Major Bedding Retailers Mattress Firm And Sleep Experts Sign With Microd's Exim Commerce EDI ... Czech Manufacturer TON uses ePreVue Internet Service

Furniture World Magazine

MicroD announced that two major bedding retailers, Mattress Firm and Sleep Experts, have signed up to use the Exim Commerce EDI solution to communicate with their major suppliers. Specialty bedding companies Mattress Firm and Sleep Experts have firmly established themselves as examples of the mattress industry's most resourceful and profitable retail channel. "We looked at various alternatives available for EDI and selected Exim Commerce because it is easy to implement and it is already connected with our major suppliers" said Christine Cook, President of Sleep Experts. Christine is the third generation of the Cook family to be involved in the bedding industry. "Doing EDI through Exim Commerce is quite cost effective and we have been very happy working with the staff at MicroD. They have the expertise, dedication and enthusiasm to address all of our questions and concerns." Sleep Experts has many retail stores located primarily in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. Mattress Firm, Inc is a nationwide organization with over 310 stores in 38 markets. According to Manoj Nigam, President of MicroD “This is a good example of how flexible and powerful our Exim Commerce EDI platform really is. In addition to servicing traditional furniture manufacturers and retailers, our B2B solution is now being embraced by large multi-store specialty retailers such as Mattress Firm and Sleep Experts. We look forward to working with these new customers in streamlining their business communications.” Additional News: TON, the largest furniture manufacturer in the Czech Republic, is now using ePreVue Internet services to support its corporate web site. The site (www.ton.cz) allows Czech, English, French, German, Russian and Slovak speaking consumers to browse the large variety of TON products and visualize custom products with various wood finishes and fabrics applied. Milan Dostalik, Commercial Director of TON, states "The photorealistic virtual images created by ePreVue allow our customers to quickly and easily select the custom products that best meet their needs. Adding ePreVue services to our corporate web site was very easy and Sophics, MicroD's agent in Eastern Europe, maintains the product data and hosts the Internet services. ePreVue services help us compete more effectively in today's very competitive global environment". Josef Horacek, Managing Director of Sophics in Zlin CZ, says "TON's products represented a special challenge for our software developers and data input personnel. The products have a lot of exposed wood and we had to develop special software and data input techniques to meet TON's quality standards. The new technology also significantly enhanced the quality of leather products and MicroD is now using the technology to support custom case good and leather products offered by leading USA manufacturers." MicroD, Inc. develops and provides Internet and desktop-based software products and services ranging from electronic catalogs and room-planning software to Internet-based business-to-business (B2B) communications software and services for a wide range of companies in the furniture, trucking and other industries. Copyrighted under the brand names of PreVue and Exim Commerce EDI, MicroD's products are the preferred choice of major companies such as Ethan Allen, Thomasville, Bassett Furniture, La-Z-Boy etc. To learn more about MicroD's products and services, visit their web site at www.microdinc.com. MicroD, Inc. develops and provides Internet and desktop-based software products and services ranging from electronic catalogs and room-planning software to Internet-based business-to-business (B2B) communications software and services for a wide range of companies in the furniture, trucking and other industries. Copyrighted under the brand names of PreVue and Exim Commerce EDI, MicroD's products are the preferred choice of major companies such as Ethan Allen, Thomasville, Bassett Furniture, La-Z-Boy etc. To learn more about MicroD's products and services, visit their web site at www.microdinc.com.