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TEC,
Inc., Honored With
Diversity Supplier
Award from JCPenney
TEC, Inc., recognized by JCPenney
and its subsidiary
Eckerd Corp. as a Divisional Diversity Award Winner in the
Product/Service Supplier category
for 2002
May
17, 2002 (Minneapolis, Minn.) —
TEC (Technical Education Consultants), Inc., has received a
Divisional Award in the Product/Service Supplier category of
JCPenney's
2002 Supplier Diversity Awards program for
TEC's outstanding performance as
a supplier of training and related support services to Eckerd
Corp.'s Merchandising Division.
JCPenney's
award announcement, made April 22, 2002, on its website
states:
"TEC
has developed and delivered a comprehensive system training
program for Eckerd' s Quantum Leap project, which is designed
to implement RetekTM software.
Retek will for the first time provide stores with automatic
replenishment and perpetual inventories. Through TEC's emphasis
on a Train-the-TrainerTM approach,
over 10,000 Support Center and Field Associates will receive
Retek application training over the next year."
This
is JCPenney's 19th
year of honoring outstanding diversity suppliers, defined as
minority- and women-owned businesses. The program selected seven
divisional and two grand award winners who are external suppliers.
"We
are truly honored to have our work acclaimed with this award
from Eckerd and JCPenney," says Kaie Pohi Latterner, president,
TEC, Inc. "We have worked since 1999 with Eckerd to help
prepare its associates to successfully integrate six new software
modules. We formed a real partnership with Eckerd's outstanding
staff and enjoyed helping them accomplish their goals."
Vanessa
J. Castagna, executive vice president and chief operating officer,
JCPenney Stores, Catalog, and Internet, was chairperson of the
JCPenney Supplier Diversity Steering Committee that selected
the award winners. Her
website statement thanks each winner for "exemplary
performance and dedication to finding solutions to our business
that have proven mutually advantageous to all of us." Castagna
says award criteria included:
—
Exceptional compliance
record.
—
Quick responsiveness
to
turnaround needs.
—
Quality merchandise
assortments,
to provide
fashion at a value that meet our
customer's
shopping expectations.
—
Above average profit
performance
to plan.
"We
chose TEC (to be our training partner) because of its proven
track record," says
Doug Sheasley, Vice President of Store
Replenishment and Retek Project Manager, Eckerd Corp.
"No other provider has the retail and Retek product knowledge
that this team does."
About
TEC
Established
in 1984, TEC,
Inc., is based near Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., and also
near St. Petersburg, Fla.
TEC provides technical training and
skill enhancement services to retailers and other organizations
acquiring new technologies. TEC also offers change management
and communication, system design and documentation, process
redesign, group productivity, and leadership development products
and services.
TEC
clients include: Brooks Brothers; Eckerd Corp.; Family Dollar
Stores, Inc.; Fingerhut; Gander Mountain; The Great Atlantic
& Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (A&P); Ingram Micro; The
Kroger Co.; Michaels Stores, Inc.; and ShopKo Stores, Inc.;
among many others.
About
Eckerd
Eckerd
Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of J. C. Penney Co. Inc.,
is headquartered in Clearwater, Fla. It is one of America's
largest retail drug chains with approximately 2,640 drug stores
in 20 states and more than 75,000 associates companywide. Eckerd's
2001 revenue was $13.8 billion.
J.
C. Penney Corp., Inc.
a wholly-owned subsidiary of the J. C. Penney Co., Inc., is
one of America's largest department store, drugstore, catalog,
and e-commerce retailers, employing approximately 250,000 associates
and operating more than 3,750 stores. JCPenney Catalog, including
e-commerce, is the nation's largest catalog merchant of general-merchandise.
For more information call TEC at 715-247-5054
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