Ingram Micro U.S. Adds National Service Center's Point-of-Sale (POS) and Data Capture Professional Service Offerings
Leading Data Capture / POS Distributor's New SKU'd Professional Services Make It Easier for Partners to Attach Services to POS and AIDC Hardware Sales
CARLSBAD, Calif., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingram Micro's (NYSE: IM) Data Capture and Point-of-Sale (POS) Division today announced several new SKU'd professional service offerings designed to help channel partners in the U.S. more effectively sell and support POS and Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) retail solutions.
Available now through the distributor's Data Capture / POS Division and Ingram Micro Services Network (IMSN), these new SKU'd professional service offerings from (http://www.nationalservicecenter.com) National Service Center (NSC) include pre- and post-POS sales opportunities such as POS and AIDC equipment maintenance, rollouts and installation, as well as wireless networking site surveys and installations.
"Professional services are a lucrative profit center for our channel partners and a competitive differentiator that really translates to high value-add in the eyes of end-users, business owners and retailers," says Justin Scopaz, senior director, vendor management and marketing, Ingram Micro Data Capture/POS Division. "The addition of these retail-focused POS and AIDC professional services offerings enable our partners to enhance, and in many cases expand, their current services portfolio and geographic reach without adding significant costs to their business. Simultaneously, these services make it easier for partners to increase their revenues and profits by simply attaching SKU'd services to every POS and AIDC hardware sale. It's a strong value proposition that really resonates with our growing partner base."
"Retail customers have unique service needs that are very time sensitive and in many cases make it difficult to outsource service tickets to the mainstream VAR base," says Hari Dhiman, President, Infocentrix. "With Ingram Micro's new retail-focused professional services offerings, we can attach SKU'd services such as installation and maintenance to our POS and AIDC solutions with confidence. It's great to have a trusted partner like Ingram Micro ready and able to help you build your business and better service your customers."
Solution providers who are interested in learning more about Ingram Micro's new line of SKU'd POS and AIDC professional services offerings can contact their Ingram Micro sales representative. For more information about Ingram Micro's Data Capture/POS Division visit dcpos.ingrammicro.com.
About National Service Center (NSC)
Founded in 1995, NSC is a services-only company that offers resellers multi-vendor support services including onsite and depot repairs, service contracts, installations, rollouts, and project management for barcode, data capture, POS, laser, RFID and wireless equipment.
(http://www.nationalservicecenter.com/)
About the Ingram Micro Data Capture/POS Division
The Ingram Micro Data Capture/POS Division is a leading value-added distributor of auto ID/data capture (AIDC), point-of-sale (POS), radio frequency identification (RFID) and wireless solution products and services. In addition to these technologies, the division also offers partners access to the complete suite of Ingram Micro products and services. With offices and distribution centers across North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia, the Ingram Micro Data Capture/POS Division delivers a comprehensive portfolio of products and services to technology integrators around the world. For more information, visit dcpos.ingrammicro.com.
SOURCE Ingram Micro
Released July 7, 2008