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School Specialty and OI, Inc. Establish New and Exclusive Partnership
School Specialty and OI, Inc. Establish New and Exclusive Partnership.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n GREENVILLE, Wis., July 11, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- School Specialty, Inc. (OTCQB:SCOO) (“School Specialty”, “SSI” or “the Company”), a leading distributor of supplies, furniture and both curriculum and supplemental learning resources to the education, healthcare and other marketplaces, is pleased to announce today that the Company has entered into an exclusive partnership with OI, Inc., an industry-leading software and technology provider, to offer differentiated project-based furniture and equipment services. \n “We have a stronger market offering because of this unique partnership,” stated School Specialty’s Allen Hoeppner, Vice President of Furniture, Early Childhood & Special Needs Procurement. “With OI’s platform focused on delivering collaborative productivity enhancement solutions through the online innovation of integrated data and technology, we fully expect this program to have a significant impact on client service, experience and fulfillment. With the various modules we now have access to, we will be able to provide a more comprehensive offering to our customers.” With OI’s more than two decades serving the Education market and particularly within the F&E ecosystem, School Specialty will be leveraging the provider’s technology platform to support its business. The Company will be integrating OI solutions into its own, to create a collaborative online specification platform that will serve as a link between SSI and its external touch points such as interior designers, manufacturers and school customers. The new collaborative platform will give SSI the ability to create more professional sales proposals, specification booklets, cut sheets, and more, within a fraction of the time taken when using past conventional programs. In addition to time and efficiency, SSI will have the ability to enhance project design documents, while integrating with existing order entry, accounting and other features of its enterprise systems. The Company will also have greater mobile capabilities, which is a must in today’s sales environment. The new, web-based platform will give the SSI team complete control over the F&E process. “Our School Specialty Projects by Design (PbD) sales team, through an even stron...