AllPoints Systems, Inc. Receives Prestigious Supply Chain Innovator Award for 7 Day Installation of Critical e-Commerce Fulfillment System; Client Began Shipping 3 Days Later.Business/Technology Editors NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2000 Enhanced Demand Chain Solutions Provider Honored for Superior Customer Service, Increased Visibility and Efficiency and Reduced Costs for PlanetOutdoors.com AllPoints Systems, Inc., a leading provider of e-Commerce demand chain solutions for the consumer-direct, retail, grocery, pharmaceutical, automotive and electronic industries, today announced that it has won ID Systems magazine's first annual Supply Chain Innovator Award for its innovative e-Fulfillment solutions. The award was reviewed by AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Research, a leading industry and market analysis firm, on e-Business strategy, and voted on by the editors at ID Systems, the resource for supply chain automation. Selected among a wide variety of industries, including manufacturing, electronics, healthcare, home furnishings furnishings the extra type or quantity of hair on the head, tail, ears or legs, specified for a particular breed. For example, the feathers in setters, the beard in Bearded collies, the eyebrows in Schnauzers. , grocery and dot-coms, AllPoints Systems was honored for its successful installation in less than one week for PlanetOutdoors.com, an online retailer of recreation products, at the NFI NFI Nasjonal Forskningsinformasjon (Norwegian Research Database) NFI National Fisheries Institute NFI National Fatherhood Initiative NFI National Forest Inventory (Australia) NFI Nutrition Foundation of India Interactive Logistics Fulfillment Center in Edison, NJ. The fulfillment system was needed to handle the increased sales volume and broad selection of products offered to PlanetOutdoors.com's online shoppers. David Habib, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for AllPoints Systems, received a telephone call on a Saturday evening from Brian McHale Brian McHale (born 1952) is an American literary theorist who writes on a range of fiction and poetics, mainly those relating to postmodernism. Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, McHale is a Rhodes Scholar (Rhode Island 1972), D Phil from Merton College, Oxford, and B.A. , President of NFI Interactive Logistics, asking AllPoints Systems to configure and install an e-Commerce system in New Jersey immediately. Within 12 hours, AllPoints(TM) engineers were working with NFI and PlanetOutdoors.com's implementation teams. In five days, PlanetOutdoors.com was utilizing the system to ship products to clients from NFI facilities. Award winning companies were selected based on their capacity to improve customer service, visibility and efficiency across the supply chain while reducing costs to their clients. AllPoints was also recognized for its ability to connect trading partners along the supply chain and for excellence in providing a critical component of e-Business success - reliable, accurate and timely order fulfillment Order fulfillment (in BE also: order fulfilment) is in the most general sense the complete process from point of sales inquiry to delivery of a product to the customer. Sometimes Order fulfillment . "AllPoints Systems was the key provider of supply chain execution software for a dot-com company An organization that offers its services exclusively on the Internet, either via the user's Web browser or a client program that must be installed in the user's computer. Amazon.com, Yahoo!, Google and eBay are examples of dot-com companies. that had to move fast. PlanetOutdoors.com's previous fulfillment provider didn't provide satisfactory order fill accuracy levels, and the dot.com knew it couldn't afford to wait - it had to change providers very quickly," said David Andrews
David Andrews (born March 15, 1936) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician and barrister. Early life , editor of ID Systems. "In an all-hands-on-deck operation, AllPoints and its partners [Key Handling Systems and NFI Interactive Logistics] packed and moved inventory to a new facility, designed and installed material handling equipment, configured the order fulfillment application and interfaced it with other e-commerce applications." Mr. Andrews said one of the factors that most impressed the editors was how the team assembled by AllPoints Systems worked almost around the clock to deliver the installation in less than one week at PlanetOutdoors.com. AllPoints Systems' rapid implementation allows PlanetOutdoors.com to double the volume of orders to 600 per day; increase productivity by 30 percent; reduce order cycle time from 18 hours to 6 hours and achieve an order fill rate of 99.95 percent. "We are very pleased to be recognized for our innovative e-Fulfillment solutions and their ability to provide for improved customer service, increased visibility, efficiency and reduced costs to our clients," said Bruce E. Welty, AllPoints Systems 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. and Chairman. "Working with PlanetOutdoors.com affords us the opportunity to ensure that their customers receive unprecedented customer service. Flawless order fulfillment is the critical component of the functionality of any e-Commerce operation. We are very proud to help our client exceed expectations and provide a superior customer experience." The award will be presented to AllPoints Systems tonight at the Frontline front·line also front line n. 1. A front or boundary, especially one between military, political, or ideological positions. 2. Basketball See frontcourt. 3. Football The linemen of a team. Solutions Expo in Chicago, IL. The awards reception is scheduled from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Rosemont Ballroom. An article describing winners of the "Supply Chain Innovator 2000 Showcase" will run in the October 2000 edition of ID Systems. About ID Systems ID Systems is the resource for supply chain automation. ID Systems, and its companion products on the Web (www.idsystems.com), including the online news section and ID Systems' Electronic, interactive Buyer's Guide, cover the emerging trends, products, and technologies pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to supply chain management and collaboration, including enterprise software, automated data capture, and wireless networks. ID Systems is a Helmers publication based in Peterborough, NH. Contact: 1.603.924.9631 or www.idsystems.com About PlanetOutdoors.com PlanetOutdoors.com, is a leading e-Commerce company providing quality outdoor recreation products, real-time customer service, and comprehensive consumer information via the Web. Established by veterans of the outdoor industry, the Boulder, CO-based company is committed to providing the widest selection of leading outdoor products available today. Every customer service staff member has a minimum of five years experience working in the outdoor industry, a requirement unmatched by any other outdoor e-Commerce site. For more information, please contact Sarah Cardella, Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most and Marketing Manager, PlanetOutdoors.com at (303) 444-6530 X333, or visit www.planetoutdoors.com. About NFI Interactive Logistics NFI Interactive Logistics provides e-Commerce Logistics Solutions that will improve clients' operational efficiency and enhance their customer service. NFI's core competencies A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
About AllPoints Systems, Inc. AllPoints Systems, Inc. delivers demand chain solutions for the Net Economy. With an unmatched suite of advanced e-Business solutions, AllPoints Systems helps businesses leverage the Internet to provide a superior customer experience, improve operating efficiencies and meet the unique challenges of demand chain management and execution. AllPoints Systems has incorporated the most advanced Web-based technology, including innovations utilizing Java and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , to deliver a unique, scalable, end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. with total visibility along the demand chain. AllPoints Systems provides a three-part solution with planning, visibility and execution modules that ensure shorter delivery cycles for customers, improved forecasting for merchants and increased customer satisfaction. AllPoints Systems partners with such industry leaders as Andersen Consulting See Accenture. , Oracle, Key Handling Systems, and Descartes. Clients such as drugstore.com, DaimlerChrysler, NFI Interactive Logistics, 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. , and ShopLink.com have achieved online success from the AllPoints(TM) application suite. With its robust core and specific vertical extensions, this suite offers continual inventory and information flow for Web businesses from manufacturer to delivery and "all points" in between. The innovative open architecture of the AllPoints real-time inventory engine allows for seamless interface with legacy business operating systems The Business Operating System, or BOS, is an early cross-platform operating system originally produced for Intel 8080 and Motorola 6800 computers, subsequently for Z80-based computers, and then later for most microcomputers of the 1980s. . For more information on AllPoints Systems' 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 forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. 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 properties of their respective owners. |
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