Datalliance Hires European General Manager to Continue Growth of Vendor Managed Inventory

CINCINNATI, OH--(Marketwired - Sep 30, 2014) - Datalliance today announced that Yves Boelpaep has joined the Datalliance European organization as General Manager, Datalliance European Operations. In his role as General Manager, Mr. Boelpaep will be the senior manager focused on the strategies and tactics to continue the growth of the Datalliance Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) platform and service throughout Europe. He will be located in the Datalliance European headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. 

"We are very excited to have Yves Boelpaep join our European organization," stated Carl Hall, Datalliance CEO and President. "With our steady expansion in Europe over the past several years we needed a top caliber executive that could focus 100% of their time and efforts on the continued development of our European organization and support of our expanding customer base in the region. Yves brings a unique combination of VMI and ebusiness experience, technical expertise, business strategy proficiency, and organizational development skills to his role as general manager. He has a proven track record in leading diverse groups of sales, technical and support individuals dispersed over a variety of cultures and geographic areas. We look forward to having Yves as part of our senior management team."

Yves Boelpaep, General Manager European Operations, commented, "Joining an industry leader such as Datalliance is both a great opportunity and challenge for me. They have achieved unparalleled success in the VMI market and support many of the world's largest, global organizations. In Europe, we will continue to focus on helping U.S. companies that use our VMI service in North America expand their VMI programs to Europe, as well as helping European companies gain the proven benefits of VMI. I look forward to managing the continued expansion of both our customer base and the organization required to support these customers in Europe." 

About Datalliance
Datalliance is the world's largest independent Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) service provider. Delivered as a cloud-based platform backed by extensive customer service, Datalliance VMI makes it easy for suppliers and their customers to establish sales and inventory management relationships that fully align business objectives, improve collaboration, and streamline supply chain operations. Datalliance manages billions of dollars in orders, millions of SKUs, and thousands of locations worldwide for leading companies in consumer, industrial and healthcare markets. For more information about Datalliance, visit www.datalliance.com.

Datalliance's ongoing expansion in Europe has included the addition of customer care and account management personnel in the company's European Headquarters located in Brussels. Datalliance is now being used to provide Europe-wide VMI services by manufacturers in all three primary Datalliance target markets: consumer, industrial and healthcare. Datalliance is being used by manufacturers to manage thousands of inventory locations in 41 countries worldwide, including hundreds of locations in South America, Asia, and Australia in addition to North America and Europe.