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AUTOMATIONDIRECT.COM
Automationdirect.com, originally founded as PLCDirect in 1994, has quickly grown from a tiny PLC company to a well-recognized name in the Industrial
Automation Market. As the first industrial controls company to successfully use a direct sales catalog for Programmable Logic Controllers,
Automationdirect.com uses its cyberspace superstore, in addition to its 800 number, to sell tens of thousands of industrial control products. Its three
driving forces for success are low prices on quality products, fast shipping, and superior customer service. The company's ability to sell high-technology
automation products for very low prices depends on the efficiencies inherent in a direct marketing model. The Cumming facility is its sole lo... Read more
Automation Market. As the first industrial controls company to successfully use a direct sales catalog for Programmable Logic Controllers,
Automationdirect.com uses its cyberspace superstore, in addition to its 800 number, to sell tens of thousands of industrial control products. Its three
driving forces for success are low prices on quality products, fast shipping, and superior customer service. The company's ability to sell high-technology
automation products for very low prices depends on the efficiencies inherent in a direct marketing model. The Cumming facility is its sole lo... Read more
Vision
To be the best and biggest source of industrial control products in North America in the minds of our customers, partners and associates.
Mission
To offer the most practical products at the lowest cost of ownership, shipped the same day.
Additional Culture Details
Our company culture is based on a concept known as Customer Driven Leadership® (CDL). CDL is a methodology for business improvement based on
the servant leader concept that says in order to be a leader, everyone must serve others (customers and one another).
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the servant leader concept that says in order to be a leader, everyone must serve others (customers and one another).
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