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January 19, 2004 12:00 PM ET

Computerworld - Retailer Outsources EDI Supply Chain
Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Inc. is outsourcing its electronic data interchange (EDI) supply chain to Global Exchange Services Inc. in Gaithersburg, Md. Tweeter, which has 174 consumer electronics retail stores, will use GXS's Logistics Visibility product to track orders and shipments, with the goal of improving the management of inventory, staff and supplier invoices, and other business processes.
Martha Stewart CIO Moves to Bluegreen
Bluegreen Corp., a Boca Raton, Fla.-based developer and marketer of time-share resorts and residential subdivisions, has hired Sheila Beauchesne, 38, as CIO. She will be responsible for the IT infrastructure, as well as all database and advanced marketing technology.
Beauchesne had been senior vice president and CIO at New York-based Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. since 1999. She has also held executive positions at the North American Rental Group of AutoNation Inc. and Blockbuster Entertainment.
Prudential Names Successor to CIO
Prudential Financial has named Barbara G. Koster to replace CIO William D. Friel, who is retiring after 16 years at the company. Koster joined Prudential in 1995 as vice president of policy administration and management systems and was most recently CIO of Prudential Individual Life Insurance. In that role, she oversaw the LaunchPad program, which provided laptops to Prudential's field force and enabled mobile access to product and customer information. In her new position, she will be responsible for IT companywide.


Barbara G. Koster, incoming CIO at Prudential Financial

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