Corporate Express Exec Honored as a ‘2004 Practitioner to Know’

Supply & Demand Chain Executive, April 2004

Tim Beauchamp, VP Distribution Operations, has been named a 2004 Practitioner Pros to Know from Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine. The issue recognizes the practitioners, analysts and providers that have proven to be 2004’s thought leaders.  Go to article.

Corporate Express: Customer service reigns

Modern Materials Handling, February 1, 2004

Modern Materials Handling magazine has awarded Corporate Express its “Productivity Achievement Award.” The award, which was announced in the February 2004 issue of Modern Materials Handling, was presented to Corporate Express after a study of the new distribution center in Secaucus, N.J. The article touts “near perfect order accuracy, lower costs, higher throughput and extended order placement hours,” as the hallmarks behind the award.  Go to article.

B2B: Corporate Express Goes Direct

Computerworld, September 1, 2003

In the article in Computerworld, Wayne Aiello, VP of eBusiness Services and Bret McInnis, VP of eBusiness Technologies, discuss the success of Corporate Express’ eProcurement system, E-Way.  Go to article.

In addition to the feature article, the September 1st issue of Computerworld also includes two sidebars on Corporate Express.  One sidebar features an interview with Mark Hoffman, President and CEO, and highlights the company’s focus on technology and e-business: Electronic Orders Drive E-commerce Profitability.  Go to article.  The second sidebar discusses the E-Way architecture: The E-Way Architecture.  Go to article. 

Corporate Express Listed in CIO Magazine’s CIO 100

CIO Magazine, August 15, 2003

Corporate Express was named to the CIO 100, a listing of 100 companies that are recognized for Information System strengths in one or more of the following areas: asset management (getting the most from existing systems); staffing and sourcing (flexible, creative approaches to meeting personnel needs); partnerships (building internal and external relationships to deliver new projects or services); and value and governance (maximizing the use of IT assets, time or resources through a governance process, budget model or value methodology).  Go to article.

The Catalog Age 100: Bigger and Better
Catalog Age, August 1, 2003

Catalog Age 100 is an annual listing of the top 100 U.S. catalogers.  Corporate Express was ranked #4 on the list, and applauded for offering more than 13,000 products in its Office and Computer Products Sourcebook.  Furthermore, Corporate Express was ranked higher than any of its direct competitors.  Go to article.

Corporate Express, Inc.

Computerworld, July 7, 2003

This article includes a brief feature on Corporate Express’s eBusiness growth, focusing on the methods that allowed the company to grow e-business sales to over 50% of total sales.  Specific activities mentioned include the replacement of existing web interfaces and the integration of PeopleSoft with the company’s warehouse management system.  Go to article.

EAI Follow-Up: Piecing It All Together

Computerworld, July 7, 2003

Andy Miller, VP of Technical Architecture at Corporate Express, discusses the company’s use of Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) to improve customer service and cut costs (both for Corporate Express as well as its customers).  In addition, Miller discusses Corporate Express’ integrated business-to-business systems, including EDI and XML integration with customers' e-procurement systems, and how it allowed the company to achieve a new daily high of more than $2 million.  Go to article.

Paper Trail Ends in Lower Costs, Less Inventory and Customer Satisfaction

Healthcare Purchasing News, July 1, 2003

Nick Gaich, Vice President, Materials Management and Customer Service at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and the Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital, describes his company’s partnership with Corporate Express.  In addition, the article describes how Corporate Express developed a customized office products program for Gaich and his team, including a unique cost-savings model that consolidated the product variations, established control practices, offered the best product selection and maintained product compliance.  Go to article.

Wireless Technology Matures in the Supply Chain

Strategies for eBusiness, June 2, 2003

Tim Beauchamp, Senior Vice President of Distribution Operations at Corporate Express, discusses the company’s use of wireless voice recognition technology to improve efficiency and boost employee moral.  In addition, Beauchamp discusses measurable benefits including three sigma quality levels, productivity improvements from 50 to 100 percent, and the ability to obtain more flexibility from the company’s other materials-handling equipment such as conveyors and sorters.  Go to article.

The Summer of Our Content

CFO, June 1, 2003

Corporate Express is highlighted in an article on enterprise content management (ECM).  In the article, Wayne Aiello, VP of eBusiness Services, discusses how the company uses ECM to not only present vast amounts of data on its web site but also store and access millions of invoices.  Go to article.

Merchandise by Medium

Catalog Age, June 1, 2003

Ian Heller, Vice President of Marketing for Corporate Express, is quoted discussing the benefits and opportunities for an online catalog provider such as Corporate Express.  Heller also explains that Corporate Express hosts multiple Intranet Websites, which are customized for specific customer groups and/or individual clients.  Go to article.

