Case Study: Carl’s Building Supply achieves higher margins and productivity with ECi Spruce

Switch to Spruce LBM Software Brings Major Gains on Multiple Levels

Carl’s Building Supply in Port Hadlock, Washington, chose ECi Spruce’s Spruce lumber yard management software after outgrowing its old Advantage system. The company needed a modern, easier-to-use platform because its legacy software was cumbersome, error-prone, and required too many steps to generate reports and manage daily operations.

With ECi Spruce, Carl’s Building Supply automated special order pricing, improved document and receivables workflows, and streamlined credit card processing and point-of-sale operations. The results included sales growth of 84% with only a modest headcount increase, inventory turns improving by half to a full turn, margins rising from 26.8% to 28.16%, special order margins up 3%, and a full-day statement process cut to just two hours.

Carl’s Building Supply

Kyle Kincaid

Chief Financial Officer