Cimtek Commerce Signs Owens &Minor as a Distributor for Medicalbuyer.com; Medicalbuyer.com Continues to Expand Selection and Choice of Online Medical Supplies.Business Editors &High Tech Writers JOHNSON CITY Johnson City. 1 Village (1990 pop. 16,890), Broome co., S N.Y., in a tricity area including Endicott and Binghamton; inc. 1892. It has been noted for its Endicott-Johnson shoes. , Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 2000 Cimtek Commerce, the leading provider of vertically integrated e-commerce solutions for the medical supply industry, today announced that it has signed a contract with one of the nation's largest medical supply distributors, Owens &Minor. As part of the contract, Owens &Minor will begin adding products to Cimtek Commerce's medicalbuyer.com(TM) Internet trading exchange, giving buyers of medical supplies more choices for product selection along with improved efficiency and cost savings. Cimtek Commerce chose Owens &Minor to provide fulfillment services for physician offices. A Fortune 500 company headquartered in Richmond, Va., Owens &Minor serves hospitals, integrated health systems and group purchasing organizations A group purchasing organization is an entity that leverages the purchasing power of a group of businesses to obtain discounts from vendors based on the collective buying power of the GPO members. Many GPOs are funded by administrative fees that are actually paid by the vendors. (GPOs) nationwide with a wide selection of medical and surgical supplies. Medicalbuyer.com was the first vertical site for the medical supply industry. Since 1998, Cimtek Commerce has been taking orders on medicalbuyer.com and enhancing its features to deliver the most beneficial e-commerce service for distributors. Other distributors signed include AliMed, Common Cents EMS Supply, Kreisers Inc., Med-Electronics, Pinnacle pinnacle (pĭn`ĭkəl), minor architectural motif of vertical tapering shape, usually crowning a pier, buttress, or gable. Although sometimes it appears in Renaissance design, as in the Certosa di Pavia, it is almost exclusively a medieval MedSource, Seneca Medical and VES (Virtual Execution System) The runtime engine in the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI). It is the CLI counterpart to the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR). See .NET. International. &uot;Owens &Minor's addition to our online distribution network really validates our distributor-centric business model,&uot; said Edward Rollins Edward Rollins might refer to:
About Owens &Minor Owens &Minor Inc., a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Richmond, Va., is the nation's largest distributor of national name brand medical/surgical supplies. The company's distribution centers throughout 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. serve hospitals, integrated healthcare systems and GPOs. In addition to its diverse product offering, Owens &Minor helps customers control healthcare costs and improve inventory management through innovative services in supply chain management, logistics and technology. For fax copies of Owens &Minor's news releases, contact Company News On-Call at 800/758-5804, ext. 667125. For releases on the World Wide Web, visit www.prnewswire.com. For more information about Owens &Minor, as well as news releases and virtual warehouse tours, visit the company's Web site at www.owens-minor.com. About medicalbuyer.com(TM) Serving as a vertical e-commerce site, or &uot;trading exchange,&uot; medicalbuyer.com lets the market determine the best prices for medical products. Medicalbuyer.com allows buyers to compare and select supplies for immediate purchase from the distributor they choose. Products range from stethoscopes to syringes to surgical instruments A surgical instrument is a specially designed tool or device for performing specific actions of carrying out desired effects during a surgery or operation, such as modifying biological tissue, or to provide access or viewing it. . Buyers on medicalbuyer.com do not pay a membership fee. After the initial start up fee, distributors pay Cimtek Commerce a percentage of each transaction. About Cimtek Commerce Founded in 1997, Cimtek Commerce is dedicated to developing vertically integrated e-commerce solutions for the medical products industry. With its flagship offerings, medicalbuyer.com(TM) and HIDAHELP.com(TM), Cimtek Commerce's initial focus is on the $35 billion medical supply industry. Cimtek Commerce is one of the leaders in the e-healthcare world created in the initial merger of WebMD and Healtheon (HLTH HLTH Health HLTH WebMD Corporation (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ). Identifying the market need for a new web-based supply chain model, Cimtek Commerce, a Microsoft (MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) Certified See certification. Solution Provider, has developed these Internet trading hubs to provide manufacturers, distributors and end-customers with a virtual, open marketplace for the buying and selling of medical supplies. Cimtek Commerce is based in Johnson City, Tenn. For more information, call 800/246-8353 or visit www.cimtekcommerce.com, www.medicalbuyer.com or www.hidahelp.com. |
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