Online Sales Hit 50 Percent at Corporate Express

iSource, May 19, 2003

Article describes the growth in Corporate Express’ e-commerce sales, noting that the company’s e-commerce sales now exceed 50 percent of total daily office product sales.  In addition, the article mentions the re-launch of Corporate Express’ E-Way, which took place in August 2002.  Go to article.

Need Help Managing Costs? Distributors Can Lend Hand”

Purchasing, May 15, 2003

Mark Hoffman, President and CEO of Corporate Express, discusses Corporate Express’ ability to offer customers a product substitution program through which it determines usage and product mix.  Hoffman notes that customers want their spending data “sliced and diced” so that they can “monitor contract versus off-contract purchasing, branded label versus private label buying… they like to see cost savings available to them through various analyses.”  Go to article.

Storage Vendors' Wild West Mentality

Computerworld, May 5, 2003

In this article, Wayne Aiello, VP of eBusiness Services at Corporate Express, discusses trends in web services as well as Corporate Express’ adoption of EDI and XML.  Aiello comments on the company’s expertise in customer integrations, noting that his eBusiness team is currently integrating eight to ten companies per month.  Go to article.

“Build It Free”

CIO, April 21, 2003

Andy Miller, VP of Technical Architecture at Corporate Express, discusses the company’s use of open-source development tools.  Specifically, Miller highlights how the company has used EJB (Enterprise JavaBeans) applications in software development, and how all Corporate Express applications run on JBoss, an open source development platform.  As part of the article, Miller estimates that his company has saved $6 million in the past three years using JBoss and other open-source tools.  Go to article.

“Authoring Data”

Line56, April 18, 2003

Chuck Coleman, director of product support systems for Corporate Express, explains the behind-the-scenes work needed to keep electronic product descriptions accurate and compelling.  Coleman states that for consumers trying to choose between products, or even whether to do business with Corporate Express at all, the quality of product descriptions is key.  Go to article.

“Wearable Computers: The New Warehouse-Wear”

Thomas Regional Market Industrial Trends, March 3, 2003

Tim Beauchamp, Senior Vice President of Distribution Operations at Corporate Express, discusses pick-to-voice technology and Corporate Express’ current implementation of Vocollect’s Talkman system in 22 distribution centers.  Compared to paper-based picking, Beauchamp notes that the speech-based, wearable data collection system boosted productivity by 50-60%, increased picking accuracy to 99.99%, reduced worker training time and delivered payback in less than a year.  Go to article.

“Warehouse of the Month: Door to Desk Delivery”

Modern Materials Handling, February 1, 2003

Tim Beauchamp, Senior Vice President of Distribution Operations at Corporate Express, is featured as the cover story in the February issue of Modern Materials Handling in an article titled “Flawless Distribution at Corporate Express.” The Warehouse of the Month piece highlights Corporate Express’ pick-to-voice technology with pictures from the Secaucus, New Jersey facility.  Go to article.

“One-On-One: Merging Cultures”

Modern Materials Handling, February 1, 2003

Tim Beauchamp, Senior Vice President of Distribution Operations at Corporate Express, is featured as the cover story in the February issue of Modern Materials Handling in an article titled “Flawless Distribution at Corporate Express.” The One-On-One feature is a question and answer session with Beauchamp focusing on the process for building the Secaucus distribution center, including facility consolidation.  Go to article.

“Corporate Express Increases Productivity by 20 Percent with Trigo”

DM Review, January 1, 2003

This article describes the reasons why Corporate Express chose to implement Trigo’s technology, noting that Trigo provided the product information management (PIM) functionality that Corporate Express needed without the requiring custom development. Trigo's extensible platform met all of Corporate Express' requirements and clearly demonstrated the ability to expand and grow with the company.  Go to article.

“webMethods 6.0 to Get JBoss App Server”

eWeek, November 11, 2002

webMethods, Corporate Express’ integration software provider, announced that webMethods is incorporating the JBoss application server directly within the webMethods integration platform. As a major partner of webMethods, Corporate Express was featured in this article about the announcement and Andy Miller, Corporate Express’ Vice President of Technical Architecture, explained Corporate Express’ current use of JBoss for development and earlier versions of webMethods products for integration.  Go to article.

“webMethods bundles JBoss app server”

InfoWorld, November 5, 2002

webMethods, Corporate Express’ integration software provider, announced that webMethods is incorporating the JBoss application server directly within the webMethods integration platform. As a major partner of webMethods, Corporate Express was featured in this article about the announcement and Andy Miller, Corporate Express’ Vice President of Technical Architecture, discussed Corporate Express’ use of webMethods for both internal and business-to-business integrations.  Go to article.

