1. Sinclar Group Forest Products – Prophix story
Situation:
Partner deal: Care of Encore Business Solutions
Company background: We operate five primary mills (sawmills and planer mills) and three secondary (value-added) mills in the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Our operations in Prince George, Vanderhoof, and Fort St. James are independently owned and managed by dedicated professionals who strive to maintain the values of a small, family-run venture while consistently seeking opportunities for sustainable growth and innovation.
As a vertically integrated, privately-owned and operated group of companies, Sinclar Group nurtures a culture of stability, mutual prosperity, and sustainable growth.
Website:
Operating since: 1962
Head office: Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
Annual revenue: $ 15 million
G/L or ERP: Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Business issue:
Sinclair needed to replace its legacy proprietary budgeting/reporting solution with a complete on-premise CPM solution
Pain points: budgeting and reporting
Why they selected Prophix: Prophix’s ability to integrate with multiple operational data points along with having a strong on-premises solutions set
Prophix solution:
Initially for their 2014 budgeting process. Phase 2 will be financial reporting

2. Supporting data: Life cycle Industry (choose all that apply)
☐ New implementation YES
Implementation date: Q1 2014
☐ Preexisting customer
Original implementation date: ________________
☐ Existing customer, upgrading
Industry (choose all that apply)
☐ Agriculture, forestry, and fishing YES
☐ Professional services
☐ Financial services
☐ Retail
☐ Wholesale and distribution
☐ Telecommunications
☐ Healthcare
☐ Utilities
☐ Education
☐ Architecture, engineering, and construction
☐ Life science
☐ Transportation and logistics
☐ Manufacturing
☐ High tech
☐ Media and entertainment
☐ Government
☐ Non-profit

3. Supporting data: Solutions Capabilities ☐ Budgeting YES (phase 1)
☐ Automation
☐ Forecasting
☐ Prophix Mobile
☐ Reporting YES (phase 2)
☐ Data integration
☐ Strategic planning
☐ Business modeling
☐ Financial consolidation
☐ Microsoft platform integration
☐ Analysis
☐ Role-based security
☐ Profitability analysis
☐ Collaboration
☐ Personnel planning
☐ Flexible deployment
☐ Project planning
☐ Ad hoc reporting and visualization
☐ Revenue planning
☐ Capital expenditures planning
☐ Reporting and analytics
(dashboards and scorecards)