Robert Bowden, Inc. Implements BuildNet's E-Business Solution.Business/Technology Editors RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2000 BuildNet, Inc., a leading e-business, technology and project management systems provider for the home building industry, announced today that Robert Bowden, Inc., a leading Atlanta-area building materials Building materials used in the construction industry to create . These categories of materials and products are used by and construction project managers to specify the materials and methods used for . supplier, has signed a long-term contract to use BuildNet as its e-business, supply chain management and on-line 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. solution. BuildNet plans to publish digital representations of the 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. Robert Bowden, Inc. sells and process e-business transactions for Robert Bowden, Inc. using BuildNet's Internet-based e-business exchange. BuildNet also plans to host Robert Bowden, Inc.'s product catalog, allowing any BuildNet-enabled user to engage in cross-platform commerce with the company. "Robert Bowden, Inc. clearly recognizes the benefits of reaching the home building community via BuildNet. By data-mapping our catalog and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. system to BuildNet, we should have unprecedented transaction and customer service capabilities with key customers," said Greg Lucas, Robert Bowden, Inc.'s chief financial officer. "We couldn't be happier with this implementation agreement and look forward to being an e-business `first mover' among building materials suppliers in our region." "BuildNet has made a long-term, highly capitalized commitment to bring a robust e-business platform to the home building industry, so that forward-looking companies like Robert Bowden, Inc. can implement an e-business solution for data exchange and business process integration," said Barry Drayson, executive vice president for sales and marketing at BuildNet. "Business-to-business systems need to link existing communities, and that is what this relationship allows, the linking of BuildNet-enabled builders to Robert Bowden, Inc.'s product offerings." About Robert Bowden, Inc. Founded in 1983, Atlanta-based Robert Bowden, Inc. is a leading regional supplier of building materials and custom millwork. Gross sales Gross Sales A measure of overall sales that isn't adjusted for customer discounts or returns, calculated simply by adding all sales invoices, and not including operating expenses, cost of goods sold, payment of taxes, or any other charge. in 1999 exceeded $60 million. Robert Bowden, Inc. uses over 20 acres of warehouse space and 250 employees to serve nearly 900 wholesale and retail contractor accounts through branches in Atlanta and Duluth, Georgia Duluth is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, and a suburb of Atlanta located in the Metro Atlanta area. Unincorporated portions of northeast Fulton County and Forsyth County also have Duluth as a mailing address, though this area is technically outside city limits. . About BuildNet, Inc. BuildNet, a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , is one of the home building industry's largest e-business, technology and project management system providers. BuildNet's Internet-based e-business platform is being developed to provide home builders and their subcontractors access to an integrated on-line network designed to change the residential construction market by availing every aspect of a building project to real-time, on-line, integrated e-business links, from the builders' back offices to the back offices of a wide range of product suppliers. (This is commonly called "business-to-business e-commerce.") Through its six project management systems, BuildNet currently manages the construction of around one of every three homes built in the U.S. BuildNet is actively building alliances with the building industry's manufacturers, suppliers, and large builders, and has recently signed e-business agreements with such companies as GE Appliances, Owens Corning Owens Corning Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of fiberglass and related products. It was formed in 1935 as a partnership between two major American glassworks, Corning Glass Works and Owens-Illinois. The company was spun off as a separate entity November 1, 1938. , CertainTeed and Pulte Home Corp. Learn more about BuildNet by visiting www.buildnet.com. Other product and company names herein might be trademarks of their respective owners. (c) 2000 |
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