Interstate Battery System of America, Inc. announced that it has named Walt Holmes senior vice president for the distributor operations and innovation team.

Interstate Battery System of America, Inc. announced that it has kicked off a project to integrate enterprise routing into its corporate marketing system, Market IQ. Based on Esri's ArcGIS for Transportation Analytics, Market IQ will now provide routing data, sales orders, and marketing information to more than 300 independent and company-owned distributor partners to enhance delivery of Interstate Batteries (IB) products to dealers around the United States. The enhanced solution will allow IB partners to more strategically plan sales opportunities and optimize deliveries while reducing costs and wear and tear on vehicles. Interstate Batteries will incorporate many different conditions to route finding including height, weight, and road restrictions for hazardous material. Each of IB's partners works directly with the Market IQ system, which is an intuitive, Microsoft-based application. Working through the new map-based interface, dealers will be able to more efficiently input and visualize orders by day, week, or month and optimize deliveries to better serve customers. The system's flexibility will enable distributors to adapt their plans and routes to their own specific needs.

Interstate Batteries announced that Scott Miller will take over as president and CEO of the battery company on May 1, 2013. He will take over for Carlos Sepulveda, who has served as president and CEO of the company for the past nine years.