John Plyler Home Center has been a story of growth. The business began in a small newly constructed building on Broadway in 1946. John primarily did wiring and plumbing those first few years. By 1952, the business had grown enough that John and his family moved out of the back into their new house behind the store. In 1956 they took a big step. They bought the Dr. Gould building on Broadway in downtown Glenwood.

The old Gould building was remodeled in 1964 and a back building was added the next year. Around 1968 the business expanded into hardware by purchasing the back portion of Thrash Hardware. The Plyler's bought out Thrash in 1978 as their sons, Billy and Johnny, became more active in the store. In 1983 Plyler's bought Caddo Building Supplies, and then the purchased a 7,000 square-foot building from Killian Lumber and moved it behind the store for lumber storage. They soon added two 3,200 square- feet lumber sheds to keep up with the business.

In 1985 the Plyler's decided to purchase a computer system to keep up with the growing business. They purchased a computer system from Retsysco, which they soon found would not meet the needs of the business. At the Mid-America Lumberman's Convention, Billy met Greg Matatall and was very impressed with the Advantage Computer System. Billy looked at other systems but felt that the Advantage would meet the needs of the store and offered the best ability to electronically receive invoices from their hardware vendors. In 1986, Advantage moved all the information from the Retsyco system on to the Advantage system and trained the employees on the operation of the new system. In the years since, John Plyler Home Center has upgraded the system with each new change Advantage has made. As the business grows they make changes to meet their growing needs.