AllPoints Systems Receives Total Solution Provider Award for Installation of Critical e-Commerce Fulfillment System in Less Than One Week.Business/Technology Editors NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2000 Award Recognizes Rapid and Effective Implementation of Demand Chain Execution Solution for PlanetOutdoors.com through 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 Centers 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 that it has won a Total Solution Provider Award For Innovative e-Commerce Installation. The award, co-sponsored by Cougar Mountain Software Cougar Mountain Software is a privately-held company based in Boise, Idaho that markets accounting software to small to mid-sized companies. History Founded by Bob Gossett back in 1982, the company celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2007. , NewBold Corporation, and Business Solutions Magazine, honors the installation of AllPoints(TM), the industry-leading Fulfillment Center Solution, in less than one week for PlanetOutdoors.com at the NFI Interactive Logistics Fulfillment Center in Edison, NJ. The prestigious award was presented to AllPoints Systems last night at the Retail Systems 2000 show, at the Hyatt Regency McCormick in Chicago. "We are honored to receive recognition for our innovative 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. "Our partnership with NFI is very important for AllPoints Systems because it extends our reach into the e-Commerce market. NFI has blue-chip clients in both traditional and pure-play Web businesses like PlanetOutdoors.com. We have also been impressed with NFI's speed and professionalism. They clearly understand that the critical factor in e-Commerce initiatives is time-to-market. Together, we are setting a new industry standard for delivering a complete click-and-mortar fulfillment solution quickly and effectively." NFI Interactive Logistics, a third party logistics company based in Vineland, NJ, chose AllPoints to provide Warehouse Management and Fulfillment Center Software solutions for its e-Commerce initiatives as well as traditional warehouse operations. NFI provides fulfillment and transportation solutions for B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business and B2C e-Commerce B2C e-commerce The conducting of commerce by companies, government agencies, and institutions with consumers over the Internet. Amazon.com is typical of a company engaged in B2C e-commerce. clients in more than 30 major U.S. markets, and operates over 50 warehouses containing over 12 million square feet. NFI links all components of a distribution channel through partnerships with top technology and business partners, such as AllPoints Systems. "AllPoints Systems was the clear choice for our fulfillment system," said Paul N. Burpo, Vice President of Information Systems for NFI Interactive Logistics. "They were the only provider that could satisfy all of our B2B and B2C (Business to Consumer) Refers to a business communicating with or selling to an individual rather than a company. See B2B. fulfillment requirements. An additional factor contributing to our relationship with AllPoints Systems was the speed by which their system could be implemented and customized. Our partnership with AllPoints Systems will enable NFI to build the largest, most technologically advanced, third party e-Commerce fulfillment network in the nation." AllPoints was installed in less than one week for PlanetOutdoors.com, an on-line retailer of outdoor recreation products, at NFI's Fulfillment Center in Edison, NJ, to handle the increased sales volume and broad selection of products offered to its 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. Within12 hours, AllPoints 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. "We pride ourselves on delivering first-class customer service," said David Secunda, President of PlanetOutdoors.com. "AllPoints Systems and NFI offer PlanetOutdoors.com access to the best state-of-the art fulfillment solution available in the e-Commerce space today, which is a critical factor in delivering our customers the kind of service they expect. With these companies handling our fulfillment, we are confident that we have created a world class fulfillment solution that will support our increasing order volume and create a new standard in the industry." 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. offers fulfillment solutions that give e-Commerce merchants the industry's most complete technology package designed to meet the unique challenges of demand chain fulfillment. AllPoints clients such as, eStyle.com, 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 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 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, please 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 property of their respective owners. |
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