Apparel and Specialty Retailer Streamlines Receiving and Warehousing Operations with Suppliers Using ASN’s and UCC Labeling
Minneapolis, Minn., June 29, 2005 – SPS Commerce, the leader in hosted EDI software, announced today that Too, Inc. (NYSE:TOO), a leading specialty retailer for young girls, will further automate its supply chain using SPS Commerce’s Community Enablement and hosted EDI services with its domestic suppliers. By mid-summer, Too, Inc. will have implemented SPS’ hosted service as its exclusive EDI system. Then to ensure wide adoption of its automated order management process, SPS’ Community Enablement campaign will target to enable Too, Inc.’s vendors. The enablement program includes the opportunity for Too, Inc. suppliers to utilize SPS Commerce’s EDI Testing Service or one of its hosted transaction services to meet Too’s electronic order management requirements, including purchase orders, Advance Ship Notices (ASNs) and bar code labels. The partnership will support Too in its effort to increase the throughput of its current distribution center in Etna Township, Ohio.
“With more than 600 stores nationwide and growing, Too, Inc. realized that it needed to improve its processes that manage supplier shipments to its distribution center,” said John Moore, Senior Vice President, CIO and Logistics at Too, Inc. “By automating our ship-to-DC orders using ASNs and standardized labeling, we could greatly improve our receiving rates and better allocate warehouse space and resources. SPS Commerce offered us a rapid and cost-effective means to automate the information flow with our vendors. Our decision to team with SPS Commerce was an easy one given their proven track record of successful supplier enablement programs, existing relationships with many of our suppliers, and reliable hosted EDI services. We are pleased to have teamed with SPS Commerce in this initiative and are delighted with its progress.”
“We are pleased to welcome Too, Inc. and its suppliers to our community,” said Archie Black, chief executive officer of SPS Commerce. “Growing retailers with broad supplier bases, like Too, are finding that they can reap the benefits of an automated order management system without the hassle and high cost by using a hosted EDI service. Our professional EDI experts are already well on their way to achieving another highly successful enrollment campaign and hosted EDI implementation with Too and its domestic suppliers. As the first phase of this initiative, we look forward to helping Too continue to further automate their global supply chain.”
About Too, Inc.
Too, Inc. is a leading specialty retailer for young girls. At Limited Too, the company sells sportswear, related accessories, footwear, lifestyle and personal care products for active, fashion-aware `tween (ages 7 to 14) girls. Limited Too currently operates 566 stores in 46 states and Puerto Rico, and has a select number of international franchised stores. Limited Too publishes a catalog coinciding with key `tween shopping times throughout the year and conducts e-commerce on its Web site, www.limitedtoo.com. Justice is the company`s newest specialty retail concept for young girls, offering sportswear, key accessories and lifestyle items to value-conscious customers, predominantly in off the mall store locations. Justice currently operates 56 stores in 19 states.
About SPS Commerce
SPS Commerce is the leading provider of Hosted EDI Services to the retail and distribution supply chain. Through its online service platform, SPSCommerce.net delivers technologies like EDI, UPC Catalogs, Item Synchronization and Online Ordering sites. SPS Commerce dramatically lowers the setup and on-going costs, along with the time and risks of traditional EDI software by providing a superior alternative to complicated, lengthy and expensive traditional software deployments. Today, more than 9,000 companies are outsourcing their EDI to SPS Commerce. SPSCommerce.net is widely used by companies running a variety of ERP systems including Oracle, NetSuite, SAP, Epicor, Great Plains, QuickBooks, Macola, MAS 90/200 & 500, Microsoft Business Solutions applications, Peachtree and many more. SPS Commerce is headquartered in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn.
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