23-01-2017 - Tåstrup

ALSO er yderligere ved at udvikle sin service platform for forhandlere med WePrintSmarter

"Vi åbner for forhandlere med vores platforme. WePrintSmarter er udviklet af ALSO og er en state-of-the-art online-print-markedsplads, der leverer værdiskabende serviceydelser til at hjælpe print-forhandlere udvide deres print-virksomhed. Med dette initiativ vokser ALSO’s omfattende serviceportefølje yderligere. De innovative WePrintSmarter tjenester har en modulær opbygning, der hjælper flere og flere forhandlere og leverandører til at optimere forvaltningen af deres kunders udskrivningsbehov," siger Gustavo Möller-Hergt, administrerende direktør for ALSO Holding AG. Den første tjeneste hos WePrintSmarter er SmartSupplies, en end-to-end web-baseret løsning, der fuldt ud automatiserer bestilling og levering af toner og blækpatroner til alle mærker af printere og multifunktionelle enheder. Det giver forhandlere en kontinuerlig strøm af forsyningsordrer uden at kunder manuelt skal bestille fra forhandlerens webshop eller skal kende de nødvendige varenumre.

Tilmelding og brug af SmartSupplies er gratis. Efter registrering kan kunderne få adgang til SmartSupplies portalen 24/7, hvilket giver dem indsigt i alle printere i deres netværk. Den detaljerede oversigt af hver printer viser den resterende brug af tonere og blækpatroner. Det giver ALSO forhandlere nye forretningsmuligheder, da de kan identificere og tilbyde kunderne nye printløsninger til forældet hardware i printerens netværk.

Den største fordel ved SmartSupplies er, at det giver forhandlere og deres kunder mulighed for at indstille printere til automatisk genbestilling af blæk og toner. Når printforbrugsstoffer af de tilsluttede printere slipper op, bliver en automatisk ordre genereret og sendt direkte til kunden fra ALSO på vegne af forhandleren. Der er ingen komplicerede kontrakter, kunderne betaler med en pay-as-you-go-ordning.

WePrintSmarter vil i første omgang blive lanceret i Danmark og derefter i flere lande, hvor ALSO opererer i de kommende måneder.

Yderligere oplysninger kan findes på www.weprintsmarter.com eller kontakt din ALSO account manager.

ALSO Holding AG
(Emmen/Switzerland)

Brings providers and buyers of the ICT industry together. The company offers services at all levels of the ICT value chain from a single source. In the European B2B marketplace, ALSO bundles logistics services, financial services, supply services, solution services, digital services, and IT services together into individual service packages. ALSO's portfolio contains more than 160 000 articles from some 350 vendors. The Group has around

3 880 employees throughout Europe. In fiscal year 2015 (closing on December 31), the company generated net sales of

7.8 billion euros. The majority shareholder of ALSO Holding AG is the Droege Group, Düsseldorf, Germany. Further information is available at http://www.also.com.

Droege Group
(Major shareholder)

Droege Group (founded in 1988) is an independent consulting and investment company under full family ownership. The company acts as a specialist for tailor-made restructuring programs aiming to enhance corporate value. Droege Group combines its corporate family-run structure and capital strength into a family-equity business model. The group carries out direct investments with own equity in corporate subsidiaries and medium-sized companies in "special situations". The motto of "The Art of Implementation” has made the group a pioneer of hands-on implementation-oriented corporate development. Droege Group demonstrates its implementation excellence daily within its own portfolio. The entrepreneurially platforms of the Droege Group are aligned to current megatrends (knowledge, connectivity, prevention, demography, shopping 4.0, future work). Enthusiasm for quality, innovation and speed determines our actions. In this way Droege Group has successfully gained a position in domestic and international markets and operates with over 120 companies in 30 countries.

More information: http://www.droege-group.com

Disclaimer

This press release contains forward-looking statements which are based on current assumptions and forecasts of the ALSO management. Known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors could lead to material differences between the forward-looking statements made here and the actual development, in particular the results, financial situation, and performance of our Group. The Group accepts no responsibility for updating these forward-looking statements or adapting them to future events or developments.