Therma-Tru Doors Selects BuyDesign from TDCI Inc.
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Leading Exterior Door Manufacturer to Streamline Sales Processes with Internet-based Product Configuration, Quoting, and Ordering Software
October 18, 2006 ? Columbus, Ohio. TDCI Inc, a leading enterprise solutions
provider, today announced that Therma-Tru® Doors, the nation's leading
manufacturer of fiberglass and steel exterior door systems, has selected
TDCI's BuyDesign® software solution as the company's new Internet-based sales
system. Therma-Tru will use BuyDesign's collaborative multi-level sales
channel support capabilities and product configuration technology to offer
online and distributed quoting, ordering, and status inquiry services to the
company's extensive national dealer/distributor network. The core BuyDesign
configurator will also be integrated with existing Therma-Tru systems for use
by customer service representatives and other internal users.
"We selected BuyDesign because it has the flexibility to support all aspects
of our multi-faceted sales channel, and because the core configurator gives
us a platform to enable consistent product configuration and pricing across
all of our sales and marketing activities," stated Frank Glover, Therma-Tru
vice president of information technology and business development.
Therma-Tru will implement both the online and distributed capabilities of
BuyDesign. Dealers will use the system to configure complete entry door
systems with selected door, jam, sidelights; produce quotes for their
customers; and send orders to the appropriate distributor. Dealers will have
the option of using either the web-based online system or a local desktop
extension of BuyDesign installed on their own computer. BuyDesign utilizes
the Internet to keep product information on locally installed systems updated
using an automated process similar to the way Microsoft publishes updates to
Windows and Office products.
Therma-Tru will also integrate the core BuyDesign configurator with the order
processing portion of their existing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
system so customer service representatives can use it to configure and price
orders received via phone, fax, e-mail, and EDI. In addition, Therma-Tru and
distributors will use the BuyDesign configurator to produce content for
product catalogs and price guides. By utilizing a common configurator and
product data repository across all applications, Therma-Tru and Therma-Tru
channel partners will greatly reduce effort while ensuring accurate and
consistent product configuration and pricing results.
About Therma-Tru Doors
Therma-Tru Doors (www.thermatru.com) is the nation's leading manufacturer of
fiberglass and steel exterior door systems and the brand of entry doors
consistently ranked as the most preferred by builders and remodelers.
Therma-Tru offers complete entry and patio door systems, including
handcrafted decorative doorlites and sidelites, transoms and door components
through a national network of distributors, lumberyards and retailers. With
headquarters in Maumee, Ohio, Therma-Tru has more than 2,700 associates and
operates 8 manufacturing facilities in Butler, IN; Fort Wayne, IN; Las Vegas,
NV; Roland, OK; Houston, TX; Fredericksburg, VA; Matamoros, Mexico and
Cardiff, South Wales (UK)..
Therma-Tru is part of $7 billion consumer products company, Fortune Brands
(NYSE: FO), whose operating companies also include Moen, the #1 faucet brand
in North America, MasterBrand Cabinets, the #2 kitchen & bath cabinet
business, Master Lock, the world's #1 padlock brand, and Waterloo Industries,
the leading manufacturer of tool storage products.
About TDCI and BuyDesign
TDCI is an enterprise solution provider that specializes in helping
manufacturers and their distributors streamline the selling process for
customized products. TDCI's BuyDesign software is a comprehensive sales and
configuration solution developed to help companies increase sales and improve
profitability by becoming 'easy to do business with' while reducing order
processing time, cost, and errors. BuyDesign supports the entire
'interest-to-order' cycle with modular components for guided product
selection and configuration, product visualization, quoting and ordering,
drawing generation, and status inquiry. BuyDesign also includes applications
for web-based interest generation and for product specification from within
popular design products such as AutoCAD and others. For more information
about TDCI and BuyDesign, visit www.tdci.com.
Sharon Binkley
Marketing Communications
TDCI Inc. -- www.tdci.com
614-781-2325 ext 171
sbinkley@tdci.com
