Mid-Coast Electric Supply Chooses NxTrend Technology

Mid-Coast Electric Supply, Inc. (MCESI) has selected NxTrend Technology Inc.®, a leading supplier of Enterprise Distribution Software Solutions for supply chain management, to upgrade their capabilities. For their 5 locations encompassing 75 users, Mid-Coast selected NxTrend's SX.enterprise package. Mid-Coast is a rapidly expanding automation and electrical distributor operating throughout South Texas. Their products and services help power and control many of the industrial facilities in the area. In the past 10 years, the company has quadrupled in size becoming a dominant distributor for the south Texas area.

Steve Barker, VP of Mid-Coast Electric Supply, Inc. commented, "The Vanguard National Alliance and NxTrend's expertise and market share in the Allen Bradley distribution network were factors in his buying decision." Steve said however, "the real reason NxTrend was chosen was based on their people. They demonstrated they would listen and that Mid-Coast could impact them. NxTrend showed concern and the desire to become lifetime partners.

From this installation, Barker fully expects to realize substantial savings from greater productivity in purchasing and order preparation. One headcount from the buyer group will be redeployed to the field sales force which will increase sales an expected $300,000/year. Utilizing the Palm Signature, Mid-Coast will be able to do away with picking tickets and scanning, thus eliminating signed paper at the counter. This benefit is expected to save Mid-Coast 3-4 headcounts for annual savings of $160,000. One additional headcount planned in accounts receivable and payable will be avoided, saving an additional $40,000 annually. Customer service is expected to significantly improve, but it is too soon to estimate the true savings. Based on information supplied by Steve Barker and NxTrend, Mid-Coast's payback period will be 1 year and 2 months with an ROI of 395%. For every $1 spent, they can expect to get back $4.95.



About NxTrend Technology, Inc.

NxTrend is the safe Choice for Enterprise Commerce Management because NxTrend is continually investing in new technology for distributors and dealers. NxTrend's products offer a single source solution for information systems that are designed to enable the distributor to implement best-business practices for inventory management, order processing, sales, customer service, warehouse logistics, electronic commerce and strategic business analysis. For 25 years, NxTrend has established itself as the leading provider of enterprise commerce management systems within its target market segments in supply-chain management. NxTrend has an installed base of over 1200 customers with over 90,000 users that span the electrical, building materials, industrial, plumbing/heating/air conditioning, paper and medical industries. For more information, email to news@nxtrend.com, telephone 719.590.8940, or visit http://www.nxtrend.com.