TotalMRO.com to Provide Access to More Than 3.5 Million MRO Products
CHICAGO, June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- TotalMRO.com, Grainger's latest
e-Commerce initiative, today announced that Wesco Distribution, a division of
WESCO International, Inc., Carlton-Bates Company, Precision Industries, Magid
Glove & Safety, Grainger Parts Company, and Gempler's, Inc. will join other
leading suppliers in offering products and services through its one-stop
Internet-based maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) solution. These major
MRO distributors join the initial ten participants, which include Briggs-
Weaver, Cameron and Barkley Company, Lab Safety Supply, Manufacturers
Equipment and Supply Company, MetersandInstruments.com (a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Transmation, Inc.), Motion Industries, New Pig Corporation,
Newark Electronics, Transcat (a division of Transmation, Inc.), and Grainger.
TotalMRO.com provides customers access to everything MRO. Customers can
easily search, identify and select the best product for their application from
more than 3.5 million products. Annual sales of MRO products by participating
suppliers represent approximately $12.5 billion.
In addition to easily searchable product information, customers have
access to pre-negotiated pricing and product availability information.
TotalMRO.com is available through the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform(TM) and
SAP's Business-to-Business Procurement (BBP) solution. In the future,
customers will be able to access TotalMRO.com from a wide variety of business-
to-business (B2B) e-Commerce platforms including market exchanges, portals,
and other marketplaces.
The Earthgrains Company, with $2.04 billion in sales for fiscal year 2000,
has been purchasing products from TotalMRO.com through its Ariba B2B Commerce
Platform since late March. "In addition to providing our plants, depots and
other facilities across the United States with one-stop access to MRO products
and services, TotalMRO.com has assisted in the change management process,"
said Bill Palmer, vice president of purchasing and transportation for The
Earthgrains Company. "TotalMRO.com's development of job aids and cyber
seminars has helped our employees become more comfortable with an e-Commerce-
based procurement process."
"We are pleased to be a premier electrical distributor participating in
TotalMRO.com," said WESCO President and CEO Roy Haley. "TotalMRO.com augments
our existing e-Commerce and electrical products supply chain strategies,
allowing MRO buyers to electronically interact and transact business with us.
It will allow us the ability to offer to customers further access to WESCO's
products and services through an effective solution built around leading
technologies."
"TotalMRO.com is an ideal utility offering one-stop access to content,
commerce, and collaboration - all within a context that is uniquely designed
for the MRO purchaser," said Elizabeth G. Olig, president of TotalMRO.com.
"We are excited to provide customers access to the top names in MRO
distribution and are committed to continuing to build and scale the site to
offer increased value to both buyers and sellers."
W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE: GWW), with 1999 sales of $4.5 billion, is the
leading North American provider of maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO)
supplies and related information to businesses and institutions. Grainger
shares are traded on the New York and Chicago stock exchanges. For more
information about Grainger, visit http://www.grainger.com .
SOURCE W.W. Grainger, Inc.
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