This Week in IDEA | April 04, 2007
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Contents
- New IDEA Customer: Quermback Electric
- New IDEA Customer: L.A. Woolley Electric, Inc.
- New IDEA Customer: KIE Supply Corporation
- New IDEA Customer: Helsel-Jepperson
- New IDEA Customer: Interstate Electric Supply
- New IDEA Customer: C. Anderson Electric
- New IDEA Customer: Fox Rowden-McBrayer, Inc.
- New IRD/CERICOMX® Customers
- IDX2 Traffic Record Broken Through EDI Success
- Attention Distributors: Net Price into Stock Requests Due by April 9th
- GS1 System: More than a Number-More than a Bar Code. An Entire System
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New IDEA Customer: Quermback Electric
Quermback Electric, a wholesale distributor of commercial, industrial, electrical supplies and telecommunication equipment, from Buffalo, NY, became an IDEA customer on March 29, 2007. Quermback Electric is proud to supply the industry with a fully stocked warehouse containing an in depth inventory of electrical products and excellent customer service. They will be taking advantage of the cost saving features and reliability of the Industry Data Exchange (IDX2). Quermback Electric is a proud member of IMARK. To learn more about Quermback Electric, please visit them here. Welcome aboard!
New IDEA Customer: L.A. Woolley Electric, Inc.
L.A. Woolley Electric, Inc., an electrical supply distributor with a product emphasis in electrical equipment and components for Industrial MRO and OEM applications, from Buffalo, NY, became an IDEA customer on April 2, 2007. L.A. Woolley prides themselves in their ability to serve customers with customized programs. They will be taking advantage of the cost saving features and reliability of the Industry Data Exchange (IDX2). L.A. Woolley is a proud member of IMARK. To learn more about L.A. Woolley Electric, please visit them here. Welcome aboard!
New IDEA Customer: KIE Supply Corporation
KIE Supply Corp., a distributor of high quality electrical, plumbing, irrigation, cabinet, and decorative lighting products, from Kennewick, WA, became an IDEA customer on April 2, 2007. KIE Supply proudly serves the professions, governments, and maintenance organizations in Southeastern Washington and Northeastern Oregon. They will be taking advantage of the cost saving features and reliability of the Industry Data Exchange (IDX2). KIE Supply Corp. is a proud member of IMARK. To learn more about KIE Supply Corp., please visit them here. Welcome aboard!
New IDEA Customer: Helsel-Jepperson
Helsel-Jepperson, a wholesale distributor of electrical products, from Chicago Heights, IL became an IDEA customer on April 2, 2007. They will be using the Industry Data Warehouse (IDW2) to obtain their suppliers' product and pricing information. Helsel-Jepperson is a proud member of IMARK and NAED. To learn more about Helsel-Jepperson, please visit them here. Welcome aboard!
New IDEA Customer: Interstate Electric Supply
Interstate Electric Supply, a distributor of electric supplies, from Boise, ID became an IDEA customer on April 3, 2007. They will be using the Industry Data Warehouse (IDW2) to obtain their suppliers' product and pricing information. They will also be taking advantage of the cost saving features and reliability of the Industry Data Exchange (IDX2). Interstate ES is a proud member of IMARK and NAED. To learn more about Interstate ES, please visit them here. Welcome aboard!
New IDEA Customer: C. Anderson Electric
C. Anderson Electric, a wholesale distributor from Niagara Falls, NY, became an IDEA customer on April 2, 2007. They will be taking advantage of the cost saving features and reliability of the Industry Data Exchange (IDX2). C. Anderson Electric is a proud member of IMARK. Welcome aboard!
New IDEA Customer: Fox Rowden-McBrayer, Inc.
Fox Rowden-McBrayer, Inc., a manufacturing representative from Charlotte, NC, became an IDEA customer on April 4, 2007. They will be taking advantage of the cost saving features and reliability of the Industry Data Exchange (IDX2). Fox Rowden-McBrayer is a proud member of NEMRA. To learn more about Fox Rowden-McBrayer, please visit them here. Welcome aboard!
New IRD/CERICOMX® Customers
IDEA, a 1SYNC Data Pool On-Board Solution (OBS) partner, implements suppliers that subscribe to the 1SYNC data pool using IDEA's IRD CERICOMX application. IDEA was recently assigned the following suppliers:
- Chaelle Ltd. MDG
- Paper Partners Wipes LLC
- Canson, Inc.
- Tenneco
- Medi-Temp, LLC
These companies will be trained to use IRD CERICOMX®, an IDEA branded product for supporting and uploading supplier product information into the GS1 Registry® and GDSN via the 1SYNC Data Pool.
