Amphire Announces Agreement with Waugh Foods, Inc.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD redwood: see sequoia; brazilwood. redwood or sequoia Coniferous evergreen timber tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of the family Taxodiaceae, found in the fog belt of west-coastal North America. SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 2004 Amphire(TM) Solutions, Inc., provider of internet based supply chain enablement solutions, today announced that Waugh Foods, Inc., a 55 year old privately owned foodservice distributor A foodservice distributor is a company that provides food and non-food products to restaurants, cafeterias, industrial caterers, and hospitals and nursing homes. A foodservice distributor functions as an intermediary between food manufacturers and the foodservice operator , and a Pocahontas Foods USA member has selected Amphire to deploy Amphire Connect and electronically enable transactions with its entire supplier base. "Waugh Foods is committed to identifying innovative solutions, and as a result, we are adopting technology solutions that enable us to better manage our own internal processes," said John Waugh, President of Waugh Foods, Inc. "Over 50 percent of our supplier purchasing volume is already integrated with Amphire which makes Amphire a perfect fit for our company." "Waugh Foods' agreement with Amphire demonstrates Amphire's commitment to expanding our company's significant foodservice base of customers." said Mark Barnekow, 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. of Amphire Solutions. "Amphire is the only company committed to rapidly enabling the foodservice industry with high value, next generation tools and technologies." About Waugh Foods, Inc. Founded in 1948, Waugh Foods, Inc. opened a new state of the art foodservice distribution facility in East Peoria, Illinois East Peoria is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. The population was 22,638 at the 2000 census. East Peoria is part of the Greater Peoria MSA. It is home to many Caterpillar facilities. in 2003. To learn more about Waugh Foods, Inc visit www.waughfoods.com About Amphire Solutions, Inc. Amphire Solutions is the leader in supply chain solutions, which unite brokers, buying groups, distributors, operators, selling groups Selling Group All financial institutions involved in selling or marketing a new issue of debt or equity but not necessarily participating in the underwriting consortium. Notes: and suppliers for more efficient and profitable supply chain operations. Amphire enables all industry trading partners to communicate and transact An earlier e-commerce system for the Web from Open Market that included order capture and secure order fulfillment using credit cards, ecash and other payment systems. It included customer service and subscription administration capabilities as well as an integrated database for reporting electronically, regardless of protocols or standards and without the use of expensive, dedicated hardware and software. For more information about Amphire Solutions, please visit www.amphire.com |
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