“Wearable computer market poised to expand”

Frontline Solutions, October 15, 2002

Tim Beauchamp, Senior Vice President of Distribution Operations, discussed Corporate Express’ pick-to-voice wireless picking technology. By the end of the year, Corporate Express will have pick-to-voice implemented in 22 distribution centers in the United States.  Go to article.

“The Merger Hangover: How most big acquisitions have destroyed shareholder value”

Business Week, October 14, 2002

This cover story – Mergers: Why Most Big Deals Don’t Pay Off – is a BusinessWeek analysis that shows that 61% of buyers destroyed shareholder wealth. It also shows a list of “Big Winners” and a list of “Big Losers” and the Buhrmann acquisition of Corporate Express is listed as the No. 1 success.  Go to article.

“Documentum: From Out-Of-Step to Tried-and-True

Baseline Magazine, October 11, 2002

This article focuses on Documentum, Corporate Express’ content management partner. Corporate Express deployed Documentum in 1996 to manage internal financial documents such as invoices and receipts and have made enhancements over the years.  Go to article.

“Scale or Fail”

Integrated Solutions Magazine, October 2002

In the cover story of the October issue of Integration Solutions Magazine (featuring a photo of CIO Monty Sooter), Sooter explains how growth by acquisitions transformed Corporate Express from a $164 million company to a $5 billion giant and how the company’s IT storage systems had to grow fast.  Go to article.

Along with the cover story is a profile on Corporate Express, a sidebar on Corporate Express’ storage with EMC, a sidebar on storage, and a sidebar on pick-to-voice technology.

“Top 56 E-Business Awards”

Line56 , September 27, 2002

Line56 awarded Corporate Express as one of the top 56 companies committed to e-business.  Go to article.

“Broadband Leaves the Head Office”

BusinessWeek, September 23, 2002

This broadband article mentions Corporate Express in the “Connecting to New Locations Via Wireless” section where Tim Beauchamp, Senior VP of Distribution Operations explains how Corporate Express has put wireless LANs into 20 of its 30 North American centers, in spaces ranging from 50,000 to 300,000 square feet.  Go to article.

“Show Me the E-Way”

iSource, September 18, 2002

The article discusses the launch of the new E-Way site, adding features intended to make it easier for business customers to access Corporate Express’ goods and services.  Go to article.

“Documentum Preps Updated Content Management Tool”

Computerworld, September 2, 2002

This article highlights Corporate Express’ relationship with Documentum, our content management partner.  Go to article.

“Buy-and-Build E-Procurement Solution”

Enterprise Systems Journal, September 1, 2002

This article discusses Corporate Express e-business procurement solution, E-Way, and how E-Way has evolved over the years to meet customers’ needs.  Go to article.

“Thinning the Server Ranks”

Computerworld, August 26, 2002

Server consolidation projects are creating new efficiencies - but only for the right applications.  The article discusses how Corporate Express migrated 43 servers onto two 26-processor Sun Microsystems Inc. Enterprise 10000s running Solaris. "This immediately freed up half the space in the data center," says Andy Miller, vice president of technical architecture. The result: a savings of $10,000 per day in operating expenses, 100% return on investment in nine months, a 10% decrease in total cost of ownership, 99.99% availability and 100% faster processing.  Go to article.

Corporate Express Case Study

Sun Microsystems, August 20, 2002

Corporate Express is featured as a Sun Microsystems success story on Sun’s web site. The case study discusses Corporate Express’ partnership with Sun in terms of products and services, key business challenges, solutions and business benefits, and features interviews with Monty Sooter, Corporate Express’ CIO and Andy Miller, VP of Technical Architecture.  Go to article.

“Web Archiving From the Ground Up”

Computerworld, August 5, 2002

Customers of Corporate Express Inc. who want to review their billing histories can do so by logging into the office products vendor's web site. The experience of developing a content management system that could deliver those documents on the web has helped the company refine its archiving strategy for other parts of its web site as well.  Go to article.

“Catalog Age 100”

Catalog Age, August 2002

The Corporate Express 2002 Office and Computer Products Sourcebook was ranked third in Catalog Age’s annual list of the top 100 catalogs.  Catalog Age 100 entries were judged based on sales figures, including those generated through electronic media, for the calendar years 2001 and 2000.  Go to article.

More than 1.5 million copies of the Sourcebook are printed every year with nearly 13,000 SKUs and almost 1,000 pages. The 2002 Sourcebook featured larger photos that more clearly depict products, an easy-to-navigate index, cross-references for numerous products and other improvements to help customers quickly and easily find what they need.  Go to article.

