Testimonials

We knew we needed something to replace our current automation. Our current vendor was consistently coming up short and not responding to our needs. If we were to grow the business without significantly increase staff hour managing inventories, compiling bills and meeting our customer’s reporting requirements we knew it was time for a change.

We found Railcar Inventory Management System (RIMS) from Advanced Technology Innovations (ATI). We did our due diligence and carefully assessed RIMS where our wants and needs were concerned. Two days with ATI in our offices reviewing RIMS proved to us that RIMS was built for our industry and could meet our needs.

Since implementing RIMS in 2018 we have been very pleased with the results. Recently, a class 1 Railroad came to use with a new and unusual request for billing demurrage based on spot allocation. ATI was able to add this to RIMS making it easy to track and bill this, whereas it would have been a nightmare to manage without automation.

In summary, RIMS have been very cost effective for us to implement. We get excellent results for our customers and are doing more with less effort because we have excellent automation. RIMS has provided is with a significant Return on Investment, and we are very pleased.

ATI provides us with excellent support and ATI continues to enhance RIMS to meet our ever-shifting business requirements. ATI has an excellent product in RIMS and is very responsive to our needs. It is our pleasure to work with ATI.

Ray Nixon, Director

Truck-Rail Handling Inc. (TRH) has partnered with Advanced Technical Innovations, Inc. (ATI) to provide a multimodal logistics solution for the unique needs of our bulk transportation business. ATI’s RIMS software handles our rail-to-bulk truck transfer service. RIMS continues to provide a bridge between the operations side of the business and accounting by creating customer invoices that transfer to our accounting software. ATI has also provided TRH with customized reporting options.

ATI has been a valued partner of TRH since 2008. Whenever there is an issue, ATI is a phone call away with personalized technical support that is based in the United States. Without ATI, TRH would have difficulty meeting our information system needs for our highly-detailed, specific business. TRH looks forward to a continued partnership with ATI to meet our future growth opportunities.

Lee Schorno, President
Truck-Rail Handling Inc.

Ventura Transfer Company has been in the transloading business for decades. In 1997, we started working with Advanced Technology Innovations, Inc. (ATI). Since then, ATI has been pivotal in meeting our automation needs.

At the core of this automation is their Railcar Inventory Management System(RIMS), a comprehensive, diverse and flexible software system built specifically for transloaders like ourselves.

RIMS has been expanded to meet our growing isotainer business needs. Were it not for RIMS automation we would have difficulty managing the the growth and maintaining our high level of customer service.

RIMS gives us complete automation for all our inventory needs, order processing, transportation, customer service and reporting, along with mobile apps for our yard staff and truck drivers

RIMS pays for itself every day. Business expands and we are able to do more with the same staff because the automation continues to make our jobs easier and transitions with the ever-changing transloading landscape. This all has a positive impact on our financial viability, competitiveness, customer service, while enhancing the work experience for our staff. The right tools for the job always make the job easier and RIMS IS THE RIGHT TOOL FOR TRANSLOADERS.

ATI provides us with excellent support and they continue to enhance RIMS to meet our growing and ever-changing business needs. They provide excellent service and support. We are pleased with RIMS and happy to have ATI as part of our team.

Ed Dahms, Systems Manager
Ventura Transfer Company

QuickBooks interface with RIMS has reduced our invoicing to half the time we were spending trying to bill our customers. Before RIMS each PO or delivery required a hand typed Bill of Lading in a Word document. Once the material shipped we then had to enter the complete Bill of Lading into QuickBooks for invoicing to update our inventory counts. Now once an order is entered into RIMS we are able to run reports for our customers on inventory committed and inventory available.

Inventory was a nightmare. Always guessing and hoping a truck would not show up needing material we did not have in stock. Now after using RIMS software we able to give our customers real time inventory reports, helping them to know whether they can meet their customer’s needs.

Before RIMS our monthly storage billing would take a day or more to calculate the number of units billable for storage. The inventory reports were run along with the inventory activity for the month. After determining the number of billable units we then invoiced through QuickBooks.Now with RIMS we go into Work Order and Inventory Batch Processing, enter in the date for the month along with the customer’s name.RIMS provides a batch detail report of billable material along with the invoice in a minute.

