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    Prophet 21 backs data warehouse

    Jan. 1, 2003
    Prophet 21, Yardley, Pa., pledged its support of the industrywide data warehouse (IDW) project under development by the Industry Data Exchange Association

    Prophet 21, Yardley, Pa., pledged its support of the industrywide data warehouse (IDW) project under development by the Industry Data Exchange Association (IDEA).

    The company committed to support the IDW within its distributor business systems and through funding as well. "Prophet 21 is making this technology investment as an extension of our commitment to the industry, and our existing and future customers, by partaking in the IDW project," said Charles Boyle, president of Prophet 21. The company also recently announced that five electrical distributors have installed new Prophet 21 computer systems: House of Lights, Cleveland, Ohio; Kay Electric, Conshohocken, Pa.; Melville B. Hall Inc., St. Louis, Mo.; Mustang Electric Supply LLC, Lewisville, Texas; and Silver State Electric Supply, Las Vegas, Nev.

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    Doug Chandler | Senior Staff Writer

    Doug has been reporting and writing on the electrical industry for Electrical Wholesaling and Electrical Marketing since 1992 and still finds the industry’s evolution and the characters who inhabit its companies endlessly fascinating. That was true even before e-commerce, LED lighting and distributed generation began to disrupt so many of the electrical industry’s traditional practices.

    Doug earned a BA in English Literature from the University of Kansas after spending a few years in KU’s William Allen White School of Journalism, then deciding he absolutely did not want to be a journalist. In the company of his wife, two kids, two dogs and two cats, he spends a lot of time in the garden and the kitchen – growing food, cooking, brewing beer – and helping to run the family coffee shop.

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