2002 Press Releases
Glovia in the news
MSI Solutions / APCO Technologies Joins Glovia Affiliate Program
El Segundo, Calif., Houston, Texas, and Monterrey, Mexico, August 8, 2002 - Glovia International, the business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, announces that MSI Solutions, Inc. / APCO Technologies, S.A. de C.V. has been selected as the fourth value-added reseller in the new Glovia Affiliate Program. Affiliates augment the efforts of Glovia's direct sales and professional services teams by extending the company's B2B enterprise and e-commerce solutions into high-density manufacturing markets.
MSI Solutions / APCO Technologies will sell Glovia's ERP, glovia.com and glovia.e products to customers in the U.S. southern tier region of Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana and Florida. MSI Solutions / APCO Technologies also covers Mexico, concentrating on the key manufacturing centers surrounding Monterrey, Mexico City, Guadalajara and the U.S. / Mexico border. The company plans to extend its Glovia practice to the rest of Central and South America over the next 18 months.
"With 24,000 manufacturing companies in the U.S. southern tier, plus 14,000 more of these companies in Mexico, MSI Solutions / APCO Technologies will be vital to building Glovia's presence in these markets," says Shirley Hudson, Glovia's director of strategic relationships. "We couldn't be more pleased that MSI Solutions / APCO Technologies is now part of our affiliate program."
According to Juan Montemayor, MSI Solutions / APCO Technologies president, his executive team has more than 20 person-years of experience with ERP solutions: "As a Glovia Affiliate Program member, we'll be able to provide current and future ERP clients with complete solutions and even higher levels of service. This alliance will allow us to combine our strengths in strategic planning and consulting, project management, and systems integration with Glovia's leading-edge solutions. We'll serve as a single source for these solutions and incorporate Glovia's deployment strategy, which encompasses the processes of business process modeling, business consulting and ERP system implementation. In addition, we'll extend this to include Glovia training, Glovia system enhancement, and Unix and Oracle upgrades."
Please reference this web link for more information on the Glovia Affiliate Program.
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About MSI Solutions, Inc. / APCO Technologies, S.A. de C.V.
Based in Houston, Texas, and Monterrey, Mexico, respectively, both corporations are established e-business and information technology consulting firms with strong market presence. MSI / APCO Corporation targets manufacturing companies and empowers them with innovative business and technical solutions that enable more effective business processes, higher efficiency, lower total cost and long-term competitive advantage.
MSI / APCO Corporation offers a broad range of consulting services, including six sigma methodology, APICS standards and consulting, Internet-based business solutions, ERP system deployment and integration, and project management. For more information, visit www.msisolinc.com or www.apcotec.com. Or, contact George L. Rodriguez in Houston, (713) 590-5233; El-Moizz Malpica in Mexico, 81-8346-7160; Juan Montemayor for Central and South America, 81-8346-1647.
