The right way to win....
Akso Nobel's annual National Idea Contest rewards innovation in its Acoat selected National Performance Groups.The February, 2009 contest attracted 140 ideas presented by 140 companies, divided into seven groups. The winners of the seven groups made it to the finals. Each finalist was allowed four minutes to present their idea in the final presentation.

One really cool company presented a PaperLess Office System that streamlines the onslaught of paperwork. The software was customized to the various facets of the business, generated forms automatically, kept track of the progress, kept the pictures, organized everything, allowed documents to be emailed directly from the desktop,and much, much more. That system allowed every employee to have the Repair Order file on their desktop PC all of the time. The body shop saved money and has better customer service. This was the winner of the Contest (PowerFlow, of course).

Why are we proud of this particular accomplishment? It is an award that shows that we had the right stuff to compete and win. We won because of a combination of value, cost, innovation—but there was no trophy, just the acknowledgement that PowerFlow does hit it out of the park.