IWDC,
the largest Member-owned purchasing and marketing cooperative serving the North
American Industrial Gas and Welding industry, has announced a strategic
partnership with DDS (Distributor Data Solutions), the wholesale distribution
industry's leading product content solutions provider.
"We
are pleased to announce this long-term partnership with DDS, a proven leader in
product content supply to fuel e-commerce and other digital marketing
needs," states Frank Kasnick, president and CEO of IWDC (Independent
Welding Distributors Cooperative).
According
to Kasnick, one of IWDC's highest priorities is helping its Member distributors
better serve customers through access to more and higher quality digital
product content from its vast network of manufacturers. Partnering with DDS
brings a suite of technologies and processes that benefit companies on both
sides of this exchange, which ultimately ensures end-user customers can find
the critical information they need to research and make purchasing decisions.
"Our
co-op Members will get the benefit of DDS’ user-friendly content management
solution, CONTENT/io, and their extensive and growing product catalog, combined
with IWDC’s sourced and enriched product content," adds Kasnick.
"We're calling our combined offering the IWDC Product Content Hub, Powered
by DDS."
"We
are looking forward to collaborating with IWDC, a premier group and a
formidable partner in the gas and welding vertical," says Matt
Christensen, president and co-founder of DDS. "We will work closely to
grow manufacturer cooperation and leverage IWDC’s industry experience with our
automated processes and integrations to raise the bar on our collaborative
content delivery and management services."
Member
distributors interested in the IWDC Product Content Hub, Powered by DDS (as
well as manufacturers looking to participate), should visit www.distributordatasolutions.com/iwdc/.
About
DDS
Headquartered in Salt Lake
City, Utah, DDS (Distributor Data Solutions) is the leading e-commerce product
content solution provider serving the wholesale distribution industry. We help
manufacturers, distributors, and other industry groups with technical solutions
to the challenges of e-commerce product content and data management. Learn more
at www.distributordatasolutions.com.