Thyssen-Krupp Steel North America Selects TradeSense by ISSI to Automate U.S. Import Management -- Project will include integration with SAP

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA (PRWEB) February 22, 2004 --Importers Software Services, Inc. (ISSI"), a leading provider of Global Trade Management solutions and services, today announced that Thyssen-Krupp Steel North America, the U.S. subsidiary of Thyssen-Krupp, a German conglomerate that manufactures and imports various steel products, has selected it to help the company better manage its U.S. import transactions.

According to Leigh Glazer, Manager of Customs Compliance and Entry, After considering a number of vendors, Thyssen selected ISSI because of their functionality and their prior experience with SAP. Also, since one of our primary goals is to bring our customs brokerage in-house, we wanted to work with a company that possessed that embedded capability." Glazer continued, ISSI will help us to reduce costs, improve communication with our overseas mills and increase the overall efficiency of our import process.

It is gratifying that Thyssen-Krupp selected ISSI to be their service provider in this important project. We are confident that our application will permit Thyssen-Krupp to achieve all of its objectives and more," said Richard Wulwick, of ISSI.