February 17, 2005 - Online eChannel Management Suite v7.0 enables brand owners, distributors, national accounts, and control states to create b2b portals. Key modules include applications for managing national accounts, administering bailment inventory in control states, electronically receiving purchase orders from customers, and facilitating customer self service online. Web-based content and security management allows for complete online management of site.
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Release date: February 10, 2005
eSkye Announces Release of Version 7.0 eCommerce Suite of Applications for the Beverage Industry; Allied Beverage Group Deploys New Version
New Features Provide Suppliers, Wineries, Distributors, and National Accounts Scalable World-Class Solution for eCommerce
Allied Beverage Group Commences Rollout of V7 of Customer Service Manager and SalesForce Manager
Allied Beverage Group Chairman Praises eSkye's eCMS as the Best Solution in the Industry
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 10 -- eSkye Solutions(R) [http://www.eskyesolutions.com]/, the leading provider of wine and spirits software and eChannel Management solutions for the beverage industry, announced today the release of version 7.0 of the eChannel Management Suite(TM) (eCMS(TM)). The eCMS is a complete and turnkey online solution that enables brand owners, distributors, national accounts and control states to create b2b portals.
Clients can quickly create customer or supplier portals using the eCMS technology toolset. Key modules in the eCMS include applications for managing national accounts, administering bailment inventory in Control States, electronically receiving purchase orders from customers, and facilitating customer self service online. For a detailed description of all eCMS modules and examples of portals solutions go to http://www.eskyesolutions.com/.
Michael Silverman, Co-Chairman of Allied Beverage Group, the 11th largest US wine and spirits distributor, said, "At Allied Beverage Group, we are committed to leveraging the best technology in the market to best serve our customers, suppliers and our own team. We have found eSkye's eCMS to be the best solution in the industry, and we are very excited as we commence deployment throughout our Company."
J. Smoke Wallin, Chairman and CEO of eSkye Solutions, said, "Given the dynamics of the global beverage industry -- consolidation at every tier, the growing importance of National Accounts, over supply of grapes and wine, new technologies and a greater emphasis on consumer demand, eSkye is building its business around scalable world-class technologies that provide the industry with long-term solutions for their business needs."
New Capabilities Include:
-- Customer Service Manager, combining functions previously distributed throughout the application and extending them with views of invoices and statements in a single point of access for all customer service inquiries. Access scanned in invoices, delivery schedules and up to the minute credit memos
-- National Account Manager, allowing for channel-wide collection and synchronization of product pricing for a brand owners and direct connection with the world's leading retailers including Wal-Mart, Safeway, Asda, Tesco among others.
-- Web-based content and security management, allowing for complete online management of the site. This includes all aspects of site content and security.
-- Sales Management, allows for complex sales structures and complete sales management. Sales Manager gives sales teams unprecedented and instant access to previously unavailable or manual information.
Clay Wallin, eSkye's VP Sales said "The latest version of eSkye's Channel Management software is a giant leap forward for our customers and for the industry. We are excited to demonstrate its superior capabilities in bringing all the information in legacy systems into one place for effective and efficient internal and external use.
About eSkye Solutions(R) & eSkye Software(R)
Founded by leaders in the consumer-packaged goods and distribution industries, eSkye Solutions is the leading provider of wine and spirits software and eChannel Management solutions for the global beverage industry. eSkye Software enables the world's leading wineries and brand owners to produce the best product possible by efficiently managing investment outlays, tracking all steps in the production process, ensuring compliance with the many statutory reporting requirements and efficiently connecting with customers electronically. eSkye serves over 100 of the world's leading wineries and distributors with its products and services.
CONTACT: Jennifer Evancich-Skinner of eSkye Solutions, Inc., +1-317-574-6402, jennifer@eskyesolutions.com
Contacts:
General Information:
Jennifer Evancich-Skinner
USA
Phone: 317-574-6402 E-mail this person Company Information: Name: eSkye Solutions(R) Address: 250 E. 96th ST City: Indianapolis State: IN ZIP: 46240 Country: USA Phone: 317-574-6400 http://www.eskyesolutions.com
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