home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!hobbes!xenitec!olivea!decwrl!pa.dec.com!topdog.pa.dec.com!rjones
- From: rjones@PA.dec.com
- Newsgroups: biz.dec
- Subject: DECnews/ Chevron Awards Digital $5.8M for System-Integration Contract
- Message-ID: <9211181650.AA11075@topdog.pa.dec.com>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 16:50:58 GMT
- Lines: 96
- X-Received: by usenet.pa.dec.com; id AA25765; Wed, 18 Nov 92 08:50:59 -0800
- X-Received: by topdog.pa.dec.com; id AA11075; Wed, 18 Nov 92 08:50:58 -0800
- X-To: biz.dec.usenet
- X-Mts: smtp
-
- |||||| DECnews for Press and Analyst ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Digital Equipment Corporation
- Maynard, Massachusetts 01754-2571
- Editorial contact:
-
- Jennifer Surro
- (508) 467-9410
-
-
- CHEVRON SELECTS DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION AS PRIME
- CONTRACTOR FOR MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SYSTEMS INTEGRATION PROJECT
-
-
- MAYNARD, Mass.-- November 17, 1992 -- Digital Equipment Corporation
- has been selected by Chevron for a two year, $5.8 million project
- to provide the fully integrated C/SMART (Convenience Store
- Marketing And Reporting Transaction) solution to automate business
- and accounting practices at 675 of Chevron's Food Mart Convenience
- stores and gasoline stations nationwide. Digital's business
- partner for this leading-edge project is The Software Works!
- (TSW!).
-
- In addition to participating in the development of the hardware
- and software requirements for this solution, Digital will provide
- all the services associated with the project. This includes
- software customization, project management, training, equipment
- staging, site preparation, delivery and installation, pilot
- evaluation, telephone support services and maintenance.
-
- "Our project with Chevron reflects Digital's commitment to
- providing oil and gas customers with complete solutions to business
- problems in all segments of the industry. It is critical that we
- work with our customers every step of the way to insure that
- solutions successfully meet business needs," said Randy Levine,
- Digital Oil & Gas Industry Director.
-
- The integrated solution will consist of a wide area network of
- Digital's personal computers located at each retail location linked
- via PATHWORKS, Digital's network operating system for personal
- computers. These personal computers will run Digital's mail and
- networking software integrated with the TSW! Station Management
- System.
-
- Specially developed for convenience stores, the C/SMART
- solution will automate the collection of sales data from electronic
- cash registers. Once gathered, the data will enable store managers
- to perform required accounting, inventory reporting, manpower,
- scheduling, and other activities. On a daily basis this store data
- will be transferred via store-based satellite links to a subsidiary
- accounting center in Pennsylvania. Here information will be
- verified and analyzed on a VAX 4000 system.
-
- This solution will provide accurate, timely information to all
- levels of Chevron management allowing them to better manage product
- inventories, margins and store services. This C/SMART project
- recognizes Digital as a quality supplier to Chevron and it
- strengthens the current strategic business alliance between the two
- corporations.
-
- "To remain a leader in our marketplace we need to be able to
- react quickly to the needs of our customers and our facilities in a
- timely manner. The Digital solution provides us with the
- technologies and services required to meet this goal and enhance
- our competitive edge," said Jeff McElroy, Manager - Subsidiary
- Operations for Chevron U.S.A.
-
- Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard,
- Massachusetts is the leading worldwide supplier of networked
- computer systems, software and services. Digital pioneered and
- leads the industry in interactive, distributed and multivendor
- computing. Digital and its partners deliver the power to use the
- best integrated solutions -- from desktop to data center -- in open
- information environments.
-
- The Software Works!, headquartered in Glendale, California, has
- been developing high-quality retail management and accounting
- software for the petroleum/convenience store industry for almost a
- decade. The staff, two thirds of which are software designers and
- programmers, have years of experience with both store automation
- and central-level systems, both domestic and international
- companies.
-
- ####
-
- Note to Editors: Digital, ALL-IN-1, PATHWORKS, VAX 4000 are
- trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.
-
- CORP/92/900
- ============================================================================
- DECnews for Press and Analyst is sent as a courtesy to members of the press,
- analyst and consulting community. For subscription information please
- contact:
- Russ Jones, UNIX Marketing
- Digital Equipment Corporation
- Voice: 415-617-3597 FAX: 415-617-3572 Internet: rjones@pa.dec.com
- ============================================================================
-