ARI announces Meppel Internet electronic commerce software.MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1996-- First application automates distribution channel in agribusiness sector ARI ARI Acute respiratory infection, see there Network Services Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS:ARIS ARIS American Religious Identification Survey ARIS Architecture of Integrated Information Systems ARIS Active Rack Isolation System ARIS Aggregate Route-based IP Switching ARIS Agentia Romana pentru Investitii Straine ) today announced the release of Meppel(TM), an easy-to-use PC software package which allows companies to benefit from Electronic Data Interchange See EDI. (application, communications) electronic data interchange - (EDI) The exchange of standardised document forms between computer systems for business use. EDI is part of electronic commerce. (EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. ) quickly and cost effectively without having to learn EDI technology. Using Meppel, a business can easily send, receive, and manage electronic documents using the ARI Network, a private intranet, or the public Internet. The first customers of Meppel are distributors in the Agricultural Chemical industry agricultural chemical industry suppliers and manufacturers of fertilizers, insecticides, anthelmintics, mineral and vitamin supplements, pharmaceuticals, growth promotants, feed additives, sanitation materials. who use the software to send EDI product movement reports to manufacturers as well as receive EDI invoices from manufacturers. "Our mission is helping our customers do business electronically with their customers," said Brian Dearing, ARI's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Unlike supply-side EDI, where a large manufacturer or retailer can force a supplier to participate, customer-side Electronic Commerce demands a higher standard for ease-of use, data quality, and end user support. Meppel meets that higher standard across the board." Meppel's underlying design allows ARI to construct highly customized applications which completely hide the EDI formatting standards and complex business rules from the end user. Other important features include a "point-and-click" interface, straightforward data entry, extensive on-line help, import/export for communication with other computers or applications, flexible reporting capabilities, and reliable unattended operation. Meppel will replace ARI's current DOS software, AgEDI Plus(R), which is used by over 160 distributors to meet the reporting requirements of manufacturers such as American Cyanamid American Cyanamid was a large, diversified, American chemical manufacturer. Lederle Laboratories, maker of Centrum and Stresstabs vitamins, was Cyanamid's pharmaceutical division. Davis & Geck was the company's medical device division. , BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California) BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company) BASF Builders Association of South Florida , Bayer, Ciba, DowElanco, DuPont, FMC See fixed mobile convergence. , Monsanto, Rhone-Poulenc and Zeneca. Over a third of current AgEDI Plus users have already taken advantage of a special offer to upgrade to Meppel. In addition, a number of users who had shied shied 1 v. Past tense and past participle of shy1. shied Verb the past of shy1 or shy2 away from EDI in the past have purchased the new software. "We thought that using EDI to report product movement to our suppliers would be complicated, but this software is so easy, reporting is going to be a breeze. We've even talked to other suppliers about reporting to them as well," commented Doug Krantz Krantz is the name of two persons:
Des Moines (pronounced /dɪˈmɔɪn/ in English, . Pricing includes optional one-time charges for application development and customization as well as per copy license fees and annual maintenance and renewal fees. Depending on the level of customization required and the number of copies required, the effective price per user can range from under $3,000 to over $5,000. Typical payback periods are from 6 to 18 months based on process cost reductions, improved data accuracy, and better production and inventory management. Company Background __________________ ARI is a provider of standards-based, Internet-enabled electronic commerce services for selected commercial communities and distribution channels. ARI currently serves agribusiness, freight transportation and newspaper publishing with a complete suite of software, services, and support that helps streamline channels of distribution by automating the flow of commercial information among trading partners. ARI builds and manages electronic commerce databases, including industry common directories of products, companies and locations. ARI also provides data management services for individual companies. ARI's dealer and distributor management systems provide an electronic pathway for sales reports, product ordering, warranty registrations, and other transactions between a manufacturer and their network of sales and service points that carry their product lines. NOTE TO EDITORS: The E-mail addresses below should contain an "at" symbol after "krajcir" and "brudolph", respectively. It is possible this symbol may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: ARI Network Services Inc., Milwaukee Nancy Krajcir, 414/283-4380 fax: 414/283-4357, E-mail: krajcir@arinet.com or Miller/Shandwick Technologies, Boston Barbara Rudolph, 617/536-0470 fax: 617/536-2772, E-mail: brudolph@millercom.com |
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