This Week in IDEA | September 05, 2007
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Contents
- New IDEA Customer: Idlewood Electric Supply, Inc.
- New IRD CERICOMX® Customer
- Mike Rioux Leaving IDEA
- epaCUBE to Give Away Over $10,000 in Software at The Electro E-Biz Forum: Attend Webinar to Increase Your Chances to Win
- Did You Know? IDW Hot Facts
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New IDEA Customer: Idlewood Electric Supply, Inc.
Idlewood Electric Supply, Inc., a distributor from Highland Park, IL, became an IDEA customer on August 31, 2007. Idlewood ES is a distributor of electrical supplies and lighting fixtures, dimmers, ceiling fans, decorative accessories & mirrors serving Highland Park, Barrington, Chicago and surrounding communities. They will be taking advantage of the cost saving features and reliability of Industry Data Exchange (IDX). Idlewood ES is a proud member of NAED and IMARK. Learn more at www.idlewoodelectricsupply.com. Welcome Aboard!
New IRD CERICOMX® Customer
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 one supplier:
This company 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, IRD Product & Customer Support Manager, at (703) 562-4624.Mike Rioux Leaving IDEA
IDEA recently announced that Mike Rioux, President, IDEA, will be leaving the company to pursue other career opportunities. He will continue to serve as President until the latter part of November 2007 or until a successor is chosen.
The announcement was made by IDEA Chairman of the Board and Dakota Supply Group President and CEO, Todd Kumm, on August 25.
"Although all of us at IDEA regret Mike’s departure, we respect his reasons and wish him the very best,” said Evan Gaddis, President, National Electrical Manufacturers Association, representing one half of IDEA’s ownership. “We appreciate his willingness to allow for an orderly transition and wish him the best in his future endeavors.”
Rioux played an instrumental role in shaping the company's aggressive growth and expansion during the past few years. During his tenure, IDEA grew from a fledgling organization with a staff of two, to a complement of 24 professionals. Similarly, IDEA’s customer base grew from 125 to over 900; providing data synchronization, standards and business communication services for manufacturers and distributors in the electrical industry. Additionally, hundreds of suppliers outside the electrical arena are employing IDEA’s services to comply with global data synchronization requirements.
“IDEA’s executive committee will immediately begin pursuing a capable and qualified president. In the meantime, I am confident that the current IDEA staff will continue to exceed the expectations of the customers. IDEA’s continuing goal is to synchronize the electrical industry’s product data. IDEA has made great strides, and the organization will continue to move forward. NAED and NEMA are committed to achieving synchronized electrical industry product data through IDEA” said Kumm.
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epaCUBE to Give Away Over $10,000 in Software at The Electro E-Biz Forum: Attend Webinar to Increase Your Chances to Win
epaCUBE, a Product Information Management (PIM) and Gross Profit Optimization solutions provider from Dallas, TX, will give away multiple modules from their software suite, a minimum value of $10,000 each, as a contest prize to multiple companies at the Electro E-Biz Forum. You may enter to win by visiting their booth at the Forum Tech Center or by attending their webinar Friday, September 14. Attend both events to increase your chances of winning by 90%.
What: epaCUBE Webinar - Gross Profit Optimization over Cleansed Product Data
Date: Friday, September 14, 2007
Time: 11:00AM-12:00PM EDT
The epaCUBE product suite gives you the ability to:
• Easily manage & update your pricing systems with IDW data
• Reduce the costs of cleansing product data
• Establish processes to keep data clean and synchronized
• Model the IMPACT of cost and sell price changes on Gross Margin, Actual Cost & Price Changes
• Perform “What If” Analysis - modeling future pricing and margins
• Configure business rules & approval processes for price and cost changes
Don’t miss this chance to win a prize that keeps giving back to your company. For more information about this contest or the epaCUBE software suite, contact Gary Stone at (469 693-3010 or Randy Hughes at (719) 930-4074 or visit www.epacube.com.
Did You Know? IDW Hot Facts
IDW has the capability to accept manufacturer enriched data and product images either as stored data or via a URL link. If you are interested in more details regarding IDW, contact Supriya Reddy, IDW Technical and Training Representative, at (703) 562-4616. Marcy Rogers will be on maternity leave beginning this fall.
