Stone Edge Technologies, Inc. Named One of the Top 100 Fastest-Growing, Privately-Held Businesses in the Philadelphia Region

Owner Credits Personalized Customer Service and Active User Community for Success

(PRWEB) October 31, 2005 -- Blue Bell, PA-based Stone Edge Technologies, Inc. was named one of the top 100 fastest-growing, privately-held businesses in the Philadelphia region by the Philadelphia 100®, a joint project of the Wharton Small Business Development Center, the Entrepreneurs Forum of Greater Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Business Journal. Ranked 61 out of 100, the software company’s position was announced at the award banquet held Thursday evening, October 27th, at the Wyndham Philadelphia at Franklin Plaza hotel.

Founder and owner, Barney Stone, commented, “We are thrilled to be recognized as one of the fastest growing businesses in Philadelphia. It shows that our hard work is paying off, and we are proud of the fact that we are contributing to the economic vitality of the region.”

The company is the developer of the Stone Edge Order Manager, the leading back-office system for single and multi-channel merchants. The Order Manager makes Web, Point-of-Sale and traditional mail order businesses easier to manage by providing practical customer, inventory and order management tools. It also provides the ability to download and process orders and manage inventory from multiple shopping carts, walk-in sales, and traditional mail-order in one shared system, while retaining the branding of each individual store.

“Our business model is based on personalized customer service. Many of our customers have used our software for years. Their feedback has led us to incorporate many new features into the Order Manager which in turn has contributed to our growth,” said Stone. The Stone Edge User Forum (http://www.StoneEdge.net/Forum), with more than 650 members and approximately 30 active topics at any given time, is one avenue for communicating feedback. OpticsPlanet.com, an active member of the user community, has been a Stone Edge customer since 2003. According to Elena Dubova, Marketing Manager, “The customer support provided by Stone Edge is outstanding. With personal attention, knowledgeable staff, and the User Forum, our technical support needs are met instantaneously.”

Higher Power Supplies.com has also been a Stone Edge customer since 2003. Prior to installing the program, the company used its own database, order taking, and order processing software. Post-implementation, the company easily fulfills twice the number of orders it used to without additional employees. Most importantly, customer service personnel are able to spend more time on the phone with customers taking orders and up-selling products instead of spending a large part of their day performing data entry. “We truly appreciate this software,” said owner and President Bryan Holmes, “It’s greatly simplified many of our operating procedures. We are looking forward to seeing just how many orders we can process before being overwhelmed. We are definitely not there yet!”

It’s likely that Higher Power Supplies.com will never be overwhelmed by more orders than they can handle. Features such as automatic approval rules and the Multi-Order Processor allow users to process hundreds of orders at a time. According to Stone, “Our competitive edge is that we offer merchants a robust, multi-channel order management tool that will meet or exceed their needs and expectations, at a price they can easily afford.” The software sells for $995, the lowest price of any full-featured order management system for small and medium-sized retailers.

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About Stone Edge Technologies, Inc.
Since 1999 Stone Edge Technologies, Inc. has concentrated on the development of utility programs for managing small-to-medium ecommerce sites that use off-the-shelf or custom shopping cart programs. Their main product is the Stone Edge Order Manager, a complete back-office system for single and multi-channel merchants. The Order Manager makes Web, point-of-sale and traditional mail order businesses easier to manage by providing practical customer, inventory and order management tools.

Media Contact
Megan Marschka
Stone Edge Technologies, Inc.
(215) 641-1837 X117
www.StoneEdge.com

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