If you would like to learn more about the CERICOMX® product, please contact John Etrie, IDEA IRD Product Manager, at (703) 562-4624; or Tony Gaffney, IDEA CERICOMX® Implementation Manager, at (508) 386-0261.
IDX2 Traffic Record Broken Through EDI Success
According to IDX2 statistics, IDEA’s IDX2 traffic surpassed 5.5 million kilocharacters in March, setting a new record and demonstrating the value of electronic data interchange (EDI) in the electrical industry and other vertical channels. This record exceeded the previous milestone set in August 2006 of 5 million kilocharacters. Tom Guzik, the IDX2 Product Manager, believes the steady growth of IDX2 traffic is due to the success of the initiative to increase the use of Special Price Authorization (SPA) documents to automate the exchange of business data. “Many companies are recognizing the advantages of conducting business transactions electronically, and are increasing these transactions to improve speed and accuracy,” said Guzik.
IDEA is excited to announce this success and looks forward to continue helping trading partners increase productivity through EDI transactions.
Please contact Tom Guzik at (703)562- 4626 or visit the IDX2 Page for more information.
Attention Distributors: Net Price into Stock Requests Due by April 9th
Many distributors utilizing the Industry Data Warehouse (IDW2) are making their demands heard by requesting their manufacturers provide Net Price into Stock data via the IDW2.
The Net Price into Stock feature enables manufacturers to populate all their net price sheets in one location guaranteeing that only authorized distributor locations will receive the Net Price data. IDEA will send communications to the manufacturers in which distributors requested this information in writing. Manufacturers will specifically receive the name of the company requesting the information, the title of the individual on the request and their signature. All distributors must submit requests by April 9th to be included in this communication. The following companies have requested that manufacturers supply their Nets into Stock and complete product and pricing data in the IDW2 to date:
- Allied Electric Supply
- American Electric Supply
- Butler Supply
- City and Electric Supply, Inc.
- Columbia Electric Supply
- Commercial Lighting Supply, Inc.
- Crum Electric Supply
- Dakota Supply Group
- DS Electric Supply
- Electric Supply and Equipment Co.
- Electric Supply Center
- Electric Supply Co.
- Electric Supply, Inc.
- Electrical Distributors, Inc.
- Electrical Equipment Company
- Elliott Electric Supply
- Gerrie Electric
- Good Friend Electric
- Griffith Electric
- Gross Electric
- Hampden Zimmerman
- Horizon Solutions
- Independent Electric Supply
- Industrial Electric Supply
- JH Larson Company
- Kirby Risk
- Laner Electric Supply
- Mayer Electric Supply
- Mid-Coast Electric Supply
- North Coast Electric
- Northwest Electrical Supply Co.
- R & R Supply Co.
- Regency Lighting
- Rumsey Electric
- Samson Electrical Supply
- Sefco Electric Supply Co., Inc.
- Southeastern Electrical
- Standard Electric Supply Co.
- Stanion Wholesale and Electric Co.
- State Electric Supply Co.
- Steiner Electric Supply Co.
- Stuart C. Irby Co.
- Superior Electric Supply Co.
- The Reynolds Co.
- Van Meter Industrial
- Werner Electric Supply
- Western Extralite Co.
- William Supply Inc.
- Yale Electric Supply Co.
Fill out the Distributor Request Form by April 9th to communicate your requests to suppliers on your line card.
Please contact Rita Hagopian at (703)562-4628 if you would like to know more about this initiative.
GS1 System: More than a Number-More than a Bar Code. An Entire System
With more than one million companies doing business in more than 145 countries worldwide, the GS1 System enables one global language of business.
The GS1 System is a suite of standards that makes a company’s supply chain more efficient and responsive to customers in any industry. The standards enable a company to efficiently share business information with trading partners and to improve internal business processes; driving cost savings and increased productivity for businesses.
The GS1 System includes:
• Identification numbers, which are globally unique numbers and supplementary data elements. The identification numbers identify products, service locations, logistics units, assets and service relationships. More than 90 supplementary data elements are standardized including lot numbers, serial numbers, and best-before-dates.
• Data Carriers, which are GS1 approved bar code symbols and Electronic Product Code (EPC) compliant RFID tags. Data carriers are machine readable, which provides a fast and accurate method of entering identification numbers and data elements into computer systems.
• Electronic commerce transactions, which enable trading partners to communicate business information in a standardized format using Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) or Business Message Standards using Extensible Markup Language (XML)
