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June 7, 2005
FullTilt Joins Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA) as Associate Member
Company Specializes in Product Information Management for CPG & Other Industries
WAYNE, Pennsylvania June 7, 2005 - FullTilt Solutions Inc., a leading provider of Product Information Management (PIM) enterprise software, announced today that it has joined the Grocery Manufacturers of America as an Associate Level member. FullTilt's involvement with GMA reflects the growing importance of product information management in helping consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers maintain accurate and up-to-date item data in order to meet data standardization requirements, streamline internal operations, and facilitate error-free electronic commerce. GMA is the world's largest association of food, beverage and consumer product companies, with member companies representing U.S. sales of more than $500 billion.
Phil Friedman, FullTilt's executive vice president, will be the company representative and will also continue to serve on the prestigious Associate Member Council.
"One of the chief objectives of the GMA is to lead efforts to increase productivity, efficiency and growth in the food, beverage and consumer products industries, and PIM systems will play an important value-added role in those areas," said Tim Wallace, CEO of FullTilt Solutions. "Joining the GMA will enable us to stay abreast of new developments that relate to these efforts and to serve as a resource for fellow members who are grappling with the challenges of complying with trading mandates from the Albertsons and Wal-Marts of the world."
FullTilt's product information management system, Perfect Product Suite, was recently ranked as the market's top PIM solution by Forrester Research. The software automates the internal and external data synchronization processes necessary to eliminate conflicting item definitions, outdated item information, duplicates and other errors contained in multiple enterprise databases and applications.
Perfect Product Suite supports both manufacturer and retail data synchronization with UCCnet, ECCnet, Transora, WWRE, GHX, IDEA and others and in unlimited user-defined custom formats. It lays the foundation for companies to comply with data standardization requirements mandated by major retailers and to successfully implement RFID projects, collaborative planning forecasting and replenishment, GTIN compliance, scan-based trading and vendor-managed inventory.
About FullTilt Solutions. FullTilt Solutions ( www.fulltiltsolutions.com ) is a leading provider of enterprise Product Information Management (PIM) software solutions for the consumer packaged goods, retail, MRO, healthcare and life sciences industries. Perfect Product Suite, the company’s flagship product, optimizes product information-related business processes across internal operations and external trading partners to enable perfect business-to-business commerce. FullTilt is a certified solutions provider for UCCnet and Transora, and has implemented PIM solutions at organizations including McCain Foods, Premier, Inc., BDI, Brady Corporation, Hagemeyer and ECRI.
FullTilt and Perfect Product Suite are trademarks of FullTilt Solutions, Inc. All other trademarks referenced are the property of their respective owners. |
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