Richmond, California. Laner Electric Supply Co., Inc. (LESCO)(Laner.com) is in the final beta-testing phase of a system that will allow its in-store customers to enter their own orders using lightweight, hand-held wireless bar-code scanning devices. Orders entered via the wireless bar-code method will go directly into LESCO's order processing system in real-time and, when completed by the customer, directly to the warehouse floor for fulfillment. The system is part of a wireless bar-code add-on module to FORESITE, the company's enterprise-wide inventory, order, and accounting management system, made by Key Data Systems Group (KDSG) in Fresno, California (www.keydat.com ). Full rollout of wireless order entry at LESCO is expected within 60 days. Sample pictures of the process can be found on the web at http://www.laner.com/wireless.htm

Once implemented, the system will allow customers at LESCO's thriving will-call counter to browse display boards with samples of some 4,000 commonly used items mounted to them. Next to each sample item will be an associated label or group of labels (for different sizes / colors / etc.), each showing a bar-coded SKU number, the manufacturer's name, part number, and a brief description.

The order entry process is quick and easy. After a bar-coded label is scanned, the display shows the customer his or her specific pricing, including any available quantity discounts, and prompts for a desired quantity. After a quantity is entered FORESITE checks the availability of the product in question and reports any potential back-order to the customer. If a back order is likely, the customer is given the option to modify the quantity or delete the product from the order. After the desired quantity is finalized, a running total of the number of line items and dollar value ordered is displayed and the customer is prompted to scan the label of the next desired product.

The process continues in this way until all desired products have been entered, at which point the wireless terminal is surrendered to any of LESCO's sales personnel for final processing. Rep's can then use any desktop P.C. or dumb-terminal to review the order and alter or append it before generating a warehouse picking ticket. In normal circumstances, assuming minimal additional processing of the order, a picking ticket is active in the warehouse within a minute of the customer completing the order. Custo mers that have received demonstrations of the system have universally reported that they are impressed with its speed and ease of use and have stated their desire to begin using it as soon as possible.

LESCO has already deployed real-time wireless bar-code technology extensively throughout its operation and has been using it with great success for the last couple of years. LESCO warehouse personnel routinely use their wireless terminals for Purchase Order Receiving, Put-away, Product Location Tracking, UPC to SKU Linking, Sales Order Picking, UPS Tracking Number Capture, Label Printing and Physical Count routines

James Laner President of LESCO said, "LESCO is always looking for ways to drive down transaction costs and empower its users with the data they need to get the job done efficiently and effectively. We have realized significant gains in accuracy and productivity from our operations department by implementing real-time wireless bar-coding and location-driven logistics in our warehouse. Introducing wireless order entry to our customers will bring some much needed relief to our inside sales team. By giving our in-person customers the power to rapidly process their own routine transactions for commodity-class items, our inside sales crew will be able to focus on adding value and selling up. Our customer will save time and get better service, and we will be able to better support our outside sales effort. This solves a problem that has been a source of pain for us forever."

Mr. Laner is also a co-founder and partner in KDSG. He contributed to the overall design and architecture of the FORESITE software suite, and is the principal designer and author of the wireless bar-code add-on module to FORESITE.

Jeffrey Kaufman, Managing General Partner of KDSG and the principal designer and author of the FORESITE system said, "We have designed FORESITE to be a world-class enterprise-wide management system that integrates all of the departmental functions typically found in wholesale distribution environment. Our mission, when we set out to build FORESITE, was to ensure that we created a system that is cost-effective, easy to implement and manage, and which scales-up as the business grows. Our users will readily attest to the fact that we have succeeded in this mission. We also wanted to ensure that our system would be able to evolve and integrate quickly and easily with third party technologies. Our integration of wireless bar-code technologies - and soon internet / extranet capabilities - is further proof that we have succeeded."

Laner Electric Supply Co., Inc. has been in business since 1984 and is a full-line distributor of electrical, lighting and telcom products serving the contractor marketplace. The company owns and operates www.laner.com , an e-commerce enabled website for electrical, lighting, and telcom supplies that is also directly integrated into its FORESITE enterprise-wide inventory / order management system.

Key Data Systems Group, founded in 1991, is a provider of world-class turnkey management information systems and technology integration services to wholesale distribution firms. Its primary product its FORESITE, a scalable, multi-user, real-time, enterprise wide system that manages and integrates the inventory, order tracking and accounting management process typically found in wholesale distribution environments.

For information concerning this press release, please contact:

					James R. Laner
					Laner Electric Supply Co., Inc.
					1310 South 51st Street
					Richmond, Ca 94804
					510-215-5520 ext. 110 (Direct Dial)
					jimlaner@laner.com