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Arklign's Journey with Bestpack

In the bustling domain of dental service providers, where precision and timeliness dictate success, managing a seamless operational flow from product creation to delivery becomes pivotal. Arklign, a beacon of innovative solutions in the dental lab experience, found itself grappling with logistical bottlenecks that challenged its commitment to providing prompt, error-free services. With an operation that melds high-quality full-service laboratory offerings with its Arklign Case Relationship Management (aCRM) online platform, ensuring a reliable, consistent, and efficient packaging process became imperative to upholding its ethos.

How to develop a software platform that can solve customers' pain points?

Arklign started as a traditional dental laboratory but heard pain points from customers around the traceability of orders and the security of customer information. Arklign saw an opportunity to help customers by building a SaaS platform that would solve some of the common communication problems between the dentist and the dental lab when placing orders. As the company continued to grow, Arklign realized that the innovative solution they had created needed a way to grow with data security top of mind.

How Arklign Built a Cultural Commitment to Security

Arklign started as a traditional dental laboratory but heard pain points from customers around the traceability of orders and the security of customer information. Arklign saw an opportunity to help customers by building a SaaS platform that would solve some of the common communication problems between the dentist and the dental lab when placing orders. As the company continued to grow, Arklign realized that the innovative solution they had created needed a way to grow with data security top of mind.

Gusto has helped Arklign grow and support its distributed team through efficiency-focused features

When Ray Alde, co-founder of Arklign Laboratories, began the process of scaling the small company into what it is today, he knew he needed to partner with an HR platform that could handle the company’s ever-changing operational needs and growing employee base. Gusto’s easy-to-navigate user interface, especially when it comes to onboarding, payroll and time tracking, was the first thing Alde noticed when he switched over from his previous HR provider.

Trust Network Winners for May 2019

At Ostendio, we believe the best approach to managing Information Security and Compliance starts with the people – employees, business associates, vendors and even partners. The best organizations have security in their DNA and build it from the ground up, including everyone in the organization in the process. 

7 Things that Keep Dentists Up at Night...and How You Can Help

Another strategy is using software to maintain preferences and record any changes. Arklign, San Jose, CA, developed its own case relationship management platform—used by both the lab and its clients—that tracks dentists’ technical preferences as well as things like how they wish to communicate or what to do if there’s not enough clearance on a case.

Lowering Prices to Boost Volume

In 2013, we decided to get aggressive to increase our revenue. We thought the best path toward growth was the simplest option: lower prices to increase volume. We lowered our fees across the board by about 20%, anticipating that our loyal customers would be grateful and new customers would be excited to take advantage of our pricing.

Arklign: Dental tech benefits from analytics

How your company got its name: We needed a powerful name that reflects our values. “Arklign” was inspired by the biblical story of Noah, who aligned his heart with God and built an ark as protection against the flood. 

59 health tech companies share their 2017 revenues to land on Inc 5000 list

It’s become an annual tradition for MobiHealthNews to parse Inc. Magazine’s Inc 5,000 list of fastest growing companies in America, calling out the digital health and health tech companies that made the list. We found more companies than ever on this year’s list, some you’ll recognize and some you may not.

These 74 Silicon Valley companies made the Inc. 5000 list for 2018

Silicon Valley may not have cracked the top 10 list of areas in this year’s Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies, but the metro area centered around San Jose still laid claim to 47 entries on the list.

Turning the Tables

Ray Alde worked for Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Apple, and Tesla prior to entering the dental laboratory profession to work with a church friend. While Alde has applied some of his engineering experience to Arklign, a technology compay and dental laboratory in San Jose, California, he also has implemented an overall attitude that he adopted directly from the Tesla workplace culture.

First US Laboratory Adopts Dentacoin Cryptocurrency

Virtual currency, as a means to digitally pay for services or goods, has surged in the news recently with the tumultuous rise of Bitcoin. Also known as cryptocurrency, it does not rely on banks to confirm or authorize payments but rather moves currency directly from payer to payee. It is also a global currency that can reduce the time and fees for moving money around the world.

Arklign Goes Crypto: State-of-the-Art Dental Laboratory Implements Dentacoin

Arklign is an innovative company, uniquely positioned as an end-to-end partner for dental service providers. It connects and transforms the dental lab experience by centralizing workflow and automating communication while simultaneously providing a personalized, hands-on approach to customer service.

Arklign Offers a Transformational Dental Lab Experience with 360-Approach to Restoration Production, Case Management and Workflow

Arklign, an end-to-end partner for dental service providers that is transforming and connecting the dental lab experience, announced today its presence at the California Dental Association’s 2017 CDA Presents convention in San Francisco, where its booth will highlight its capabilities as a full-service lab and comprehensive case management system.