Klaussner Integrates Sales Process With Retailers Using Full Circle from MicroD

Furniture World Magazine

Klaussner Furniture, one of the nation's largest furniture manufacturers, has chosen the Full Circle solution from MicroD to enhance communication and integrate product selection and ordering tools. The Full Circle solution brings together every aspect of the manufacturer/retailer sales process through a family of proven software products, including PreVue, EasyPlan, EasyOrder and MPCat master product catalog software. "Starting with the PreVue visualization software and working through to EasyOrder, retailers can complete a sale and place an order after just a few minutes with their customer," said Bill Cook, Director of IT at Klaussner. "In addition, using Micro D's MPCat we can now continually update and integrate Klaussner product information, including ordering rules and product images, into retailers business systems through retailer-specific electronic catalogs that are compatible with FIDX furniture industry Data standards." Full Circle from MicroD is the first fully-integrated system in the industry that manages every aspect of the furniture purchase, including full product visualization at the point of purchase, custom catalog design and order communication with the factory. "Klaussner has always been one of the first to invest in solutions that enhance its customers' business practices," Manoj Nigam, President of MicroD, said. "We believe that our Full Circle solution will define a new way of doing business in the furniture industry. Leaders like Klaussner Furniture are already poised to take advantage of that change." For more information about Klaussner Furniture, visit the company Web site at www.klaussner.com. For more information about the Full Circle of solutions from MicroD, visit www.microdinc.com. About Klaussner Furniture: Headquartered in Asheboro, N.C., Klaussner Furniture Industries is among the five largest furniture manufacturers in the country. Purchased by Hans Klaussner in 1979, KFI is still privately owned and has 20 U.S. manufacturing facilities and over 7,200 employees. Based around the ideals of value, variety and elegance, the American home furnishings manufacturer is dedicated to providing retailers with a single source for quality products in a wide range of styles, product categories, and price points. Klaussner Furniture -- One Source, One Klaussner. About MicroD, Inc.: MicroD, Inc. is the leading developer of Internet and desktop-based software products and services for the furniture industry. Products range from electronic catalogs and room-planning software to Internet-based business-to-business (B2B) communications software and services for a wide rage of companies in the furniture, trucking and other industries. Copyrighted under the brand names of PreVue and Exim Commerce for EDI, MicroD's products are the preferred choice of leading furniture companies across the nation. To learn more about MicroD's products and services, please visit us online at www.microdinc.com.