HOW IT ALL BEGAN

The concept of American Business Management Solutions began sometime in 1992.

After beginning his career with positions in hospitality, retail and not-for-profit agencies, Paul Meese, founder of the company, began working in HR for Sizzler International Restaurants. He saw a need within the franchise business community for services that he performed in the scope of his normal duties in Human Resources and Operations. He realized that many of these franchisees were not aware of what needed to be done, from the perspective of liability protection, and even those that knew could not necessarily afford the services of someone like him. So while the need was recognized and the idea of supporting the franchise community with Human Resources and Administrative Services existed, how to act on the opportunity took some time to develop.

After completing his tenure at Sizzler, Mr. Meese gained further experience in HR for the banking industry, and eventually went back to retail, working for Bugle Boy Industries, and then returned to the restaurant business with El Pollo Loco. In September of 2002, Mr. Meese had the opportunity to take action on his idea. The company came together quickly with ideas, concepts, partners and strategic alliances. Mr. Meese asked a few of his strategic alliance partners why they would want to do business with him. Their reply was in essence, simple… “You treat us fairly, are honest, and show respect at every opportunity. Why wouldn’t we want to do business with you?” The trust and loyalty Mr. Meese had shown his vendors over the years was now an important cornerstone of his business, and it was one of those very vendors that introduced him to the people at Emcentrix, the originating company of The Paperless Office System.

In April of 2003, after seeing three demonstrations of The Paperless Office System and receiving agreement from his partners, the decision was made to make this an integral part of the growth of ABM Solutions. Due to the comprehensiveness and the ever-evolving nature of the system, this decision was absolutely the right one to make. The Paperless Office has developed into the primary service of those offered by ABM Solutions.

There were two primary reasons for choosing to become a Value Added Reseller (VAR) of The Paperless Office. The first reason was that Emcentrix was in its second generation of development. In 1996, originally conceptualizing the Virtual Employer, with many of the same characteristics of today’s Paperless Office System, a venture capital group purchased Emcentrix in its original form and the concept died. In January of 2001, with a complete restructure and renewed focus, Emcentrix in its current form came into being, as did the current version of The Paperless Office System. Today over 375 companies nationally, and 375,000 employees take advantage of the efficiencies of this user-friendly system

The second reason was that the system is continually evolving and never stagnant. The team of programmers at Emcentrix, which has had 100% retention since the company began, continues to develop upgrades and improvements at no additional charge to the end user. The customer wins by continuing to have leading edge technology at an affordable price.

The icing on the cake in the decision to partner with Emcentrix through the VAR relationship was made when Mr. Meese determined that Emcentrix does not sell the product directly, but exclusively through the network of VARs throughout the country.

This partnership between ABM Solutions and Emcentrix will continue to grow over the years. We hope that you decide to allow us to partner with you as we strive to put business efficiencies in place so smaller businesses can compete in a big business world.