Western U.S. Hardware Supplier Selects Industry-Leading Software Provider
CHICAGO – May 27, 2008 – Software developer Ai2 today announced the addition of Paint Sundries Solutions to its customer group. Paint Sundries is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, and sells “everything you need to paint your house, except the paint,” according to Andrew Walsh, President of Paint Sundries. The POW® solution will automate many facets of the order taking process for Paint Sundries’ forty-plus mobile sales force.
Founded in 1955, Paint Sundries Solutions, Inc. is one of the nation's leading distributors of brand name paint sundries and paint related products. They reach over 8,300 retail customers in over 30 states with gateways anchored in Seattle, Salt Lake City, Dallas and Los Angeles. In addition to their distribution capabilities, the company prides itself on partnerships with a growing spectrum of retailers, including: paint and hardware, lumber yard, mass merchant, independent, drywall, construction, and concrete tool retailers. For more on Paint Sundries, visit www.paintsundries.com.
Paint Sundries chose POW® for its functionality within the software application and the fact that it will save their sales force a lot of time and energy when working with retailers.
POW® is Ai2’s mobile computing system for outside sales representatives who must generate daily orders and obtain regularly updated customer and product information. Using mobile handheld computers, POW® allows salespeople to scan, type, write, generate orders, receive messages, comply with manufacturer rebates and manage customer payments with one convenient application.
“I’m proud to say that after doing a lot of research on handheld software providers, Paint Sundries has chosen us,” said Ray Walsh, Vice President of Sales for Ai2. “We look forward to doing a great job for them and helping them increase what is already a large market share.”
Ai2 is a 23-year old family owned and operated software firm headquartered in downtown Chicago. Their solutions are used by over 35,000 users each day to capture over 30 billion dollars in sales each year. Ai2 handles the order entry process for some of the nation’s largest distributors in foodservice, convenience store, grocery, beverage, hardware, medical, beauty and industrial supply. For more information about Ai2, visit www.ai2.com.
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