Kole Imports Computer Department

Kole Imports' computer department has grown over the past 6 years from 2 Compaq PCs to over 80 high performance computers and 40 Palm type handheld computing devices. The computer programs developed by the department have been given high praise for their originality and functionality, and have helped to keep Kole Imports at the forefront of technology in the wholesale distribution industry.

We at Kole Imports are very clear that we can be best judged by how successful we make our customers, and our computer department operates with our customers' success in mind. We strive to make it easier for our customers to do business with us and our computer department has led the way toward this goal.

Kole Imports computer department is managed by Jim Reese, who handles the administration of the ADP mainframe, D2K distribution software, the Internet Ecommerce site, telecommunications, computer hardware, peripherals, custom software, and office security programs and equipment.

Jim is a graduate in Business Management Science from Pepperdine University. His experience has covered office, store, and warehouse management including programming, purchasing, purchasing, developing computer networks, and computer maintenance. His years of management and purchasing in retail before entering the distribution industry give him insight into how Kole Imports can best satisfy their retail customers.

Jim has years of experience working with EDI (Electronic Data Interface) which helps him make possible EDI equipped customers to communicate directly with the Kole Imports computers. For those customers who want to consider EDI, his wealth of information can help to inform them how to economically become involved in electronic data interfacing with their suppliers or customers.

Our website www.koleimports.com was designed to be easy for our customers to use. The site shows all of the newest dollar store items as they come in, and lets customers know what is in stock so they can be sure they will get what they order.

It also shows customers the dollar items they have previously purchased, making reorders that much easier. On-line orders are given to the customer's sales representative, who contacts the customer to arrange delivery.

Koleimports.com is also a great place to find dollar store trade show information and company news. With more than 70,000 visitors per month, the site continues to be very popular with old and new customers alike.

Palm computer programs enable sales representatives to quickly sell wholesale general merchandise in the showrooms and at trade shows, as all necessary information is in the handheld devices including a scanner to scan items into the Palm type devices. This makes the process time of taking orders the fastest in the industry, which saves customers' time while at trade shows or in the Kole Imports dollar store showroom.

The state of the art wireless and handheld device warehouse programs which Jim is currently in the process of implementing will enable quicker picking of orders, better utilization of warehouse space and faster turnover from order to shipping, giving the customer the shortest lead time possible.

The use of cutting edge technologies such as these are another way that Kole Imports continues to lead the dollar store general merchandise business and to provide the kind of customer service that truly makes Kole Imports… your profit source.