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Ingram Micro
Annual Report
truly global IT distributor, one that is poised to take
advantage of long-term opportunities.To capitalize on
the industry revolution, we developed strategies for the
future that leverage our role as the power behind the
scenes for technology resellers, manufacturers and
electronic commerce businesses. Our unique global
scale, unmatched infrastructure and state-of-the-art
systems are a crucial and unbeatable combination,
firmly planting us in a role more critical than ever in
the technology industry.
Our advantages enable us to manage large customer
outsourcing opportunities and offer our inventory-
management and fulfillment capabilities to manufacturers
on a fee-for-service basis.Throughout the year, we
intensely focused on winning major outsourcing deals
facilities in Toronto and Germany, and enhancing our
facilities worldwide. By completing the acquisition of
Electronic Resources Limited (ERL) in Asia-Pacific, we
accomplished our mission of becoming the only global
wholesale provider of technology products and services.
Moving Forward
Ingram Micro may not be a household name, but we
are the largest technology distributor in the world and a
Fortune 50 company.We don’t make the technology you
use each day, but we touch it — quietly, effectively and
cost-efficiently getting it from the people who make it to
the people who use it. Evolving and leveraging our role as
the power behind the world’s technology will enhance
value-added services for our partners, opportunities for
with large-scale global market players, including
CompUSA, Unisys and SARCOM in the United States,
and GE Capital,Telenor and IMS in Europe. On
the manufacturer side, we became the logistics
partner for Microsoft’s retail and home division and
3Com’s Web-based consumer sales. These agreements
launch our core strengths and existing capabilities into
a whole new area of growth for Ingram Micro.
Our 1999 investments in systems and infrastructure
strengthened our global position at the forefront of
technology.These investments included advancing our
global e-commerce network into an innovative, award-
winning online community, opening state-of-the-art
our associates and benefits for our shareowners in
the new millennium.
I am confident that the years ahead will provide
each of us as shareowners the return we expect from
our investment. We at Ingram Micro work each day
to continue building the leadership, infrastructure and
strength that make us successful now and for the future.
Jerre L. Stead
Chairman of the Board
Ingram Micro Inc.