NAV-X Announces Clients First as their Select Partner in the Dallas Region

Built on the Microsoft Dynamics NAV platform, NAV-X is an innovative end-to-end business management solution focused on managing the complexities of the mid-market distributor.  Offering advanced distribution and warehouse management; NAV-X provides complete real-time integration into financial reporting and analytics in one centralized product.  With powerful forecasting and replenishment functionality, trade spend management, and pricing and promotions optimization, NAV-X delivers a unique and compelling way to optimize revenue and increase competitiveness, while offering an unprecedented return on investment.

“When selecting representatives for the NAV-X product, we were focused on finding exactly the right Partners for this endeavor. NAV-X is dedicated to changing the way the distribution industry manages their operations, and we were looking for organizations that share our passion for the industry, as well as offer depth and breadth of experience unsurpassed by other players. We feel our product is truly a revolution in ERP, and hand selected the Partners we felt would best represent what we’ve created.” Says Sheldon Kralstein, Chief Marketing Officer of NAV-X and Chief Executive Officer of Clients First.

Filling the gap in the mid-market ERP space, NAV-X delivers extensive distribution focused functionality at a price and delivery model more closely aligned with an out-of-box solution.

Clients First was chosen by NAV-X because of their long term history with complex ERP, distribution management systems, and their commitment to thinking outside the box.  As one of the first companies in the ERP space to adapt agile methods to their projects, Clients First has always challenged the status quo. NAV-X is about innovation, and changing the way distributors run their business. With Clients First’s dedication to delivering business value and remaining on the leading edge of technology, they were an obvious choice.

About Clients First

Since 2004, Clients First has been providing medium-to-large enterprise solutions for the supply chain industry.  Clients First Texas has been focused on supporting customers within the Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas (TOLA) area with software IP developed for the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) industry.  Clients First has 8 locations nationwide and supports clients worldwide.   Clients First is a VAR Top 100 Accounting Reseller, Merchant Circle Award Winner and Gold ERP Partner.  For more information about Clients First visit www.clientsfirst-us.com.

About NAV-X

NAV-X (http://www.distributionsoftware.co/) is an independent software vendor (ISV) delivering a distribution focused enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, that runs on Microsoft Dynamics® NAV platform. Combining the expertise of three of North America’s large Microsoft Dynamics Partners – Clients First LLC, Sikich LLP and Symbiant Technologies, NAV-X delivers a level of business value and knowledge that can only come from merging over 90 years of competency into one highly skilled entity.

NAV-X participant’s transfer learning’s from over 200 complex ERP implementations into their solution. Distributors enjoy the benefits of a solution born from real world experience, and not assumption. Focused on the challenges of advanced distributors today, NAV-X exceeds expectations by addressing business needs for unparalleled insight into the engines that drive your operation.

With extensive business management tools, analytics and operational controls designed by distribution experts at an unprecedented price point, NAV-X is transforming the way distributors think about ERP.

For more information contact:

Andi Conti

1000 Ballpark Way, Suite 315

Arlington, TX 76011

Phone: 817.840.7719

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Young House Love bloggers their DIY hobby into a full-time job

To the decorating-obsessed among us, John and Sherry Petersik have a gig we dream about: They fix up their home, blog about it and get paid. In the past weeks, they furnished and accessorized an empty guest room and adjoining bathroom, painted wooden ceiling beams in their living room, scored a pair of $35 vintage chairs for their home office, fashioned a bedside table using a thrift store luggage rack, replaced a ceiling fan in their master bedroom with a paper pendant lamp and de-cluttered their carport.

As the writers of Young House Love, an addictive home-improvement blog (www.younghouselove.com), the Petersiks chronicle the do-it-yourself decorating "adventures (and misadventures)" in their Richmond home. They're not trained carpenters or interior designers. It's the story they tell about their renovations that has made them successful.

Advertising on the 31/2-year-old blog, and other editorial work, now generates enough income to support the entire Petersik family, which includes 10-month-old Clara and a feisty Chihuahua named Burger.

Since the start of Young House Love, John, 29, and Sherry, 28, have renovated their first home inside and out. Now they're on to house No. 2 and are starting again, blogging about every wall they paint, nail they hammer and deal they find.

"We're keeping a diary and sharing our life," says Sherry. "It's rewarding to get support for that. And it's rewarding to know our little old diary is encouraging others to make their homes something they're proud of, too."

Their "little old diary" gets more than 3.5 million page views per month. Each post routinely garners about 250 reader comments (the highest, in response to a Z Gallerie gift card giveaway, was 11,691). At a recent count, the blog had more than 20,000 followers on Facebook and nearly 10,000 on Twitter.

The blog's popularity has led the Petersiks to a book deal. They recently signed with Artisan/Workman to write a home-related book that is supposed to hit shelves in 2012.

Like many homeowners, the Petersiks are learning as they go. So what makes the masses clamor for their input and advice?

"First of all, they're adorable," says talk show host and designer Nate Berkus. In the fall, the Petersiks appeared on "The Nate Berkus Show" as DIY experts and judges for a design challenge.

"Their delivery is particularly charming and endearing, and their information is delivered in a smart way," Berkus says. " . . . I think Young House Love could easily transition into a TV program."

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