WESCO International, Inc. ranked seventh on MultiChannel Merchant magazine’s 19th annual MCM 100 list. Dell came in first, IBM third and Staples fourth. Grainger was in 18th place, and MSC Industrial Direct came in at No. 19. WESCO also took first place on the break-out list of the Top 10 Industrial/MRO companies. In addition...
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WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE: WCC), a leading provider of electrical, industrial, and communications MRO and OEM products, construction materials, and advanced supply chain management and logistics services, today announced that it has acquired the business of RECO, LLC, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. RECO, with annual sales of approximately $25 million, is a Siemens automation,...
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Problem: Major food processing plants found their procurement, accounting, receiving, and storeroom personnel overburdened by the time required to generate purchase orders, process invoices, receive, stock, and count low-cost electrical materials. WESCO Solution: Low-cost, labor-intensive electrical items are now maintained at these facilities on an inventory keep-fill program. WESCO personnel inventory, order, and stock...
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Opportunity: An automotive stamping plant in Ohio needed replacement parts for a variety of equipment. Purchasing these items from OEMs was expensive and often involved long lead times. WESCO Solution: Rather than purchase replacement parts from OEMs, WESCO found other manufacturers of equivalent parts at a lower cost. For example, WESCO found a local...
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WESCO delivers for the Automotive Industry Manufacturing Facility Maintenance Opportunity: An automotive manufacturer’s lighting standardization initiative for North American plants calls for reduced energy and labor costs while maintaining or improving lighting quality. WESCO Solution: As 34-watt T12 fluorescent lamps fail, they’re replaced with new Philips long-life 34-watt T12 fluorescent lamps. Because the long-life...
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