners and Customers
Macola, the company that delivers software that businesses never outgrow, today expanded its commitment to educating its customers and Business Partners alike with the opening of a new state-of-the-art training facility. The center has opened in response to increased demand in a variety of course offerings. This announcement also complements other Macola education enhancements, which include increasing the number of new course offerings, doubling its education staff, and opening six regional authorized training centers.
"Macola's priority is assisting our customers in continually growing their operations," said company President and CEO Bruce A. Hollinger. "One way to do this is to help them maximize their knowledge of our software. Facility expansion allows us to meet these needs more efficiently, and it also reaffirms our overall emphasis on the importance of increased education."
By effectively doubling its previous classroom capacity, Macola will be able to offer a wealth of new courses without diminishing the availability of current curriculum. It will make educational opportunities more accessible for the company's Business Partners and customers.
Macola is a global company headquartered in Marion, Ohio. It delivers Microsoft-based technology solutions to growth-oriented small and midsize companies.
More than 16,000 sites and 175,000 customers worldwide operate their businesses using Macola Software, and three new companies commit to Macola software every day. Macola grew almost 30 percent last year and has sustained that rate of growth approximately every year since 1990. During the last fiscal year, Macola experienced a dramatic expansion of more than 230 percent in international sales, which now represents approximately 15 percent of annual revenues.
Today's announcement is the latest in a string of major education developments. In the past 16 months, Macola has:
- Opened Authorized Training Centers in Andover, MA, Fair Lawn, NJ, Tampa, FL, Schaumburg, IL, Kansas City, KS, and Houston, TX
- Developed 25 new courses
- Doubled the number of employees in their Education Services Group
- Increased the number of courses offered to its own employees
Editors Note
Founded in 1971, Macola is a privately owned company. It provides client/server manufacturing, distribution and financial solutions in more than 35 countries through its Business Partner Network, which includes 300 companies providing end users with more than 3,000 people installing and servicing locally.
Macola is a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider Partner, offering a product line that takes full advantage of the Windows 95, Windows NT and Microsoft SQL Server environments. Macola's signature product, Progression Series 7.5, is a client/server application designed to combine robust functionality with flexibility and scalability that businesses can leverage today and well into the future.
Macola Software's Progression Series is an award-winning product line. Macola was included in Manufacturing Systems' list of the "Top 100 Manufacturing Software Vendors" for 1998; named in its "Top 75 Manufacturing Software Vendors in 1997, and its "Top 50 Manufacturing Software Vendors" in 1994 and 1996. Macola's ERP software also was recognized by Manufacturing Systems magazine with a "Reader's Choice" award. In June 1997, Managing Automation tapped Macola as one of the "Hot 100 Manufacturing Software Companies." Accounting Today magazine named Macola's Progression Series Distribution software as one of the "Top 100 Products in 1998." For more information, access www.macola.com.
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