BELLEVUE, Wash. and HOUSTON, Sept. 5 WA-TX-Univar-AcornSys
BELLEVUE, Wash. and HOUSTON, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Univar, a world
leader in chemical distribution, and Acorn Systems today jointly announced the
selection of Acorn Systems' Performance Analyzer, the market leading
profitability and cost management solution. After a thorough analysis of all
available profitability systems, Univar selected Acorn Systems because of its
expertise in costing methodologies and total solutions, as well as their
ability to provide a reliable, flexible, and scalable environment.
"Acorn Systems' solution gives us greater visibility into the
profitability of our customers and products," said Jeff Siegel, Univar's vice
president and controller. "We are excited by Acorn's ability to bring
expertise in the distribution industry and costing methodologies, as well as
to integrate rapidly into our existing systems. Acorn also addresses our need
for scalability, flexibility and usability. With the insights generated by
Acorn's Microsoft based system, we will be positioned to serve our customers
with greater operational efficiency and to make better informed decisions."
"Univar is an industry leader in chemical distribution serving more than
250,000 customers with global operations from approximately 200 distribution
centers," said J. Alex Fernandez, President of Acorn Systems. "Acorn Systems'
solution provides a competitive advantage for a complex business like Univar
-- truly a key ingredient for their continued success."
About Univar
Univar is one of the world's leading independent distributors of
industrial chemicals and providers of related specialty services, operating
throughout North America and Europe. Univar endeavors to service its customer
base, made up of some 250,000 industrial customers, with a full portfolio of
products. The majority are commodities that the company buys in bulk, then
processes, blends and repacks to meet the diverse requirements of the
industries we serve. Others are specialties -- purchased pre-packaged and sold
on a technical basis, usually under a manufacturer's own brand. Univar
operates a network of approximately 200 distribution centers, located
throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and China. In 2007, Univar
reported sales of $8.1 billion. Univar has approximately 7,700 employees based
throughout North America, Europe and China. The company's registered office is
in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with administrative support offices in
Bellevue, Washington, USA, and Bradford, England, UK. For more information,
visit: http://www.univarcorp.com.
About Acorn Systems
Acorn provides profit improvement solutions that enable clients to
maximize revenue, minimize cost, and improve operational efficiencies. Acorn
reveals profit improvement opportunities across the enterprise, including
customers, channels, segments, products, vendors, and processes, enabling
clients to make continuous, fact-based decisions to improve their bottom line
and Earnings per Share (EPS). Our unique and proven approach to profit
improvement is used by leaders in Financial Services, Retail, Consumer
Products, Manufacturing, Distribution, and Logistics, who have realized over
$1B in annual profit improvements and created over $9B in new shareholder
value. For more information, visit http://www.acornsys.com or contact
sales@acornsys.com.
For further information, please contact:
Univar
Karen Weber-Millstein
Corporate Communications
Tel: +1-425-889-3475
E-mail: karen.webermillstein@univarusa.com
Acorn Systems
Kim DeSmyter Box
713-963-9000 ext. 2017
kbox@acornsys.com
SOURCE Acorn Systems; Univar
