CornerHardware.com Adds Seasoned Professional to Supply Chain Management Team; Terry Venz, Former Wards Transportation Director, Joins Home Improvement E-Tailer.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2000 Building on its already strong distribution team, online home improvement e-tailer CornerHardware.com today announced that Terry Venz has joined the company as director of transportation. Venz joins a group led by Senior Vice President Terry Smith, former senior vice president of imports and logistics with The Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box , who has been overseeing the creation of the company's shipping and distribution programs since last August. The newly augmented distribution team is focused on ensuring fast, reliable product delivery and creating a cost-effective program that takes advantage of the direct-selling approach made possible by the Web. &uot;One of the most critical parts of any online retailer's business model is product distribution and fulfillment, and we're no exception,&uot; said Rich Takata, 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 CornerHardware.com. &uot;We've focused on building a team that is not only experienced but has the imagination and energy to try new ideas "New Ideas" is the debut single by Scottish New Wave/Indie Rock act The Dykeenies. It was first released as a Double A-side with "Will It Happen Tonight?" on July 17, 2006. The band also recorded a video for the track. and implement programs specifically tailored for the new Web-based economy. Terry Venz has these qualities, and we're delighted to have him onboard.&uot; Terry Venz's Background Venz brings extensive logistics experience to CornerHardware.com. At Wards, he established a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. transportation organization and developed a cross company transportation control information network to track and trace domestic/international vendor shipments electronically. Before that, he served as director of domestic and international transportation at Meldisco, where he instituted a bar code scanned pool distribution network to distribute footwear. Venz was also manager of domestic and international transportation at Mervyn's California. About CornerHardware.com Founded in early 1999, CornerHardware.com expects to be the leading home improvement destination on the Internet for the do-it-yourself, buy-it-yourself and professional customers. The company's goal is to be the most complete online provider of home improvement help and advice, hardware and tools, lighting, plumbing and electrical supplies, housewares house·wares pl.n. Cooking utensils, dishes, and other small articles used in a household, especially in the kitchen. and other related goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. . CornerHardware.com is based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and located online at www.cornerhardware.com. |
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