Schaumburg, IL (January 5, 2005). Effective Data (ED), a private Schaumburg - based EDI Consulting firm, has been selected by The Miller Brewing Company to complete electronic data interchange (EDI) services.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - based Miller Brewing Company serves their beer products in over 80 countries. Now Effective Data will serve EDI to Miller. ED partnered with one of the world’s largest brewers to migrate their current EDI system to a new platform. Effective Data was chosen for this project due to their in-depth EDI expertise with multiple platforms and vast experience with EDI software idiosyncrasies.

Throughout this project, ED will provide Miller with a managed team effort that will: install EDI software on new system, verify application installation, set up a test environment, test communications with business partners, and assist with client communications.

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About Miller Brewing Co.
What began as a dream of Frederick J. Miller in Germany now spans more than 80 countries. In 2001, Miller Brewing International sold more than 3 million hectoliters of its own brands in the international market.

Milwaukee-based Miller Brewing Company is a wholly owned American subsidiary of SABMiller plc, one of the world's largest brewers. Miller's principal beer brands are Miller Lite, Miller Genuine Draft and Miller High Life. The company imports Pilsner Urquell and Foster's and has craft brews Leinenkugel's and Henry Weinhard's. Its portfolio of brands also includes Milwaukee's Best and Sharp's, a non-alcohol brew. Miller produces Icehouse from the Plank Road Brewery - a small division of Miller; Olde English 800 and Mickey's Malt Liquor; and SKYY Blue flavored malt beverage.