Fastech Integrated Solutions, LLC Forges Strategic Alliance With Management Science Associates, Inc. To Enhance On-Demand Retail Solutions
BROOMALL, PA – October 14, 2005 – Fastech Integrated Solutions, LLC
announced today the formation of a strategic alliance with Management Science
Associates, Inc. (MSA) of Pittsburgh, PA, a leading provider of data management
and advanced analytics services. Fastech and MSA are joining forces to provide
the Consumer Packaged Goods industry with a powerful combination of data and
delivery.
MSA will provide its proprietary data management and analytic based BI
technology to be integrated with Fastech’s FastTrack® retail sales and
merchandising solutions allowing for the efficient and accurate delivery of high
value “just-in-time” data wherever it is needed most. The Companies will also
actively promote each other’s brands in their respective ongoing sales efforts.
“MSA is the acknowledged leader in the delivery and analysis of critical market
data,” stated Fastech Chief Executive Officer Rick Hirsh. “We are very pleased
to be able to join with them to strengthen our offerings to the Consumer
Packaged Goods market.”
"We are excited to be aligned with Fastech on this venture“, explained Dr. Alfred
A. Kuehn, Founder and Chairman of MSA. “MSA pioneered many of the
important new data sets, analytic solutions, and BI tools and technologies within
the fast moving consumer goods industries. We have known Fastech for over a
decade and share many of the product, service and customer care philosophies
on which Fastech was founded. I believe that, especially with Rick Hirsh
returning to lead them, Fastech is an excellent partner, and that together we can
provide customers with intelligent, highly automated information-based solutions
that close the executional loop, and that bridge the gap between strategy and
tactics.”
Fastech`s technology and services enable its clients to increase the efficiency
and effectiveness of their sales and merchandising efforts. With an application
emphasis on mobile users, Fastech provides sales organizations with state-ofthe-
art technology to coordinate their field activities. The integration of MSA’s
data management technology will further enhance Fastech’s industry leading ondemand
retail sales and merchandising solutions by offering customers
actionable store-level information.
About Fastech Integrated Solutions, LLC:
Fastech (www.fastechis.com) delivers strategic solutions to sales and
merchandising organizations in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) market
segment. Users of Fastech technology manage information with mobile devices,
which are synchronized with the Fastech operations center to manage and
assess performance at the Retail and Key Account level. Under new ownership
as of July 2005 and headquartered in Broomall, PA, Fastech Integrated Solutions
is privately held and profitable.
About Management Science Associates, Inc.:
Management Science Associates, Inc. (www.msa.com) designs and
commercializes information-based models, processes and systems for industry
and government. Since its incorporation in 1963, MSA has partnered with
customers to foster growth and drive efficiency through the innovative use of data
and technology. MSA develops, integrates, implements and maintains products
and services in various functional and vertical domains. Whether within a
process, across an enterprise, or throughout demand and supply chains, MSA
helps customers put their data to work in powerful new ways.
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Contact:
Steven DeAngelis Sharon Motta
610-359-9200 412-362-2000
sales@FastechIS.com info@msa.com
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