Decision Point Systems Creates E-Commerce Division; Company Taps Executive Vice President to Lead New Unit.Business Editors BEAVERTON Beaverton, city (1990 pop. 53,310), Washington co., NW Oreg., a suburb of Portland, in a farm area; inc. 1893. Beaverton is the heart of the Silicon Forest high-technology manufacturing complex. Headquarters for electronics companies and NIKE, Inc., are there. , Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 2000 Decision Point Systems announces the launch of a business-to-business 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. unit designed to develop hiring solutions for small and mid-size companies. This new division follows the successful roll-out of Decision Point's HirePro(TM) system, which automates the hiring process for large, national companies who hire thousands of hourly workers. Deme Clainos, an executive vice president of Decision Point Systems, has been selected to manage the new e-commerce unit. The first product to be developed by the new division is NetHiring.com(TM), an e-commerce product designed to support companies that hire between 50 and 1,000 hourly workers. NetHiring.com will do for small and medium-size companies what HirePro does for large companies. It is designed to be used by small companies easily and quickly, without the customization required by large companies. Decision Point Systems plans to introduce NetHiring.com in spring, 2000. "Nationwide, there are more than two million small and mid-sized businesses that hire significant numbers of hourly workers. NetHiring.com will provide a hiring solution for these businesses that face the same hiring difficulties as large, national companies," said Clainos. "NetHiring.com will also offer the same benefits as HirePro, but without the in-store hardware. It will address one of the biggest hiring challenges employers face today, which is hiring the best hourly employees available both quickly and inexpensively in·ex·pen·sive adj. Not high in price; cheap. in  ex·pen sive·ly adv. ." Clainos is credited with developing Decision Point's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , HirePro. HirePro allows job seekers job seeker also job·seek·er n. One who seeks employment. to apply for hourly jobs by filling out an electronic, paperless application using a HirePro unit, which consists of a screen phone and key pad located in an ATM-like kiosk kiosk Originally, in Islamic architecture, an open circular pavilion consisting of a roof supported by pillars. The word has been applied to a Turkish summer garden pavilion and a type of early Persian mosque. . Companies using HirePro have increased their applicant pool, lowered turnover, increased sales by employee, lowered inventory shrinkage Shrinkage The amount by which inventory on hand is shorter than the amount of inventory recorded. Notes: The missing inventory could be due to theft, damage, or book keeping errors. , and saved time and money. HirePro has rapidly emerged as a market leader and lists its customers as: Target, Blockbuster block·bust·er n. 1. Something, such as a film or book, that sustains widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales. 2. A high-explosive bomb used for demolition purposes. 3. , Hollywood Video, Mervyn's, Marshalls, TJ Maxx, The Limited, Toys R Us and numerous other retail leaders. About Decision Point Systems Inc. Beaverton, Oregon-based Decision Point Systems, Inc. supplies technology-based pre-employment systems for companies hiring hourly workers. Decision Point's sales grew more than 300% in 1999 and the company currently processes applications at a run rate of 3 million a year. Decision Point Systems' products are installed in 44 states and Washington D.C. For more information about Decision Point Systems, visit the company's web site at www.decisionpointsystems.com. |
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