Southborough, Mass. - April 13, 2005 -ViryaNet, Inc. (NasdaqSC: VRYA), a leading provider of software applications for mobile workforce management and field service delivery, today announced that one of the nation's largest retail grocery chains, with more than 2,500 stores in the United States, has chosen ViryaNet Service Hub for Retail to automate its maintenance management operations, including the activities associated with work order and workforce management.
Under the terms of the contract, the customer, not named for confidentiality reasons, has licensed ViryaNet Service Hub for Retail to manage and automate a variety of facilities maintenance tasks for both its in-house and subcontractor based workforces. Work processes include a wide variety of full store maintenance activities, such as point of sale device repair, refrigerant management and EPA compliance, and more. With ViryaNet Service Hub for Retail, the customer expects to improve
staff productivity, reduce its facilities maintenance costs, and enhance its customers' experience.
"The retail sector is a major target of ViryaNet's, and our momentum builds as we welcome another top-five grocer to our growing base of world-class retail companies," stated Paul V. Brooks, President and CEO, ViryaNet.
"Our newest customer is a visionary organization that has improved its operational performance by applying innovative facilities management processes," added Jack Connors, VP, North American Sales & Marketing, ViryaNet. "We are proud that by using our products, this organization will further reduce its expenses and improve operational margins."
About ViryaNet
ViryaNet is a provider of software applications that improve the quality and efficiency of an organization’s service operations. ViryaNet’s flagship product — ViryaNet Service Hub — combines the power of the Internet, the freedom of wireless technologies, and the resources of ViryaNet’s deep service expertise to help companies improve workforce scheduling, dispatching, and activity reporting; customer contract and entitlement automation; and asset, logistics and repairs management.
Customers in the utility, telecommunications, grocery and retail, and other service industries use ViryaNet Service Hub to transition complex service business processes into a manageable, scalable Internet operation, with the goal of increasing service revenues, decreasing service costs, and maximizing customer satisfaction. Visit ViryaNet at www.viryanet.com.
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