Driving Directions	Oates & Company, LLC 2309 West Cone Blvd. Suite 220 Greensboro, NC 27408 336-230-0200 www.oatesco.com
President	Chris Oates
Number of Full Time Staff	14
Number of Current Customers	300+
Average Hourly Billing Rate	$100-$150
Products Supported	MAS 90 MAS 200 MAS 500
Year Business was Formed	1988
Coverage Area	North Carolina  South Carolina  Western Virginia
Awards	Best Software Circle of Excellence 2001
Number of Locations	1
Contact for Information	John Shepperson john@oatesco.com
Industry Specialty	Distribution, Manufacturing, Churches, Financial, Food, Healthcare, Professional Service, Warehousing, Wholesale
Brief History - Oates & Company provides installation, training and support of business management and accounting solutions. Specifically, the company focuses on Best Software solutions. They currently serve over 300 clients in the Southeast United States, as well as several international clients in South Africa, Malaysia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Oates & Company's corporate philosophy centers around striving to provide excellent customer service. The company offers a half day needs analysis free of charge to potential clients to determine the client's business needs. The consultants for Oates & Company all have first hand work experience as accountants, Controllers, Asst. Controllers, or MIS support for Accounting departments. In addition to the Best Software accounting solutions, Oates & Company also consults on the Sales Logix CRM and ABRA human resources products.

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