Dell has selected World Wide Technology (WWT) for supply-chain management of components used in computer systems manufactured at Dell’s new facility in Winston-Salem, N.C. The St. Louis-based company will lease 34,000 square feet of warehouse space in the Deep River West I Building on Pegg Road in High Point, N.C. and plans to initially hire 20 employees by early September.

Interested individuals can access information via the North Carolina Employment Security Commission/JobLink in Winston-Salem.

World Wide Technology, a Dell Diversity Supplier and the largest African-American owned company in the United States, is a leading provider of technology and supply-chain solutions to customers and suppliers around the world.

In North Carolina, WWT will provide Dell material planning, procurement, inventory management and replenishment. The agreement is an expansion of the Dell/WWT Alpha Supplier Program, through which Dell was able to consolidate relationships with more than 50 suppliers to WWT, further streamlining its production process.

WWT currently has operations in Austin, Texas; Nashville, Tenn.; Reno, Nev.; and West Chester, Ohio, where it provides full vendor-managed inventory support at Dell U.S. manufacturing facilities and fulfillment centers.

Founded in 1990 with headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, World Wide Technology Holding Co., Inc. is a leading provider of technology and supply chain solutions to customers and suppliers around the world. With over $1.4 billion in sales, WWT Holding, through its industry-specific operating companies, World Wide Technology and Telcobuy.com, specializes in helping customers rapidly build and deploy technology infrastructure on-time and cost-effectively.