Cerplex awarded Siemens Nixdorf repair and logistics contract.TUSTIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 1996--The Cerplex Group Inc., the largest independent electronics repair and logistics organization in the world, has been selected by Siemens Nixdorf See Fujitsu Siemens. Information Systems Inc., to provide repair and logistics management Logistics Management is that part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet services in support of Siemens Nixdorf's domestic customer service and sales distribution activity. Cerplex was awarded a three-year, $5 million contract with Siemens Nixdorf to provide support for their point-of-sale products and multivendor offerings. The contract incorporates elements of depot repair, services management, warehousing and distribution services. Services for Siemens Nixdorf will be provided out of Cerplex's Lawrence, Mass. facility. Siemens Nixdorf customers include retail and data processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a organizations. Rolf Mailahn, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems, said they required that their service partner provide a solution for expanding internal logistics capabilities while reducing operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales and optimizing the level of service provided to their customers. "We selected Cerplex as our service provider because they enhance what we provide to our customers," said Mailahn. "Cerplex offers the technical solutions Siemens Nixdorf needs to stay competitive which allows us to concentrate on developing in-house networking and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. strategies." James T. Schraith, president and chief executive officer of Cerplex, said the company helps Siemens Nixdorf reduce overhead by replacing fixed costs fixed costs, n.pl the costs that do not change to meet fluctuations in enrollment or in use of services (e.g., salaries, rent, business license fees, and depreciation). with variable costs. "Employing Cerplex's logistics services permits customers like Siemens Nixdorf to concentrate on more strategic areas of growth rather than the operational structures of service programs. "Cerplex continually strives to be the best one-stop service solution in the business by offering value-added programs that help increase a customer's bottom line profit margin." The Cerplex Group Inc., is a global leader in service outsourcing for the high technology industry. As the largest independent repair and logistics organization in the world, Cerplex provides service programs tailor-made to customer needs. Cerplex offers product services for electronic equipment in the industries of computer and peripherals, telecommunications and office automation. The company provides repair and logistics services, parts management and sales, remanufacturing and remarketing services, training and help desk services. Cerplex customers include major OEMs such as 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) , Digital Equipment Corp., Hewlett Packard, Philips, Canon, Toshiba and British Telecom The telephone and communications carrier that provides services in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It used to be a division of the British Post Office, but was privatized in 1984 under Margaret Thatcher's administration. (BT). Cerplex has worldwide headquarters in Tustin, Calif., employs over 2,000 people and has 15 major facilities throughout the United States and Europe. The company is traded publicly on NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on (CPLX). Siemens Nixdorf, with Americas headquarters in Burlington, Mass., is one of the world's leading information technology suppliers and service providers. Products include RISC-based computer systems, peripherals, Intel-based PCs, point-of-sale devices, specialized software and high-speed networks, backed by a wide range of implementation and peripherals, Intel-based PCs, point of sales devices, specialized software and high-speed networks, backed by a wide range of implementation and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . Siemens Nixdorf is the largest subsidiary company of Siemens AG, the world's foremost supplier of advanced technology in the electronic and electrical engineering industry. In the latest fiscal year, Siemens had $61.6 billion in combined revenues and 373,000 employees in more than 120 countries. Note to Editors: All U.S. currency translations use the average exchange rate of $1.00 = DM 1.44. CONTACT: The Cerplex Group Inc. Bonni L. Parsons, 714/258-5159 bparsons@cerplex.com http://www.cerplex.com or Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems Inc. Ian Robb, 617/273-0480 robb@sni-usa.com or Shafer 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 Linda Waters/Sheryl Smith, 800/503-1177 lwl@shafer.com ss1@shafer.com |
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