The Pinnacle/URG Training Conference 2011

Pinnacle and URG Conference 2010

Pinnacle and URG Conference 2009

URG & Pinnacle Conference Sets the Bar High

If you missed the 2009 URG & Pinnacle conference, make sure you don’t do it again as this event was great! With over 400 attendees visiting from as far away as Australia and the Netherlands this conference was the best one yet. I know, we say this every year but just ask an attendee and they will tell you the same.

Once again, URG did a great job with the venue, speakers and classes. The only problem users had was deciding which seminar to attend as there were so many good ones to choose from. We certainly have our work cut out for us next year to top this event but it’s a challenge ASA & URG will be looking forward to.

One of the most positive things to see is the sense of community Pinnacle users have. Even under a slumping economy this group is succeeding and optimistic about the future of the industry.

Pinnacle Professional was generating a lot of excitement and more users are scheduling upgrades every week. A larger demonstration room next year is going to be needed as getting in there to see Pinnacle Professional was a tough prospect.

Due to the aggressive pace of development of new features, there was just a lot of new stuff to show. Some of the new features added, like Mitchell Repairmate integration, significant enhancements to the work order manager, as well as the soon-to-be-released remote work order utility, give Pinnacle Pro users a definitive edge in the industry.

Managing the production process, giving sales staff more information and teaming up with trading partners will be easier and more efficient than ever before. This year’s conference had more non-Pinnacle user attendance then previous events as so much of the information being shared had value for all recyclers. This is certainly a trend we all welcome.

We would like to take this opportunity to invite two new recycling facilities to the Pinnacle community. Higgins Auto Wrecking in Bakersfield CA and Glenwood Foreign Auto Parts in Creswell OR. Actual Systems is looking forward to an exciting year with Pinnacle Professional in adding new users and upgrading existing customers with the most progressive inventory management system available worldwide.

IT Show 2008

Upper Midwest Trade Show 2008

Jim Counts of Counts Consulting and Don Davis of Actual Systems of America

Michelle Alexander URG and Harmony French MF and CO

Michelle Alexander URG, Don Davis Actual Systems of America and Ingrid French MF and CO

Events - Pinnacle at APRAA Yard Tour 2007

The 16th and 17th of November saw APRAA members from all over Australia descend on Adelaide for their 25th annual event. This year was a 'yard tour' style event with a coach trip arranged to deliver all attendees to Just Commodore Spares, Oriental Auto Parts, U Pull It Spares and Paradise Auto Parts.The lunch stop was arranged at Paradise Auto Parts and everyone then had the opportunity to look around Hugo Pellegrini's show place facility. At the heart of Hugo's parts business is a dedicated team of individuals, all focussed on selling car parts and maximising the return Paradise receives on every vehicle it dismantles.

During the tour, it was very obvious that Paradise's computer software also plays a major role in their success, as the staff describe how they use the Pinnacle "Pre Dismantle List" to decide which parts to input into the system, which ones to take off the car and which ones are likely to become excess stock if they are taken off !!! Beyond the dismantling process, the sales staff have access not only to the stock of Paradise Auto Parts, but also to more than 20 other significant dismantlers all over Australia via PinnacleNet. This gives them the opportunity to source parts from far and wide for their own customers, thus saying 'YES' more often, and also allows them to effectively expand their sales workforce all over Australia by showing their parts on every other Pinnacle user's screens automatically. These facilities when combined with the comprehensive Pinnacle Interchange data, gives Paradise the edge they need to stay ahead of the competition.

Pinnacle URG Conference
IT Conference 2007