WRC Media Awards MARC Global Contract for Warehouse Management Solution
ATLANTA--Sept. 14, 2005--MARC Global, the leading provider of value-driven supply chain business intelligence and execution solutions, today announced that WRC Media Inc., a leading educational publishing and media company, has selected MARC Global's Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Business Intelligence Toolset (MARC 3D(TM)) to support dynamic growth at their new warehouse and distribution facility currently under construction in Strongsville, Ohio."MARC Global's unique capabilities will provide WRC Media with the flexibility necessary to meet our current and future requirements," stated Richard Nota, Executive Vice President, Operations, WRC Media. "We were looking for a true partner - not just another vendor - with a leading presence in the publishing industry. These qualities, together with the superior business intelligence functionality of the MARC Global offering, solidified our choice."
"We are delighted to welcome WRC Media to the MARC Global family and are committed to their on-going success," remarked Oliver Cooper, MARC Global CEO. "Our goal is to help clients exceed their customers' expectations while helping them manage costs. The unparalleled configurability and upgradeability of MARC's solutions should enable WRC to achieve their initial return on investment and quickly adapt to their dynamic publishing distribution environment."
WRC Media plans to implement their MARC solution in the second quarter of 2006.
About MARC Global
MARC Global is the leading provider of value-driven supply chain business intelligence and execution solutions. Using RFID and other advanced technologies, our solutions facilitate, optimize, and analyze the execution and management of warehouse, distribution, transportation, and inventory deployment practices across the enterprise and with trading partners. MARC Global is a recognized leader in multiple industries, including automotive, consumer packaged goods (CPG), high/tech electronics, pharmaceutical, publishing, retail, and third party logistics (3PL). MARC solutions have improved customer fulfillment, profitability and cash flow for the world's most demanding companies and are currently installed in hundreds of sites worldwide and in multiple languages. Full-service offices with implementation experts and support staff are located in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific. For more information, visit www.marcglobal.com.
About WRC Media Inc.
WRC Media Inc., a leading publishing and media company, creates and distributes innovative supplementary educational materials for the school, library, and home markets. WRC Media's product suite includes some of the best-known brands in education, recognized for their consistent high quality and proven effectiveness. WRC Media Inc. operating companies include CompassLearning, Weekly Reader Corporation, World Almanac Education Group, and WRC Consumer & Custom Publishing. For further information please visit www.wrcmedia.com.
MARC 3D is a trademark of MARC Global, Inc.