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The President Mr. Charles Townsend, President Charles S. Townsend is Vice President of the Money Finders, Inc. and the founder and owner of the Birmingham Computer Group (BCG), Inc. BCG was founded in 1984 with the mission to provide manufacturing, shop-floor consulting services, (especially computer supported) to the automotive parts supplier community. Over the last 20 years, 2 comprehensive EDI packages and a fully featured, fully integrated shop-floor, MRP package has been authored. Today, BCG continues to support automotive supplier customers as they adopt EDIFACT standards, migrate to ANX communications, and add to their ever-growing list of supported OEM and first tier supplier standards. BCG remains one of the few companies that can support integrated supply chain management from OEM releases to shop floor planning and on to sub-supplier releases.
After earning a BBA and MBA degrees in 1969/1970 from the University of Michigan, Mr. Townsend served 4 years in the U.S. Navy on aircraft carriers, helping to design and commission the USS Nimitz (CVAN 68). He then then spent 5 years with Arthur Andersen’s Detroit office, where he acquired his CPA license with the State of Michigan. After short consulting and management assignments with National Bank of Detroit, James A. Lash and company, and Manufacturers Bank of Detroit, he started his own business, consulting to small, privately held automotive suppliers. In 1984, Mr. Townsend formed a partnership with expert software development specialists, and founded Birmingham Computer Group, Inc. BCG was the first independent software supplier to become certified to exchange EDI documents with Ford’s SOLMIS network. BCG subsequently delivered over 24 EDI and MRP software products on four different computer platforms. BCG supplied custom software projects for 3M (automotive after-market delivery system), TACOM (award winning blueprint transmittal system), and Dana Spicer Clutch (Ford Kentucky truck line sequencing system). BCG is currently working to provide line sequencing capability for Blue Bird Bus Company suppliers.
As Vice President of
Services & Project Review for Money Finders, Inc., Mr. Townsend chairs the
services committee and ensures services as project management, business planning
and proforma development are available to entrepreneurs who request support.
As projects are submitted to the Money Finders, Inc., he manages the evaluation
process that determines whether a project is placed on the working docket.
To contact him directly, send
mail to ctownsend@moneyfindersinc.com.
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