OLS INSIDER - Q2 2023 Newsletter

FROM THE DESK OF BRIAN PRICE

FORTITUDE HALL OF FAME

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

HUMAN RESOURCES

PRODUCT & TRAINING

TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION

MARKETING

EVENTS

ANNIVERSARIES, BIRTHDAYS & PROMOTIONS

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The Outdoor Living catalog is now available on the Intranet. This catalog contains a condensed offering and the most relevant products from four of our newer vendors: Daltile® Xteriors™, AMD Direct, Dauer Manufacturing®, and Golden Vale Synthetic Turf with NetSuite product numbers for each item. 

This is an awesome tool for selling and raising product awareness, helping us capture as much wallet share from our existing customers as possible. If you have questions, please reach out to Jack Smith.

COMING SOON: Rockwood Concrete Products™ Barn Plank series (walls, pavers, steps, firepits in Weathered Grey and Mahogany), Dauer Manufacturing® (highly efficient and durable low-voltage LED lighting and accessories), Delgado Stone (natural stone veneer, flagstone, steps, landscape and architectural stone products), and AMD Direct (stainless grills & appliances). 

We are also excited to announce the expansion of Nicolock concrete products into our Nova Stone | Landscape & Masonry - Ashburn, VA, location. They hosted a Nicolock Mobile Design Center Open House on Tuesday, June 13, introducing the products to their customers. If you are interested in hosting a Nicolock event, please reach out to the Marketing Department.

We are in the process of creating training videos for both internal staff along with customers. We are excited to share with you more product focused videos along with contractor testimonial videos. With the launch of several new products this summer, we hope to leverage these videos to gain more knowledge and help in the selling process.

Concrete Masonry and Hardscapes Association (CMHA) Certification Classes: This is the time of year to start thinking about hosting an CMHA certification class. It is a good idea to start planning for these now for the slow season. We are working on a plan to deliver an English and Spanish format of the certification class which would be a BIG win in our industry.

Have product or training questions? Please visit the Product & Training Intranet page or click here.

Moving Cellular Services: We are moving from Verizon to AT&T. This allows us to capitalize on our cellular phones vs. expensing them. This will save the company $150k of expenses through 2026 and for any new phone line purchased, we save $15 per phone each month.

Dropbox Migration: We are in the process of migrating from Dropbox to the Microsoft set of tools. Please reach out to IT if you need assistance on moving your documents. 

Apple Business Management: On the same note of moving cellular carriers, we have now enrolled all company phones into Apple Business Management (ABM). This allows us to take control of the phone better when employees leave the company. The next step will be to enroll the phones into Microsoft Intune so we can build and manage the image of each phone. This ensures when an employee leaves the company, all company information access is wiped clean.

IT Equipment Request: To ensure we have proper expense controls and appropriate approval, we have built out a new form that includes workflow approvals. To submit a request, please click the button below or on the Intranet.

NetSuite Request Form: As the team continues to receive request for non-IT changes for NetSuite (product adds, pricing updates, etc.), we have built a new request form so we can consolidate those asks. This allows us to manage these requests more efficiently. Please note that we are still working with the workflow approvals. To submit a request, please click the button below or on the Intranet.

TEAMs Conferencing Number: All employees that have a Microsoft Enterprise 3 License (E3 License) now has been enabled with a TEAMs conference number. When you create a new TEAMs meeting, the number will automatically be displayed and is ready to use. 

Reporting of a Suspicious Email and Encrypting a Sensitive Email: When you receive an email there is now a button on your mail ribbon to automatically report a suspicious email. You also have the ability, when sending a sensitive email, to use the button to encrypt the message. See examples below. 

Report a Suspicious Email:

Encrypt a Message:

Email Cloud Consolidation: We have worked over the last month to move all email addresses to the Microsoft Cloud and shut down 4 on prem serves in Bridgewater, NJ. This was the first step to enable us for auto-provisioning of accounts for access when people join or leave the company. 

ADP Data Integration with Key Systems: We are working to connect ADP to Azure Active Directory and NetSuite. This will automatically flow important HR data to our important systems when people join the company.

Have IT questions or contact Resultant for troubleshooting? Please visit the IT Intranet page or click here.

In efforts to streamline to the event planning process and partnership with our vendors, we have created two forms that are available to you on the Intranet: Branch Event Request Form and Vendor Commitment Form. 

The Branch Event Request Form is to help our department know more about your event as far a timing, anticipated costs, type of event, and vendors participating. Please submit this request form at least 4 weeks prior to the proposed event to Kathy Granger or your Marketing Specialist, Kate Craig or Colin Volkers.

