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Internet Portal Extended to Include Buy-Side Partners
Rocky Mount, Va.-based The Uttermost Company, has chosen
PLMresearch, a leading small-to-midsize eBusiness consulting firm, to develop
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) capabilities within its Internet portal.
This effort will facilitate interaction and collaboration between Uttermost’s
buy-side partners (designers, vendors, and manufacturers) and its factories
in the United States and China. It will provide an online venue where design
and manufacturing ideas can be shared anywhere, anytime via a standard
browser.
“Uttermost has chosen to use an outsourced business model, leveraging our
own internal skills with those of our independent designers, contract/component
manufacturers, and selling agents, to bring the Uttermost product from the point-of-conception
into the consumer’s home,” says Mac Cooper, president of Uttermost. “This
business model has been extremely effective for us, however, its continued success
will rely heavily upon a seamless information flow between our partners.”
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