21st Century Programming

21st Century Programming develops ROM, short for Recycling Operations Manager, a family of programs that scrap metal yards and recyclers use in place of paper records. The Long Beach, California firm was started in 1999 by the Kane brothers once their father had retired from the scrap business. Besides the US, it reports users in Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Japan.

What 21st Century Programming offers

• ROM editions — ROM, ROM Express and ROM Recycler as the core versions.
• ROM Brokerage — adds currency exchange rates for recyclers trading abroad or shipping straight to mills.
• ROM Enterprise — links several yards, each with its own database, to a head office over a VPN, merging inventory, orders, purchases, production and sales into company-wide reports.
• Inventory and accounting — features for stock managers and accounts staff.
• Custom programming — changes to ROM made for individual customers.
• Support — technical help and customer service.

Who it works with

Its customers are scrap metal yards, brokers and recyclers with several sites.

Key facts

• Based in: Long Beach, California, US
• Founded: 1999
• Markets: US, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Japan