The Vendor Commitment Form is to help the marketing and product & training departments lock in commitments from our vendors for all branches regarding raffles, giveaways, co-op and more. Any financial commitments using marketing co-op will follow the guidelines agreed upon. All other credits will be fulfilled within 2 weeks of the event or the conclusion of the campaign. Credit memos should be directed to Kathy Granger.

Have marketing questions or ideas you want to discuss? Please visit the Marketing Intranet page or click here.

Happy work anniversary! We are so lucky to have you!

• April: 29 Years | Michael Rick, 20 Years | Jessica Short, 19 Years | Rebecca Kerr, 17 Years | Ryan Shaw, 15 Years | Kenneth Mathieu, 13 Years | Gary Cook, 11 Years | Matthew Steban, 8 Years | Heather Manning and Tracy Gumaer, 5 Years | Dina Brickey, 4 Years | James Harris, Robert Dunn, and Eric Kvelums, 2 Years | Frank Hilkert, Kevin Hakun, and Gary Horne, 1 Year | Jose Solis Rodriguez, David Bonilla Garcia, Maricela Aguilar Gonzalez, Michael Frigon, Evan Breery, and Issac Haupu

• May: 31 Years | Paul Schofield, 21 Years | Hugo Sequeira, 20 Years | Andrew Marcinek, 19 Years | Armando Marquez, 17 Years | Kevin Young, 15 Years | Jonathan Mayer, 13 Years | Robert Berry, 12 Years | Yanira Ramos, 10 Years | David Sullivan, Shane Starry, and Alexander Porras, 8 Years | Robert Grant and Dominic DeBiasio, 7 Years | Jordan Haines, Carson Ryman, Michael Saunders and Kevin Cline, 5 Years | Daniel Lyons and Terry Gabilisco, 4 Years | Lesley Holdbrooks and Donna Bass, 2 Years | Nicholl Perez Molina, Melinda Farley, and Joseph Smith, 1 Year | Deborah Siderchuk, Joel Vacek, Brenton Kranich, and Levi Goodale

• June: 42 Years | Stephen Harding, 17 Years | Janice Trimbur, 16 Years | Patrick T. Lynn and Eric Morris, 6 Years | Kimberly Bruton, 5 Years | Victor Garcia, 4 Years | Derek Pengitore, 3 Years | Russel Jennison, 2 Years | Benito Espindola, Antonio Mora Garcia, Zaul Perez, Adolfo Tiscareno Arellano, Nancy Brigham, Daniel Edwards, David Morris, and Yasmany Guerra, 1 Year | Brian Hollis 

• July: 31 Years | Gregory Peterson, 10 Years | Ted Deller, 3 Years | Danny Henson, Jr., Caitlyn Cooper, and William Funicella, 2 Years | Matthew Yancey, Jonathan McIntyre, Barb French, and Kathy Granger, 1 Year | Logan Camden, Alvin Jones, Robert McCormack, David LaCroix, Gabrielle Thall, and Michael Hicks

• August: 37 Years | Russell Lyons, 29 Years | Jeffrey Stong, 8 Years | William Burdette, 6 Years | Heather Reilley, 5 Years | Ryan Delong, 4 Years | Tony Bautista, 3 Years | Anthony Pagliaro and Paul Price, 2 Years | Maria Perez, Robert Thatcher, Victor Dimas Paniagua, Adam Stout, and Elizabeth Coleman, 1 Year | Tyler Wyatt, Jordana Allen, Mitzie Cuevas, and Jose Hernandez Zepeda

• September: 41 Years | Glenn Woons, 26 Years | Brian Williams, 24 Years | David Carl, 22 Years | Brian Price, 7 Years | Devon Ingraham, 6 Years | Estepan Jimenez, 3 Years | Michael Bloemsma, 2 Years | Rhode Rachel, Brandon Salinas Castellano, and Aaron Woodcock, 1 Year | Kyle Capaldo, Brittany Grant, Gabriella Gray, and Jasmine Pena

Wishing you a great birthday!

