PolyDyne Press Conference – QuoteWin Installed at Celestica Headquarters
Austin, TX – August 23, 1998 – PolyDyne Development Corporation announced today its installation of QuoteWin® quoting management software at the Toronto headquarters of Celestica (NYSE:CLS; TSE:CLS; ME:CLS). Celestica joins 34% of the top contract manufacturers in the industry in QuoteWin implementations.
“We’re pleased to be affiliated with Celestica,” said David Tabb, president of PolyDyne Development Corp. “Continuous industry benchmarking and our comprehensive understanding of the quoting needs in the contract manufacturing industry has made and continues to make an impact in quoting processes industry-wide.”
Celestica is the third largest electronics manufacturing services (“EMS”) company in the world providing a broad range of services including design, prototyping, assembly, testing, product assurance, supply chain management, worldwide distribution and after-sales service. Its quoting processes impact a multitude of customers, including leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) primarily in the computer and communications sectors.
“We were careful in our selection of a comprehensive quoting solution for our headquarters,” said David Vahman, Manager SCM BID Management. “QuoteWin has the features important to us in positively impacting cycle times, data management and corporate communication.”
“QuoteWin is a critical part of our corporate quoting process now and we look forward to furthering our strategic relationship with PolyDyne.”
QuoteWin is PolyDyne’s flagship product, representing four years of development experience and over 20 years combined contract manufacturing experience from the management team. It is an open ended Windows™ software product developed in a client/server environment and can be used as a stand alone product, in conjunction with existing open-ended software applications, or integrated with other PolyDyne products. In addition to Celestica, PolyDyne’s worldwide customer base includes SCI Systems, Bull Electronics, Arrow Electronics, Dovatron, XeTel Corporation, Avnet and many others.
Celestica, headquartered in Toronto, operates 17 manufacturing and design facilities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom and Ireland. PolyDyne Development Corp. is a privately held corporation based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1994, PolyDyne’s worldwide customer base includes SCI Systems, Bull Electronics, Sanmina, Siemens, Arrow Electronics, DOVatron, XeTel Corporation, Avnet and many others. PolyDyne is a key business partner of Oracle Corporation, Centura Software and AT&T Corporation. PolyDyne products include QuoteWin®, SupplyWin™, SupplyNet, SupplyWin™ Enterprise, WinVision and BidRacer. For more information, visit www.PolyDyne.com or call (512) 343‑9100.