ForestExpress, a business-to-business integration and catalog content services provider for the forest products industry, signed a multi-year agreement with paper distributor xpedx to process and maintain stock catalog items and supplier activation for the xpedx product catalog.
ForestExpress will provide xpedx, a subsidiary of International Paper, with product information currently managed by xpedx through manual and automated processes. Specifically, the deal includes creation of catalog documents, databases and item/price updates for the xpedx catalog. The transition to ForestExpress is expected to be complete by December.