United Stationers allies with ED for EDI
Schaumburg, IL (January 18, 2005). Effective Data (ED), a private Schaumburg - based EDI
Consulting and Data Integration firm, has partnered with United Stationers to complete
electronic data interchange (EDI) services.
Mt. Prospect, IL – based United Stationers has partnered with Effective Data to complete
extensive EDI services. ED is working on various aspects related to setting up United
Stationers largest trading partners with more flexibility. This project will be completed on GIS
and will have many business processes associated with it. Transitioning trading partners to
GIS will allow United Stationers to send and receive information in multiple data formats.
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About United Stationers, Inc.
United Stationers Inc., with sales for the trailing 12 months of approximately $3.9 billion, is
North America's largest broad line wholesale distributor of business products and a provider of
marketing and logistics services to resellers. Its integrated computer-based distribution
systems make more than 40,000 items available to approximately 15,000 resellers. United is
able to ship products within 24 hours of order placement because of its 35 United Stationers
Supply Co. distribution centers, 24 Lagasse distribution centers that serve the janitorial and
sanitation industry, two Azerty distribution centers in Mexico that serve computer supply
resellers, and two distribution centers that serve the Canadian marketplace. Its focus on
fulfillment excellence has given the company an average order fill rate of better than 97%, a
99.5% order accuracy rate, and a 99% on-time delivery rate. The company's common stock
trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market(R) under the symbol USTR.
About Effective
Data, Inc.
Effective Data provides innovative EDI Consulting and Data
Integration services to the Nation's top businesses. With over 15 years
of experience in the e-commerce industry, Effective Data's consultants combine
strategy, technology and project management expertise to deliver customized
EDI solutions that enable clients to succeed and thrive in the digital economy.
For more information, go to www.effective-data.com. Or contact Jennifer O'Neil at joneil@effective-data.com
