09/09/2004 - National
Alcohol Beverage Control Association (NABCA) Partners with Secant,
Inc. to Support Supplier Reporting Needs
WASHINGTON, DC (September 9, 2004)
The National Alcohol Beverage Control Association (NABCA) and
Secant, Inc. are pleased to announce their alliance to work collaboratively
to improve control state data distribution and transformation
for their mutual client base. Under this alliance, Secant will
collect and transform NABCA provided data on behalf of their mutual
clients. In addition, NABCA and Secant are committed to establishing
better data flows including improved speed of delivery and better
granularity of the control state data.
"NABCA represents an approximate $4.5 billion segment of
the alcohol beverage market in the USA. Suppliers who subscribe
to NABCA and are clients of Secant’s Transformer data collection
services will enjoy the ongoing collection and consolidation of
this strategic controlled market data set without interruption.”
According to Jerry Janicki, Operations Director at NABCA. “We
are excited to work with Secant, they bring a refreshing level
of excitement to the area of data collection and transformation.”
“We see significant benefits to our mutual clients as we
provide a more profound base of information including retail,
inventory and invoice level data,” said Elena Amboyan, Secant
Managing Partner. “We recognize NABCA as a strategic partner
in the industry. “ “NABCA represents over 25% of the
US alcohol beverage market, it was essential that we enable our
clients to seamlessly integrate their control state and open state
data,“ said Anne Carlson, Managing Partner for Secant, Inc.
“Secant is excited to be collaborating with NABCA in providing
the industry with better services. Our combined approach will
enable better data integrity, faster delivery and integration
at the point of collection.”
About NABCA:
Established in 1937, the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association
(NABCA) is the national association representing those political
jurisdictions that directly control the distribution and sale
of beverage alcohol within their borders. Headquartered in the
Washington, DC area, NABCA serves its members as an information
clearinghouse, compiling over six million pages of statistical
data each year, publishing annual surveys of state operations;
and as a resource for informational and educational materials.
NABCA also serves as the liaison for the control jurisdictions
to the federal government, the thirty-two license states and the
alcohol beverage industry. For more information visit the NABCA
website at http://www.nabca.org.
About Secant, Inc. :
Secant, Inc. is an independent consulting corporation specializing
in helping companies in the Consumer Packaged Goods and Alcohol
Beverage industry. Secant’s product offering, Transformer,
facilitates the collection and transformation of disparate data
from distributors and national accounts, providing manufacturers
with a clear view of their performance through the supply chain.
This product offering is a strategic alternative to the current
data collection and reporting landscape. Secant understands the
complexities of the alcohol beverage industry and the need for
collaboration throughout its supply chain. Secant combines strategic,
technical, operational, and organizational expertise with proven,
disciplined approaches. With an emphasis on accuracy, integrity
as well as improved frequency and coverage, Secant has structured
their data collection and cleansing product offering to enable
a broader business intelligence vision. Secant’s product
offering design is extremely flexible, enabling companies to maximize
their current technology investments. Suppliers can choose to
deploy data collection processes in their own environment or through
Secant’s service model. Secant has additional product offerings
that support the flow of survey and promotion data within and
throughout the supply chain.
