EVANT’S MULTI-CHANNEL MERCHANDISING SOLUTION HELPS THE WALT DISNEY INTERNET GROUP’S AUCTION BUSINESS GO LIVE
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A Successful Implementation of the Evant Solution Gives Disney Auctions.com a complete view of Inventory, Product Flow, Demand and Sales for Detailed Decision Support and Analysis
SAN FRANCISCO -- (January 9, 2002) -- Evant Solutions Corporation, provider of the industry’s first multi-channel merchandising solution that supports planning and forecasting, inventory management and decision support for multi-channel businesses, announced today that Walt Disney Internet Group’s (WDIG) premiere auction site, DisneyAuctions.com, successfully went live with Evant’s technology. The technology is also being deployed on ESPNAuctions.com and ABCAuctions.com, sister auction sites.
Evant’s application provides Disney Auctions with full inventory management and decision support functionality for its e-commerce, auction business. The Evant solution streamlines and automates a number of key demand management processes for Disney Auctions, including:
· Product & Vendor Management
· Purchase Order Management
· Price & Promotion Management
· Inventory Management
· Decision Support
· Auction Processes
Evant is providing its application to Disney Auctions as a full Application Service Provider (ASP) solution, including all hardware, software, secure network access, performance and uptime monitoring, data center, interfaces, training and implementation services and 24x7 support through Evant’s technical support personnel. The Evant solution is also available via a licensed model.
By collating vital information feeds from a number of disparate sources, Evant offers a complete view of its e-commerce business, including merchandise availability, product flow, demand and sales for detailed decision support and analysis. Evant’s highly flexible functionality also allows analysis of data across multiple variables such as date, merchandise type and price. Evant worked closely with Disney Auctions to customize system requirements to support their auction business and incorporated these features quickly, completing the implementation in 90 days.
The Disney Auctions online marketplace, which launched in October 2000, was developed in association with the Walt Disney Internet Group and eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY), the world’s leading online trading community. It features authentic, rare and one-of-a-kind collectibles and memorabilia, including original Disney movie animation cels, movie props and theme park items such as the world famous Disneyland sign, directly from every aspect of Disney’s fabled entertainment legacy. Sister auction sites include ESPNAuctions.com and ABCAuctions.com, which are also online, auction-based marketplaces featuring merchandise, collectibles and memorabilia from the wide world of sports, news and entertainment.
“We are very excited to be working with Walt Disney Internet Group,” says Rob Feuerman, president and CEO of Evant. “ They are implementing a very select group of technology solutions to support this very important business channel. We are pleased to be one of their partners.”
“As the first and only system built from the ground up specifically for multi-channel businesses, the Evant solution manages the complete demand management spectrum for businesses across multiple industries, including manufacturers, wholesalers, suppliers, distributors, retailers and catalogers,” added Feuerman.
About The Walt Disney Internet Group
Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) provides strategic leadership and operational management for The Walt Disney Company’s Internet properties including category leaders Disney.com, ESPN.com, ABCNews.com and ABC.com. WDIG has led the way in developing new forms of interactive content, such as its Enhanced TV service which showcases the convergence of video and interactive programming, and is a market leader in developing and distributing entertainment and informational content to new platforms. Through relationships with some of the world`s largest wireless carriers, WDIG distributes content and services to wireless users under the Disney, ESPN and ABC brands. Steve Wadsworth is president of WDIG, which is headquartered in North Hollywood, CA, and has operations in Seattle, New York, Orlando, Fla., Tokyo and London.
About Evant
Evant offers integrated demand management applications that support planning and forecasting, inventory management and decision support solutions for leading suppliers, manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, catalogers, and retailers. Evant is changing the way business is conducted through an innovative software solution designed from the ground up for multi-channel businesses, built with best-in-class, Internet technologies, and delivered as an ASP service over the web or via a licensed model.
Evant is at the forefront of the digital economy revolution, providing next generation software and services that will forever change the way B2B and B2C commerce is conducted. Evant’s clients, including the Walt Disney Internet Group and HP, are using these solutions to more effectively manage their demand chain operations and drive profitability. For more information, contact Evant at 450 Geary Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, Calif., 94102; phone 415-345-2700; fax 415-345-2727, or visit www.evant.com.
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