Partner Press Release
CHS Electronics Joins RosettaNet to Help Improve Efficiencies of IT Supply Chain

For Release June 7, 1998

-- CHS Electronics, company positioning statement, today announced its support of RosettaNet, a global electronic commerce standards adoption body created to advance IT supply chain interaction worldwide.

RosettaNet involves key companies in the IT supply chain who have taken responsibility for helping to define and adopt standards. As a RosettaNet partner, CHS is responsible for providing its expertise to define new standards and to identify existing ones that should be adopted into the supply chain. CHS will also be responsible for promoting and implementing the agreed upon standards through its own company and IT supply chain partners.

"We must look at the needs from the end user perspective. The fundamental lack of Electronic Commerce Standards within IT industry increases the costs of both the distributors and vendors and makes life very difficult for the end users. Each one of us has designed unique solutions to many common issues. The phenomenal growth of Electronic Commerce across the industry makes the development and implementation of these standards as very urgent."

"We are very pleased to have secured executive ownership for this endeavor from such key influencers in the IT supply chain," said Fadi Chehadé, executive director of RosettaNet. "This executive ownership, which stems from the clear understanding of the need for standards and their ensuing business impact, is our strongest guarantee that RosettaNet standards will cross the chasm from specifications to widespread implementation."