Business View Caribbean | October 2019

78 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN OCTOBER 2019 good technology; we have a great POS system that manages our inventory and accounting. The technology is also such that we can communicate with Do It Best; we prepare purchase orders on our software and it communicates directly with the warehouse in Miami. So we don’t have to fax or email our orders in. We have spent time and made the investment in technology. We have scanners for receiving. We can look up prices on our phones, and how much of an item we have in inventory, so we can serve the customers as efficiently as possible. As for growing product lines, we currently do not carry decorative tiles but I think it is a requirement for any hardware; something that the clients want and look for. So, we have started placing orders and will be offering tiles for our customers a few months from now. “My background is in finance; I’m a chartered accountant by profession and I’ve worked with Karl Nassief for the last several years, so I was already part of the Nassief Group of Companies when I made a career change and became the GM of Do It Center. It’s been very rewarding to see the resilience here. We’ve made a lot of progress since the hurricane with the rebuilding process. From an individual standpoint, and a company standpoint, and from a national standpoint, we’ve made a lot of progress. Dominica is strong and moving forward and we are proud to be a part of that.” PREFERRED VENDORS n Putnam Lumber & Export Company www.putnamlumber.com n Micro Milling Ltd. www.micromillingtt.com