Vision Fitness Recognized by Microsoft for Business Excellence
At its annual customer conference, Microsoft recognizes outstanding achievements reached by its customers with the help of their Microsoft Dynamics solutions and their partners. The 2006 Overall Excellence award recipient is Vision Fitness, whose partner is SVA Consulting.
Vision Fitness, a Wisconsin-based company, designs and distributes award-winning fitness products including treadmills, elliptical trainers, fitness bikes and strength equipment for the home and commercial markets. The company began in 1993 as a division of Trek ® Bicycle Company. In 1996, Vision Fitness was spun off by the Trek Fitness management team to better focus on the specialty fitness industry.
Vision Fitness began as a small player with only three stationary fitness bikes and has grown to offer more than 25 cardio and strength products, including award-winning upright and semi-recumbent fitness bikes, treadmills, elliptical trainers and its newest product offering—the first of a line of multi-gyms and strength training products.
Focused not only on superior products, but also exceptional customer service, Vision Fitness established a list of standards in an effort to offer the best customer service in the specialty fitness industry. Microsoft Dynamics solutions help Vision Fitness deliver on that goal because they fit with the systems they have in place and work like products familiar to their employees—helping staff be more productive, make better decisions, and pursue business goals with confidence.
SVA Consulting has been with Vision Fitness every step of the way. As a full-service consulting firm, SVA Consulting provides all the services necessary to leverage a technology investment: installation, implementation, integration, network configuration, customization, training and on-going support. For more than 10 years, SVA Consulting has partnered with Microsoft. As a result of this partnership and the company’s experience with more than 400 implementations, SVA Consulting has become a top partner in the Midwest devoted to Microsoft technologies.
Microsoft applauds not only the achievements that Vision Fitness has made with the help of its Microsoft Dynamics solution and SVA Consulting, but also the company’s commitment to fitness. In 2004, Vision Fitness began establishing partnerships with Unity Health Insurance and the Wisconsin Governor’s Office to help increase awareness of the importance of health and fitness and to help combat childhood obesity in Wisconsin. Donations were also made to PE4Life (physical education for life) to help increase awareness of the need for physical education on a national level.
In conjunction with the Wisconsin Governor’s Office, Vision Fitness promoted and provided equipment for state-wide Fitness Challenges—10-week programs designed to inspire individuals to become more physically active. Since the program’s inception in March of 2004, more than 25,000 citizens, working as individuals or in one of 670 groups, have participated. Thanks to programs such as this, Wisconsin made a seven-place jump (tied for best improvement in the nation) in 2005 from the 21 st to 14 th healthiest state
