ChannelMax to Offer Logistics Services for Expanets.Business Editors/High Tech Writers GREENVILLE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2000 ChannelMax, a leading provider of Internet-based logistics and fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. services and e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. storefronts, has announced an agreement that will allow it to provide logistics and e-fulfillment services for Expanets, the nation's largest mid-market networked communications solutions provider. ChannelMax is a subsidiary of ScanSource, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCSC SCSC State Civil Service Commission SCSC Schedule Control Systems Criteria SCSC Software Council of Southern California SCSC Surface Combat Systems Center (formerly ACSC; Wallops Island, VA) SCSC Santa Clara Swim Club ), a distributor of Automatic Identification and Point-of-Sale products, as well as Business Telephone and Computer Telephony See CTI, VoIP and IP telephony. Computer Telephony - Computer Telephone Integration equipment through Catalyst Telecom. Expanets recently purchased the small and mid-sized business sales organization of Lucent Technologies (now Avaya Communication), expanding its customer base for Avaya's converged data, voice and video communications solutions. Under this short-term contract, ChannelMax will provide logistics services through its innovative e-fulfillment solution for part of Expanets' Avaya business. "We are excited about the relationship with ChannelMax and look forward to utilizing their expertise to help deliver communications solutions to our customer base," said Mark Storen, Expanets' Vice President of Logistics. The move will allow Expanets to focus less on filling orders and more on organizing its new sales network as it works towards developing its long-term logistics strategy. "Because we have years of experience in managing inventory and fulfillment of Avaya products, this agreement with Expanets is a perfect fit," said Travis Collins, President of ChannelMax. "We're looking forward to helping Expanets get its newly expanded Avaya business up and running through an e-logistics solution that we believe will provide new efficiency and convenience for their customers." About Expanets Expanets is the nation's largest mid-market networked communications solutions provider with more than $1.4 billion in annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. revenues and a nationwide base of 750,000 customers with operations across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Expanets was founded in February 1998 by NorthWestern Corporation Northwestern Corporation is a bulk vending machine company in Morris, Illinois. It was founded in 1909 by Emerson A. Bolen as Northwestern Novelty Company. The 60, Northwestern's bulk vender, began being marketed in 1960. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NOR). Further information about Expanets is available on the Internet at http://www.expanets.com and http://www.northwestern.com . About ChannelMax ChannelMax is a leading provider of logistics and e-fulfillment services and web storefronts. The company offers a variety of services that are designed to help both manufacturers and resellers of specialty technology products enjoy increased efficiency and productivity. ChannelMax is a subsidiary of ScanSource, Inc. For more information, contact ChannelMax at 6 Logue Court, Greenville, SC, 29615, or by phone at 864-329-8200. About ScanSource ScanSource is North America's leading value-added distributor of specialty technology products, including Automatic Identification and Point-of-Sale products, and Business Telephone and Computer Telephony equipment through Catalyst Telecom. Serving only the value-added reseller A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. (VAR), ScanSource is committed to growing specialty technology markets by strengthening and enlarging ENLARGING. Extending or making more comprehensive; as an enlarging statute, which is one extending the common law. the VAR channel. ScanSource's commitment to VARs includes offering a broad product selection, competitive pricing, fast delivery, technical support, online ordering and configuration tools, system integration, sales training, customer financing and qualified leads. For more information, contact ScanSource at 6 Logue Court, Greenville, SC, 29615, or by phone at 800-288-2432. Further information about ScanSource is available on the Internet at http://www.scansource.com . |
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