FMW Fasteners, a distributor of down-to-earth items such as nuts and bolts, now sees its future in the cloud.
The Houston-based company grew up much like its fastener industry peers, running its business systems in-house and selling through inside and outside sales reps. FMW, however, has evolved to a new model: Running its operations in the cloud. The company deployed NetSuite enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, along with the cloud vendor’s customer relationship management (CRM) and ecommerce offerings. (…)