• April: Nancy Brigham, Jordana Allen, Caitlyn Cooper, Kyle Capaldo, Shea Crawford, Glenn Woons, David Miller, Norman Herbert, Jr., Charles Ballard, Scott Walker, Caleb Chew, Tracy Gumaer, Faith Morgan, Courtney Coyne, Ronald White, Jonathan Enos, Eric Kvelums, Christian Gonzales Gomez, Anival Menjivar, Arthur Randlett, Timothy Miller, Elvin Sanchez, Mario Vega, Ryan Delong, Manuel Calderon, George Ellison, Jorge Lopez, Estevan Nava, Jesse Cravath, Remarkous Minor, Joel Vacek, Patrick Spain, and Jonathan Shea

• May: James Aki, Emery Cole, Dominic DeBiasio, Gerald Bean, Ashley Alvarez, Joshua Emiko, Mary Popin, William Newell, Arturo Aquino Penaloza, Stephanie Marconi, Emily Fournier, Victor Dimas Panigua, Andrea Howard, Martin Lipira, Christopher Shelton, Geoffrey Steer, Shawn Simoneau, J Falconer, Clint Higginbotham, Bruce Morse, Kaulana Aki, Joseph Smith, Mike Steban, Leonard Owens, Jeffrey Belke, Darryl Mundo, Troy Wilcox, Robert Grand, Agustin Guardado, Devon Ingraham, and Juan Alvarado 

• June: Nikhita Killari, Lesley Holdbrooks, Mikayla Smith, Chad Cross, Nicholas Feder, Cort Neureuther, Yasmany Guerra, William Alam, Marion Jones, Drey LaCroix, Logan Camden, Richard Corbin, Shawn Lemke, Brian Price, Evan Beery, Daniel Moynahan, Antonio Mora Garcia, Jacob Brigman, Maricela Aguilar Gonzalez, Robert Thatcher, Jason Nichols, Jacob Shaad, Jason Smith, Nathaniel White, Angelo Acia, Gary Turner, and Jeffrey Stong

• July: Adam Stout, William Funicella, Michael Rick, Deborah Siderchuk, Daniel Gordon, Jose Solis Rodriguez, Brian Hollis, Donna Bass, Abigail Wentworth, Rhode Rachel, Roland Cormier, Rafael Jimenez Estepan, Noma Bareng, Brandon Jackson, Kathleen Granger, Mitzie Cuevas, Michael Hicks, Brittany Pivero, David Morris, Jimmy O'Donnell, Gabrielle Thall, Felipe Mora, Jack Bell, Kenneth Mathieu, Daniela Olvera Martinez, Daniel Authier, Jackson Massey, Tammy Gifford, Ryan Jones, Barry Riddle, and Pablo Salvatierra

• August: Michael Enfield, Terry Merlo, David LaCroix, Eric Morris, Walter Lipira, James Harris, Michael Wisminiti, William Owens, Alexi Garcia Zelaya, Jessica Gum, Richard Ashford, Jr., Neil Donlevy, Kevin Ralston, Randolph Swire, Stephany Bringgold, Matthew Steban, David Sullivan, Jimmie Hester, Chad Daniel, Patricia Kelley, Heather Reilley, Elvin Diaz, Todd Bliss, Mark Wilson, Ted Deller, Emily Damasco, Samuel Chong, Benjamin Bakker, Nathan Augestad, Rebecca Heins, Armando Marquez, Bette Wetherington, Leon Safford, Scott Allen, Hugo Sequeira, Preston Shaw, and Adam Stout

• September: Felipe Moncada Flores, Barb French, Rose Wolfe, Michael Saunders, Janice Trimbur, Lane Reeves, Joseph Mankus, Alexander Porras, Enrique Torres, Jason Deveau, Gregory Peterson, John Wranitz, Gregory Meeks, David Bonilla Garcia, Heather Manning, Luis Nunez Nazario, Alvin Jones, Thomas Caucis, Aaron Woodcock, Tomas Aquino Vasquez, Barbara Moynahan, Drew Scheer, Tim Huinker, Victor Quiros, Patricia Sylvester, DR Mintz, Jr., Gary Cook, Pedro Rodriguez, Adam Dierken, Juan Calderon Lopez, Rebecca Kerr, and Corbin Salazar

Congratulations on your promotion!

• Kailex Welch | Branch Assistant Manager - Bulks Landscape Supply, Marietta, GA
• Jared Waite | Branch Assistant Manager - Nova Stone | Landscape & Masonry, Manassas, VA
• Steven Baker | Senior Corporate Development Manager - Outdoor Living Supply
• Dominic DeBiasio | Branch Manager - Norristown Brick, Norristown, PA
• Emily Fournier | NetSuite Product Manager - OLS Corporate
• Rebecca Heins | NetSuite Product Manager - OLS Corporate
• Brandon Jackson | Customer Service Representative - Stone Center | Landscape & Masonry, Mebane, NC