AllPoints Systems, Inc. Appoints Richard von Hirschberg to Direct Major Expansion of e-Commerce Fulfillment Solutions.Business/Technology Editors NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 2000 Entrepreneur and former applications development and strategic management leader for IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Comshare will serve as Executive Vice President of Strategic Development AllPoints Systems, Inc., a leading provider of e-Commerce supply chain management and fulfillment solutions for the consumer-direct, retail, grocery, pharmaceutical, automotive and electronic industries, today announced the appointment of Richard F. von Hirschberg as Executive Vice President of Strategic Development. Mr. von Hirschberg will contribute his 15 years of international experience in applications development and strategic management to the AllPoints management team. "Richard brings our company a great track record of strategic leadership in applications development and strategic management. He is the right person to guide us through an aggressive rollout of our expanded e-Commerce fulfillment solutions," said Bruce E. Welty, Chairman 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. of AllPoints Systems. "We are thrilled to have him join our management team." Before joining AllPoints Systems, Mr. von Hirschberg served as Solution Manager for IBM. Under his leadership, IBM's Makoro Merchandising suite of retail applications became the industry's leading planning application, used by retailers such as Sears, Kmart, Disney Stores, J.C. Penney and Payless Shoesource Payless ShoeSource is a discount footwear retailer that was founded in 1956 in Topeka, Kansas. Shaol Pozez and his cousin Louis Pozez founded and operated Payless Shoes. In 1961, it became a public company as Volume Shoe Corporation. . He developed the Makoro applications at Multime Ltd., a British company he co-founded, which was acquired by IBM after the firms forged a strategic partnership for the European market. He previously directed retail applications development at Comshare Ltd., where he co-designed original versions of the well-known Arthur Enterprise Suite of merchandising applications, now owned by JDA JDA Japan Defense Agency JDA Joint Development Agreement JDA Janne da Arc (band) JDA Joint Duty Assignment JDA Jerusalem Development Authority JDA Jovian Detention Authority (gaming) . Throughout his career, Mr. von Hirschberg has provided management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects services to major international retailers, including Sears, Gymboree, The Limited, House of Fraser House of Fraser is a British department store group with 61 stores (July 2007) across the country. The group was founded in Glasgow in 1849. The flagship London store is now the House of Fraser on Oxford Street whilst the largest is in Birmingham. , Woolworth's South Africa and Foschini Stores. He has degrees in psychology, accounting and information systems from the University of Cape Town “UCT” redirects here. For other uses, see UCT (disambiguation). , South Africa. "AllPoints Systems is leading the industry with rapid implementation of systems tailored for e-Commerce that provide a completely original and unique solution for our clients. I look forward to working closely with Bruce and the rest of the management team to take on the challenges ahead as we embark on a high growth strategy and introduce new products to enhance our supply chain management and fulfillment applications," Mr. von Hirschberg said. Mr. von Hirshberg joins AllPoints Systems as the firm is expanding its industry-leading Distribution Center Management software and services for industries whose success depends upon competitive, leading-edge fulfillment and distribution in an e-Commerce environment. Clients include DaimlerChrysler, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , PlanetOutdoors.com and Eveready. AllPoints Systems' easy to use, Web-enabled systems support the fulfillment process, provide real-time package and parcel tracking through all points in the demand chain, reduce distribution costs and improve customer service and order accuracy through consistent information and process control. About AllPoints Systems AllPoints Systems, Inc. offers fulfillment solutions that give eCommerce merchants the industry's most complete technology package designed to meet the unique challenges of demand chain fulfillment. AllPoints clients such as, Streamline.com, NEC, PlanetOutdoors.com and ShopLink.com have achieved online success due in part to their inventory management, distribution and order tracking systems enhanced by the AllPoints application suite. With its robust core and specific vertical extensions, this suite offers continual fulfillment of web business from manufacturer to delivery and "all points" in between. The innovative AllPoints open architecture allows for seamless interface with Enterprise Resource Planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ), Material Handling Equipment (MHE MHE Material Handling Equipment MHE materials handling equipment (US DoD) MHE Multiple Hereditary Exostoses MHE Ministry of Higher Education (Philippines) MHE Multiple Headspace Extraction ), order entry and billing, and many other business operating systems. For more information on AllPoints' products and success stories visit www.allpoints.com, email to info@allpoints.com or call 781-501-2600. Note: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. All service marks and trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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