WHO IS BERPL TECHNOLOGIES?

BERPL Technologies is a team of trusted experts tapping the full potential of technology to power your business.

Our industry is looking for change and we are shaking it up in a way that is refreshingly human, values-driven, and better. We believe so strongly in these values that we are named after them:

B

Believe in people

E

Enjoy the journey

R

Relentlessly pursue better

P

Play
to win

L

Live the golden rule

BERPL Technologies is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and our vision is to build a national market leader in the technology space with the best Culture and Team and happiest Customers in the industry. Our focus is on our team, our customers, and the long-term success of the business and each other. We are funded and capitalized like private equity, but we are INTENTIONALLY DIFFERENT. In an industry increasingly enamored with the “quick flip”, we are focused on building a great business and creating an environment where amazing people can do big things. Spend a little time with us and it will be clear that our priority is the long-term success of our team, our customers, and our employee shareholders.

Our history and foundation is a story of culture, customer intimacy, innovation, and how one company leveraged technology and people to disrupt an industry and build a market leader. In 1998, School Outfitters was founded on a set of core values centered around people, customers, and winning the right way. Extremely innovative for the time, they built a website and digital marketing machine and leveraged technology across all areas of the business to scale from zero to $200 million and build a market leader.

All companies say they are focused on people and customers, in 2021 School Outfitters demonstrated the ultimate commitment to these principles by converting to 100% employee-owned (ESOP), forming BERPL Holdings Inc. BERPL Holdings now employes over 500 people across the world.

In 2023, BERPL Technologies was launched to leverage these same BERPL values and principles to reinvent the technology industry and build a clear market leader.

OUR FOUNDATION

December 1998

Based on values built around people, customer experience, and technology, School Outfitters opened for business selling furniture to schools.

December 2004

Initiated from a need for custom software to run the business, a world-class tech team was formed in Cincinnati, OH and Vietnam to power innovation and competitive advantage across the business.

2005

A custom-built ERP system designed to connect workflows of business departments and be a platform for future technology innovation was built by the team and launched.

2008

Launched highly automated and scalable systems for automatically reviewing and processing all types of transactional documents.

2010

Wanting to increase market share, School Outfitters began testing selling exclusive brands in the education market.

2013

To integrate and scale transactional volume, created EDI integration with supplier, manufacturers, warehouses, and logistics partners.

2015

Success of internal brands led to rolling out a comprehensive assortment of exclusively branded products in the marketplace.

2015

To integrate customer systems seamlessly with our systems, begin building specialized, dedicated websites for customers.

2017

Transitioned key systems to cloud environment and designed to allow for technology scaling and to better meet any business need.

December 2018

Utilizing the world-class team built in Vietnam, School Outfitters began providing software development services to external clients as a proof of concept.

December 2019

Recognizing a need that in order to grow, the company would want to begin their own manufacturing, an investment was made in purchasing a 150-employee manufacturing facility in Mexico.

2021

School Outfitters was awarded a patent for innovative technology to match offline orders to website page visits and search engine ads.

September 2022

Demonstrating the ultimate commitment to the School Outfitters employees, BERPL Holdings was formed, turning the company into an ESOP where the employees are now the owners. The name, BERPL, was derived from the company values – believe in people, enjoy the journey, relentless pursuit of better, play to win, and live the golden rule.

May 2023

Realizing an immense opportunity to leverage existing capabilities and expand into a booming market, BERPL Technologies was launched.

April 2024

BERPL Technologies celebrated the first MSP acquisition in Indianapolis, Indiana – Techlocity | A BERPL Tech Company

May 2024

PalmTech | A BERPL Tech Company joins the portfolio, located in West Palm Beach, Florida.