Not only has our production increased but our employees are much more confident in CTD’s ability to meet our customer’s needs. We know what is in stock and no longer worry about whether we are shipping out material promised to another customer.

Ramona LaFavers
Cresson Transmodal & Distribution

Liquids Transloading Ltd. (LTL), has been doing business with AdvanceTechnology Innovations (ATI) and using RIMS, since 2012. We had been searching for an inventory management system for some time, but there wasnot a program specific to transloading.

We worked with the team at ATI, and with their extensive knowledge of programming and transloading, we were able to customize RIMS specificly to meet our needs. All the training and implementation was done remotely and due to Frank’s expertise and dedication, it was a smooth transition. ATI was and is always available to answer questions, troubleshoot or to further enhance the program whether it’s during work hours, after hours or on weekends. When we implemented the program in April 2014, we saw an immediate benefit in managing our inventory and processing our day-to-day transloading activities. After implementation, we further integrated RIMS into our accounting program. The result was a significant reduction in
work load.

RIMS has become an integral part of the company, tracking all of our transloading activities and providing us with up-to-date accurate inventory. With RIMS integrated into our accounting program, we are more efficient as we are not duplicating data entry. We highly recommend RIMS.

The team at ATI are true professionals and it has been a pleasure to work with them over the past many years.

Sandy March, Operations Manager
Liquids Transloading Ltd. (LTL)

OmniTRAX Logistics Services started using R.I.M.S. in 2014. We needed a system that could manage our growing transload business, and after evaluating several products, we decided to go with ATI’s Railcar Inventory Management System.

R.I.M.S. does everything we need it to do, and more. It tracks and maintains all our transload activity, and handles all our inventory management needs. The team at ATI have been a pleasure to work with. They customized our version of R.I.M.S. to meet our exact needs, and are right there for us at any time we need support. Their knowledge of the transload industry has been instrumental in making this transition a success for us.

We now rely on R.I.M.S. to manage all aspects of our business, and have been nothing but pleased with the system and support we have received from ATI.

Linda Margo, Logistics Manager
OmniTRAX Logistics Services

"Within the short amount of time that our database has been implemented our company has experienced a noticeable increase in sales, production, and customer service response. Our productivity has increased such that the database has alleviated the need for us to hire two additional employees. We are very satisfied with the database application and have experienced little to no problems thus far. We look forward to using your company for our future expansions, and thank you again for all of your expertise and efforts."

Trayce Lyngle, Network Administrator
LBI/Boyd Wallcovering
January 1998

"ATI, including Frank Marafino and his staff, have completed several projects for us. They updated old programs and created entirely new applications. We found their approach to be very thorough and professional. They make a point of clearly defining the project goals and expectations. Our opinion is that they have a highly competent staff. These individuals are familiar with newest technologies for rapid development of a sophisticated user interface. Our experience was that the completed projects were delivered on time, tested and debugged and within the original budget. I would hire them again for any project that required programming of a similar nature."

Phil Howitt, Controller
Controller
January 1998

"I have used many different vendors for programming and I appreciate the fact that you gave me a price and time frame and stuck to it. In addition the upgrade you did is working perfectly. It was a pleasure working with you and I hope to do more in the future."

George Sugarman, President
Decorative Carpets Inc.
February 1998

"Bob M. Cohen & Assoc. Law Corporation (Cohen & Associates) has specialized in personal injury cases over the past seventeen (17) years. During this time, the firm had developed a need to update and modernize our computer software system due to increase in client case load and new technology. Through the recommendations of some industry professionals, Cohen & Associates retained the services of ATI to help our company develop a computer system which would enable our company to run smoothly and efficiently and to increase productivity. ATI made correct assessments of what was needed with our system and they responded with accurate and timely resolutions. ATI exhibited professionalism in working with our firm and delivered prompt and courteous service in addressing our software requirements. On several occasions, when emergency situations arose, ATI responded with immediate service. It has been a pleasure working with ATI. We would, without hesitation, refer future prospective clients to ATI for their custom software and support needs."

