Fast Growing Commercial Turf Equipment Maker Picks ARI E-Catalog System; Selection Adds to ARI's Market Share in the Outdoor Power Industry.Business Editors MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2000 ARI ARI Acute respiratory infection, see there Network Services, Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS:ARIS ARIS American Religious Identification Survey ARIS Architecture of Integrated Information Systems ARIS Active Rack Isolation System ARIS Aggregate Route-based IP Switching ARIS Agentia Romana pentru Investitii Straine ), a leading provider of business-to-business Internet e-Commerce solutions for equipment manufacturers with shared service and distribution networks announced that Encore Manufacturing Co. of Beatrice, Nebraska Beatrice is a city in Gage County, Nebraska, 40 miles (64 km) south of Lincoln on the Big Blue River. The surrounding region is rich agricultural country. Settled in 1859, Beatrice was incorporated as a town in 1871 and became a city two years later. , has selected ARI's PartSmart(TM) electronic parts catalog Noun 1. parts catalog - a list advertising parts for machinery along with prices parts catalogue catalogue, catalog - a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically; "it does not pretend to be a catalog of his achievements" software to serve as the basis of a product information and support network for its distributors and service locations. "We did an extensive review of electronic catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. products and found that ARI's PartSmart system gives our dealers a very cost effective method to improve service and help dealers better meet customer needs," said W. H. "Dick" Tegtmeier, founder and president of Encore. "Our products are used by professional landscapers. They earn their living with our equipment and they will not stand for downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. . The PartSmart software gives dealers a user-friendly system that makes it easier for dealers to identify the correct part for the repair the first time and get the equipment back in service promptly." "Encore's choice of PartSmart expands ARI's market share in the outdoor power industry where we have a substantial position in electronic parts management," said Brian E. Dearing, chairman and chief executive officer of ARI. "Dealers in outdoor power products benefit from the many outdoor power equipment manufacturers that are using PartSmart. The more dealers that use the same system, the lower the training costs for each dealer and the more familiar dealer staff members will be with the software." PartSmart electronic parts catalogs allow dealers to view part numbers, illustrations, bulletins and multi-media service information and to create pick lists to be transferred to other business and communication systems. Dearing indicated that ARI's strategy is to provide a single, integrated family of electronic communication and catalog products that allows manufacturers to communicate with dealers and service locations via both the Web and CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). . Electronic dealer communications and catalogs have improved service, increased productivity and reduced costs in the outdoor power industry and many other businesses like recreation vehicle, power sports, power tools, marine and automotive. "We are confident that Encore's partnership with ARI in developing this e-Commerce solution will result in a more effective and efficient way of doing business," Dearing said. Encore manufactures a broad range of commercial turf care equipment including walk-behind and riding mowers, dethatchers and slicers and mower mower, farm machine used for cutting grasses and other hay crops. Mowers, drawn by or attached to tractors, or self-propelled, have superseded scythes. The mower is essentially an adaptation of the much earlier reaper. The first commercial mower was patented in 1847. accessories. ARI Network Services, Inc. is a leading provider of business-to-business Internet e-Commerce solutions for equipment manufacturers with shared service and distribution networks. ARI currently serves over 20,000 dealers and more than 100 major manufacturers in 12 segments of the worldwide manufactured equipment market including outdoor power, recreation vehicle, floor maintenance, marine and construction. The Company's communications systems In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. link the back end systems of manufacturers to the business systems of their independent dealers, distributors and service points, thereby providing a global pathway for product orders, warranty registrations and other transactions. ARI also provides software to publish and view electronic parts catalogs on World Wide Web and CD-ROM. ARI currently operates three offices in 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. and has sales and service agents in Australia, England, France and Italy providing marketing and support of its dealer communications and electronic catalog products. Additional information on ARI is available at the Company's website www.arinet.com(TM). |
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