Addition of Industry News Enhances TotalMRO.com's Value Proposition
as the Destination for Everything MRO
CHICAGO, August 8 /PRNewswire/ -- TotalMRO.com, Grainger's new one-stop
digital solution for comprehensive maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO)
supplies and information, today announced that it has incorporated industry
news from Putman Media, a leading publisher of MRO information, into its
online offering. Under the terms of the agreement, Putman Media will supply
TotalMRO.com with informative news and information from its industry-leading
publications including Plant Services.
The addition of industry content extends TotalMRO.com's offering beyond
robust commerce capabilities. In addition to being able to easily identify,
select, and purchase MRO products and services, customers can also access
industry news and trends allowing them to stay on top of the latest trends and
techniques in MRO procurement.
TotalMRO.com is a MRO utility that organizes and takes process costs out
of the highly fragmented MRO supply chain by bringing buyers and sellers
together in one comprehensive site. Currently available to users of the Ariba
B2B Commerce Platform and SAP's Business-to-Business Procurement (BBP)
solution, TotalMRO.com provides medium to large customers with real-time
access to easily searchable product information, images, contract pricing, and
availability for MRO supplies from major distributors. In the future,
customers will be able to access TotalMRO.com from a wide variety of
business-to-business (B2B) eCommerce platforms including market exchanges,
portals, and other marketplaces.
"TotalMRO.com is designed to be the MRO resource for industry," says
Elizabeth Olig, president of TotalMRO.com. "Our one-stop solution goes beyond
a wide offering of products from major MRO distributors -- information,
content, and a variety of services help to further complete our offering.
With the addition of industry news and information from providers such as
Putman Media, we bring greater depth and value to our customers."
Adds John Blatnik, vice president business development at Putman Media
"Our content-rich news and editorials offer broad coverage of the issues that
face members of the MRO channel. Customers are looking for a single source of
information that fills their diverse MRO needs, and by taking part in
TotalMRO.com, we believe that we can bring increased value to their wide range
of customers."
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
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