Michael Azizi,
Bob M. Cohen & Assoc. Law Corporation
March 1998

"Mr. Arthur Villa and his key technical resources of Frank Marafino and Larry Lichtman were able to quickly identify bottleneck areas of our internal event processing and offer solutions that ultimately streamlined processing time and increased our tracking abilities. I was impressed with Mr. Villa’s communication skills. He set up regular status meetings where we reviewed new functionality, identified new opportunities for automation, and discussed priorities such that our project was always moving in a direction that had the most immediate positive impact to our department. He also went out of his way to make sure that non-meeting communications were communicated in a timely manner. Art Villa provided a great mix of business, technical development, and project management experience during the 4-5 year period of time that he was involved with our projects."

Pamela Bernier, Senior Business Analyst
Energy Resource Center of the Southern California Gas Company
June 2001

"Over the last six months, Frank Marafino has been instrumental in our re-creation and implementation of our computer system here at Great West Produce. Mr. Marafino has effectively re-written our internal automation system. The core components of the system are based on design concepts conceived by Art Villa and his associates at a former company. While successfully replacing our old system, Mr. Marafino has added new functionality to almost every part of the new system with several new components or sub-systems. These new components automate business processes that previously required significant man hours to handle via paper systems. This has resulted in an increase in the usefulness and effectiveness of our automation efforts and has had a positive impact on the company’s bottom line. Over the course of the project, Mr. Marafino has repeatedly demonstrated excellence in understanding our business and turning that understanding into concise, computerized solutions. This ability was part of why we chose Mr. Marafino to solve our automation needs. Mr. Marafino is service oriented and very responsive whenever we have a support issue, question, or request. He makes himself very accessible to us within our workday of 5:00am to 12:00pm for meetings, support, and updates to our system. We plan on continuing to see Mr. Marafino to complete all of our automation needs."

Paul Villa, Owner
Great West Produce
July 2001

"The project we contracted ATI to do involved automating the presentation of our invoices into an electronic format. Electro Rent’s billing department would spend 80-100 hours per month creating Excel invoices for electronic transmission to 300 of our largest customers. ATI automated this process to where the time spent was reduced down to approximately 20 hours each month. Initially, we went into this project with some reluctance having done most of our automation in-house. However, we were very pleased with the results. Frank Marafino of ATI came in and understood what we were trying to accomplish and knew exactly how they were going to accomplish it. They immediately demonstrated an understanding of our business and our automation needs. We were given a general cost estimate which ATI was able to meet, and a time frame for delivery was met. The system has run with very minimal problems for almost 3 years. In a couple of instances where support was needed, ATI responded quickly to resolve the issue."

Meryl Evans, Manager, Information Services
Electro Rent
November 2001

"I have been working with ATI and Frank Marafino on a regular basis since 2001. From the onset I appreciated Frank’s “can do” attitude. He bailed me out of a software problem I was having when no one else could. He came to my office, opened his laptop, and before I knew it he was repairing an old program that we were stuck with. Since then, Frank and ATI have written and perfected a major order entry, tracking and accounting program that now runs my entire business. Our “carpet management” software is a state of the art program and I could not run our company without it. Frank’s ability to grasp exactly what we wanted and to make the program work to OUR needs had made me a believer in ATI. Frank and ATI have always been there for us and they are only a phone call away. We have called on them day and night and they have always responded quickly. I would recommend ATI for any of your computer needs."

George Sugarman, Owner
Decorative Carpets, Inc.
May 2009

"Frank Marafino has been associated with our company since 1998 in regards to selection of programs suited to our temporary employment business. This includes selections of general ledgers and the setup of those programs. The interface needed between the temporary payroll systems used and the general ledger system selected. As these systems changed through the years he was the one we relied upon to setup the general ledgers and the interfaces required. He also has been instrumental in creating a scanning and storage system with which without would have been impossible for our business to grow, as the work load to do those procedures manually would have been prohibitive. If you are looking for dependability, creativity, consistency and performance in the results, Frank Marafino and his company are the perfect solution."

Vytas Gedgaudas, Controller
Preferred Personnel
April 2012