Delta Faucet Company (Delta) is one of the largest U.S. manufacturer of residential and commercial faucets and related accessories in the United States. Delta made the commitment to WebSphere Commerce and hired BlueSky as their strategic eCommerce partner. BlueSky recently launched Delta Faucet Access Point on WebSphere Commerce V7. The secure, fully transactional B2B site provides Delta's customers with self-service and order management capabilities.
East Jordan Iron Works (EJIW), an EJ Group Company, is a leading American manufacturer of access solutions including: construction castings, fire hydrants, tree grates, and other infrastructure access products. The company is located in East Jordan, Michigan, where the foundry has been operating since the late 1800's. Manufacturing efficiencies have allowed EJIW to deliver customer driven design enhancements and increase the speed to market of new products. No other manufacturer can offer the same combination of available manufacturing capacity, product range, certified quality, technical expertise, and product development. The huge catalog of products available from EJIW can make it difficult to find the correct product solution for a specific problem. EJIW made the commitment to IBM WebSphere Commerce V7 as the platform for a new online experience. BlueSky provided leadership to customize the online experience that makes it easy for the sales representatives and customers to quickly find the products they need specific to their location and project.
Kotulas was created as a brand extension of Northern Tool + Equipment (NTE). When NTE wanted to expand its current product portfolio and build a new brand that offers more unique fun products other than their traditional power tools and equipment, they came to their long-time eCommerce partner BlueSky. The Kotulas brand features an assortment of unique gifts and gadgets hard to find in stores. Because it was an unproven concept, Kotulas had a limited timeframe and budget for the initial release. BlueSky heavily leveraged the pre-built WebSphere Commerce V6 assets in our CodeBlue Frameworks to create Kotulas.com in order to meet the timeframe and budget constraints. Since that initial release Kotulas.com has performed exceptionally well and far exceeded NTE's expectations for revenue and ROI. As a result of their overall success NTE has reinvested in their eCommerce enterprise and recently re-launched Kotulas.com on WebSphere Commerce V7. See the V7 site in action at www.kotulas.com.
Northern Tool + Equipment (NTE) is a leading power tools and equipment multi-channel retailer currently ranked #71 on Internet Retailer's 500 Largest Retail Web Sites list. NTE is able to meet demand through similar customer experiences in their stores, catalogs, and online solution. NTE began working with BlueSky in 2006 on their site migration to WebSphere Commerce V6. BlueSky has since become NTE's strategic eCommerce partner. NTE has recently re-invested in their eCommerce enterprise and is working closely with BlueSky to execute their future eCommerce strategy. To see an Internet Retailer Top 100 site in action please visit www.northerntool.com.
ACME TOOLS began in 1948 as an electric motor repair shop. Today ACME TOOLS is one of the premier retailers of tools and equipment with some of the largest first class showrooms in the nation. With nine locations in North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa, ACME TOOLS has served the contractor, woodworker and do-it-yourselfer with a wide selection of tools and equipment from all the major manufacturers.
In the mid 1980's, ACME TOOLS launched a mail order business selling woodworking equipment from space ads in national trade magazines. Later, they pioneered a national catalog business shipping woodworking and construction products throughout the United States and abroad as "Tool Crib of the North".
In 1999, ACME TOOLS was one of the first to launch an Internet business focusing on tools and equipment. That initial site was built on IBM's Net.Commerce (which is now WebSphere Commerce) and within in a short period of time grew to a point where ACME sold the internet and catalog business to Amazon.com and focused their efforts on expanding their Midwest retail locations.
Now, more than ten years later and with the help of BlueSky, ACME is back online and continues to be a successful multi-channel retailer. ACME chose to run their online business once again on IBM and made the commitment to WebSphere Commerce as their platform of choice. To see a successful multi-channel retailer in action please visit www.acmetools.com.
Hoffman Enclosures (Hoffman) is a leading designer and manufacturer of systems to safely and reliably protect the electronic controls and critical electrical systems in industrial, data communications, commercial construction and government applications. Hoffman manufactures standard and modified products marketed and sold through a network of Hoffman sales offices, independent sales representatives, and approximately 11,000 distribution entities. With the help of BlueSky they created HoffmanConnect, where customers or sales reps can securely log in and create custom orders in real time. Hoffman chose WebSphere Commerce for their eCommerce platform and BlueSky as their strategic eCommerce consultancy.
