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19.10.09 - Synaxon Offers Resellers Opportunity To Trial Its EGIS Online Services

Leading dealer group Synaxon is aiming to persuade more of its reseller members to upgrade to the premier level of membership by giving them the opportunity to use its EGIS online platform free of charge.

For a limited period, Synaxon Technology Partners (STPs) that have three or more active trading accounts with the group’s UK distribution partners will be given the opportunity to have full access to the group’s Enterprise Global Information System (EGIS). This will enable them to find and compare products and pricing from different distributors and to make use of the comprehensive order management and other advanced features that the system provides.

Phil Meacham, Systems Support Manager at Synaxon UK, believes that resellers who take up the offer will soon see the benefits. “EGIS is a tremendous resource for dealers and resellers who want to make sure, not only that they can find which distributors have stock of the required product at the best possible prices individual to their account, but also that they are themselves competitive in the marketplace. It saves them an enormous amount of time checking prices with different distributors, enables them to streamline quotations and order processing, reduce their costs and deliver a better level of service to their customers.”

As well as instant on-line stock availability and pricing on more than 200,000 items from more than 20 UK distributors, EGIS gives resellers access to a range of powerful tools and resources. The Google Price Checker enables them to see the prices that their competitors are offering on specific products, while EGIS Mobile gives them a quick and easy way to see if a product is in stock and the best price at any time and from any location or device, without having to go to the trouble of calling up various sales desks or logging in and out of several web sites in search of the best deal.

Resellers also have access to full order tracking and pricing history as well as detailed C-Net specification sheets, which they can download to their own internal systems by using the EGIS DataPack and EGIS DataPack Plus services.

Resellers that take full Synaxon Technology Premier Partner (STPP) membership can benefit from discounted rates on the EGIS WebStore e-commerce service which combined with the EGIS DataPack service can have a fully functioning e-commerce solution with up-to-date information from all Synaxon UK distribution partners. This service is available ‘off the shelf’ and can be set up within a matter of days, making it very cost-effective for smaller resellers in particular.

Synaxon currently has 23 distribution supplier partners in the UK so there is every prospect that most of its STP members will qualify for the EGIS trial. New reseller members that have the appropriate distributor accounts will also be able to take advantage, says Meacham. Current Synaxon UK distribution partners include Ingram Micro, Entatech, Midwich, ETC, Imago, Simms, CMS, Bluepoint and several new additions.

Meacham adds: “In making this offer, we are hoping that many of our STP partners – and new members – will take the opportunity to try the EGIS platform. We are confident that once they have, they will see its value and will change the way their procurement process currently operates for the better. They can then become full STPPs and enjoy all the additional benefits and advantages that being on the higher level of Synaxon membership brings to their business.”

Resellers receive a number of additional benefits when they sign up as an STPP. As well as full access to EGIS, they are provided with professionally-produced bi-monthly iTrends mailers, over-printed with their company name, detailing all the latest special offers available exclusively from Synaxon distributors and vendors. These are designed for distribution to the reseller’s own customer base and have proved to be tremendously popular and successful, generating significant levels of new business for the member companies.

In addition, Synaxon Technology Partners are automatically entitled to exclusive pricing and trading terms from our distributor partners, to become a member please register online at: http://www.synaxon.co.uk/index.php?become-a-member.