Richard Baxter of Edmundson Electrical Ltd, Ian Hunter of Electrium Sales, and Richard Moyes of Prysmian Cables & Systems Ltd have been voted onto the EDA Data Services Board recently and will each serve a two-year term.<\/p>\n
Rexel UK Ltd\u2019s CEO, Edgar Aponte, is chair of the EDA Data Services Board, overseeing the growth and development of EDATA, the \u2018by the industry for the industry\u2019 data pool. EDATA is growing rapidly, with currently 54 leading manufacturers signed up to pool their data for use by the supply chain. EDATA\u2019s focus is to give wholesalers access to high quality product to use in every aspect of their business: displaying accurate images on a quote, driving general business systems (usually referred to as Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP systems), creating catalogues, and for answering customer queries at all stages in the sales process. Use of the data from the EDATA data pool will increase quality, reduce errors, save time and money, and lead to better user and customer service.<\/p>\n
The new board members will serve for a period of two years alongside:<\/p>\n
Margaret Fitzsimons, EDA CEO
\nRichard Appleton, General Manager of EDA Data Services
\nMichael Wright, Product Development Manager, Aico Ltd<\/p>\n
Schneider\u2019s George Brickwood and R & M Electrical Group\u2019s Richard Sherin have stepped down from the Board having served their full two-year terms.<\/p>\n