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<\/p>\nKnowing how integral relationship-building is to this industry, we designed this platform to fundamentally change the way suppliers and distributors communicate, collaborate and nurture those relationships. And it comes at a perfect time \u2013 when the industry is shifting from cost-cutting to all-important revenue-building.<\/p>\n
The new offering will include comprehensive product sourcing powered by ESP, order management, reporting and business analysis and other functions. <\/p>\n
The R&D for this project took more than a year and represents a multimillion-dollar investment by ASI. From the beginning, we concentrated as much on safety and security as we did on the technology itself, and we have every confidence in Oracle, a worldwide database and software innovator with over 30 years experience and more than 370,000 customers \u2013 including 100 of the Fortune<\/em> 100.<\/p>\n In addition to the new Oracle-powered implementation, ASI initially invested $1 million to increase protection of data driving the industry and continues with annual investments of $500,000. There isn\u2019t a single company in the industry spending more on product development and data integrity and security than ASI, and that long-standing commitment is something I and the Norman Cohn family are proud to have as our hallmark.<\/p>\n ASI expects to announce general rollout plans in September, with initial availability anticipated for the fourth quarter.\u00a0<\/p>\n We can\u2019t wait to make this safe, high-quality product a part of every member\u2019s business. For more information, distributors may contact Dan O\u2019Halloran, executive vice president of distributor services, at dan.ohalloran@asicentral.com<\/a>\u00a0or 215-953-3070; and suppliers may contact Rich Fairfield, publisher and executive vice president at rfairfield@asicentral.com<\/a> or 215-953-3627.<\/p>\n