“Corporate Express: Then, There Were Two”

Baseline Magazine, July 10, 2002

In this article, Monty Sooter, CIO, and Andy Miller, VP of Technical Architecture explain Corporate Express’ server consolidation project.  Go to article.

“Single Database Payback is Not Just in Money, Retailers Say”

Internet Retailer Magazine, June 6, 2002

This article features Chuck Coleman, Director of Product Support Systems for Corporate Express. Coleman discusses the benefits of creating a consistent customer experience on the web and with the catalog.  Go to article.

“How multi-channel retailing radically changes merchants’ data needs”

Internet Retailer Magazine, June 5, 2002

This article features Chuck Coleman, Director of Product Support Systems for Corporate Express. Coleman discusses how the web significantly changes the information we need and requires more information to be available to customers from a database than retailers are accustomed to providing.  Go to article.

“The Source of Truth”

Internet Retailer Magazine, June 1, 2002

This article features Chuck Coleman, Director of Product Support Systems for Corporate Express. Coleman discusses how Corporate Express expects a rapid reduction in the amount of time it takes to create specialized catalogs by using Trigo Technologies, Inc. for catalog management.  Go to article.

“How single product database will create efficiencies for Corporate Express”

Internet Retailer Magazine, May 24, 2002

This article features Chuck Coleman, Director of Product Support Systems for Corporate Express. Coleman discusses how Corporate Express manages product descriptions and images through a system from Trigo Technologies, Inc.  Go to article.

“Suppliers focus efforts on making buyers' jobs easier”

Purchasing Magazine, May 16, 2002

Article is a discussion of technology and distribution trends for the office products industry. Corporate Express is the lead company quoted. Also included in the article are Boise and Office Depot.  Go to article.

“Get with the Programme”

Computing, April 11, 2002

This article features Corporate Express as a case study on how a company avoids project failure with smart program management.  Go to article.

Talking Efficiency: Corporate Express stays ahead of tight market with the help of a speech-based logistics solution.
Frontline Solutions, April, 2002
Corporate Express uses voice technology to transform Corporate Express’ supply chain into a value chain for both customer and company.  Go to article.

Adapting to Adapters
Computerworld, April 15, 2002
Corporate Express uses webMethods to integrate data and applications from all Corporate Express systems to a single order entry system.  Go to article.

Corporate Express Plans Upgrade to Sun Fire Servers
InformationWeek, April 2, 2002
Information Week’s April 2nd issue featured Andy Miller, Vice President of Technical Architecture for Corporate Express, in a story titled “Corporate Express Plans Upgrade to Sun Fire Servers.” The article discussed Corporate Express’ server consolidation with Sun Microsystems in the past as well as future plans with Sun servers.  Go to article.

Users make application integration an IT priority
Computerworld, February 1, 2002
Computerworld’s February 1st issue featured Monty Sooter, Corporate Express’ CIO, in a story titled “Users make application integration an IT priority.” The article discusses how corporations tie their IT systems together with integration software and Corporate Express, Best Buy and Union Pacific are case studies for successful integrations.  Go to article.

Now Hear This
Operations and Fullfillment, December 2001
This article discusses pick-to-voice technology and how Corporate Express easily implemented Voxware’s pick-to-voice technology in their warehouse and the great response to the system.  Go to article.

Catalog Backlash: The Demise of eProcurement?
Cool Tools For Purchasing, December 2001
Phillips, Hasbro, AEI, Texas Instruments, and Corporate Express share their experience with catalogs and eProcurement.  Go to article.

eWeek’s Fasttrack 500: The Top eBusiness Innovators
eWeek, November 12, 2001
Corporate Express was listed on eWeek's FastTrack Top 500 eBusiness Innovators: Vital Statistics, in eWeek's November 12th issue. eWeek developed the list by looking at the company Web sites and the internal IT resources the companies rely on to keep eBusiness humming.  Go to article.

Office Supply Chain Linked
Internet Week, October 8, 2001
This article discusses how Corporate Express uses Trigo Technologies to provide content management for Corporate Express customer catalogs. Currently, we rely on a variety of product support systems to accommodate customer demands. With Trigo, our customized catalogs will be automated to meet the special needs of our customers as well as provide tools to synchronize and standardize data we get from our suppliers and wholesalers.  Go to article.

The Catalog Age 100
Catalog Age, August 1, 2001

Corporate Express was ranked No. 4 for catalog sales in 2000. Catalog Age ranked the top 100 catalogs from mailers like J.C. Penney to hunting suppliers like AcuSport and gift mailers like Miles Kimball. Corporate Express was the biggest winner in terms of growth with a 193% sales increase over 1999 to more than $4.05 billion in 2000.  Go to article.