Cooper Wiring Devices Adds Online Customer Support Services


COOPER WIRING DEVICES LAUNCHES NEW WEB SITE OFFERING EXPANDED ONLINE CUSTOMER SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDING SECURE ONLINE ORDERING

Long Island City, New York, October 22, 2003- Cooper Wiring Devices (CWD) has launched a newly-expanded Web site featuring a host of customer-dedicated services available online 24/7, including online ordering, order tracking information, E-mail confirmation of shipments, downloadable digital product photos, and training assistance.

According to CWD Marketing Manager, Dan Carazo, "This major Cooper Web site redesign and expansion expedites and protects the dialog between the company and its customers - essentially electrical distributors, retailers and OEM segments of the electrical marketplace. We are taking a page out of recent NAED surveys, which demonstrate significant growth in our industry from increased reliance on the Internet as a primary source of product information. Our new Web site will greatly improve our service to customers by providing easy access to several critical tools designed to help improve their business operations. At the same time, these free services will help our customers reduce their costs and conserve their time in doing business with us."

The most significant change, Carazo explains, is the addition of password-protected online product ordering - allowing customers to enter orders 24/7. The new Customer Support page also provides greater ease in obtaining the latest information on products with minute-by-minute order tracking, available training tools, and downloadable digital product photos for customer promotions.

"The improved, highly navigable Web site is the key to our focus on improving our customer relationships. All vital customer information is protected by password after registration."

The company's objective with the new Web site, he says, is to provide customers with more useful value-added support while reducing overall order errors, paperwork, telephone and fax use. The InfoCenterT finds order status information , while the automatic e-ZAPT provides email confirmation of orders received and orders shipped.

The DownloadPixT photo library enables Web site users to search for and download available digital product photography for their own promotional use. The new training modules, beginning with GFCI devices, provide online testing and can be adapted for individual user needs.

"All those eligible for CWD Online Customer Support can readily register for a password at www.cooperwiringdevices.com by clicking on "Customer Support" to register," says Carazo.

Headquartered in Long Island City, New York, Cooper Wiring Devices is a division of Cooper Industries that provides over 10,000 electrical wiring device products for industrial, commercial and residential applications. Web site: www.cooperwiringdevices.com.


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