pdinews Press Release

PDI CUSTOMERS ATTEND ANNUAL IDEA EXCHANGE

Nashville, Tennessee (May 2007)

Over 100 PDI customers from 54 companies gathered in Nashville this past weekend for PDI’s mid-year update, PDI Idea Exchange.  This year’s conference focused on Doing Business Electronically with PDI/Enterprise.

PDI/Enterprise is a state-of-the art network-centric software system that spans all areas of operation including the home office, back-office and mobile applications.  PDI/Enterprise was developed with input from over 200 retail companies. Over 100 companies are in the process of implementing the new software. Customers at PDI Idea Exchange noted benefits such as significant reductions in the time needed to complete bank and credit card reconciliations, increased accuracy and labor savings due to fuel supply-chain automation, and the ease of training new employees.

Greg Gilkerson, President of PDI, said, "Our customers have played such an integral role in building this new software. It is great to have an opportunity to hear all the interesting things they are doing with this new system."  
Throughout the two-day conference, customers participated in Table Talk, an open dialogue between customers and PDI associates designed to elicit customer feedback on PDI products and strategic direction. The PDI Idea Exchange concluded Monday morning with a Q&A session led by PDI President Greg Gilkerson.

This conference is followed by the NACStech Exposition.

About PDI
PDI provides software, hardware, and professional services to convenience retailers and wholesale petroleum marketers. Worldwide, over 300 companies and over 20,000 retail locations rely on PDI’s systems for retail automation, fuel and warehouse management, business intelligence, financial reporting, and employee selection and training. A wholly-owned subsidiary of McLane Company, PDI continually enhances offerings to leverage new technologies and industry standards.