In May of 1981, Specialty Optical Systems original business plan was to distribute microscopes, optical systems and technical lighting to high tech companies throughout the Southwest. The business started on a breakfast room table and operated out of the Petty’s home until moving to their own building in 1982.
Over time the business evolved and embraced technology by partnering with our larger customers to offer integrated consignment throughout multiple locations and companies. Through this business model SOS performed at nearly 100% fulfillment and customer satisfaction. This lead to opportunities to expand the products we sold within these companies to over 4,000 SKU’s.
SOS was an early adopter of eCommerce and utilized it’s inventory to offer products online. The strategy was and is to create specific websites which feature product categories which resulted in four specific eCommerce sites.