J Sainsbury Extends Relationship With Kewill
SALE, England, October 31 -- J Sainsbury PLC, one of the UK`s leading retailers, is extending its relationship with Kewill Systems Plc, the supply chain execution solutions provider. The new contract will extend the deployment of Kewill Trade across all remaining GNFR suppliers effectively providing Sainsbury`s with a 100% electronic trading environment across its trading partners in the GFR and GNFR sectors.
The contract builds on Kewill`s existing relationship with Sainsbury`s whereby Goods For Resale (GFR) and Goods Not For Resale (GNFR) suppliers have been electronically enabled via Kewill Trade, an Internet based order management solution.
The business drivers for deploying the solution are:
- To allow Sainsbury`s to send orders to their GNFR suppliers who currently receive orders via fax, telephone, or e-mail with no change to Sainsbury`s internal systems.
- To allow suppliers to view orders from Sainsbury`s over the Internet.
- To enable suppliers to create invoices and send them to Sainsbury`s electronically via the Internet.
"Kewill Trade is continuing to help us reduce the time consuming and resource intensive administration processes as invoices are re-keyed", explains John Green, Head of Procurement, at Sainsbury`s. "The system enables us to streamline our business and system processes and reduce inaccuracies and delays in order fulfilment thereby increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of our supply chain operations. Sainsbury`s has experienced significant cost savings in its GFR and GNFR supply chain operations for a number of years through the use of the Kewill Trade solution and this extension will deliver a further level of benefit over the 3 year contract period."
Jacquie Boast, Managing Director of Kewill Solutions Europe, states "We have worked closely with Sainsbury`s over recent years growing from a provider of EDI systems to their suppliers to a strategic partner within their supply chain. Today our business with Sainsbury`s is about delivering sophisticated Internet based solutions which enable their suppliers to trade electronically and provide vital supply chain information back to Sainsbury`s in a timely manner, in order that they can make informed business decisions. We are delighted that Sainsbury`s has decided to grow its relationship with Kewill affirming the confidence and respect that Kewill has within the UK retail sector."
About J Sainsbury
Sainsbury`s was established in 1869 by John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury and is Britain`s longest-standing major food retailing chain. The founders` principles and values guide us as strongly today as they did at the outset - to be the customer`s first choice for food shopping by providing high-quality products, value for money, excellent service and attention to detail. Sainsbury`s employs over 150,000 people. Of these, 60% are part-time and 40% full-time. 62% of employees are women. A large Sainsbury`s store offers over 23,000 products - 40% of these are Sainsbury`s own brand. In addition to a wide range of quality food and grocery products, many stores offer bread baked on the premises, delicatessen, meat and fish counters, pharmacies, coffee shops, restaurants and petrol stations.
14 million people shop at Sainsbury`s supermarkets regularly and there are 721 stores throughout the UK. 10.3 million aluminium cans are recycled at Sainsbury`s stores each year along with 22,000 tonnes of glass.
About Kewill
Kewill Solutions Europe is the European Supply Chain Execution (SCE) division of Kewill Systems Plc, a leading international company dedicated to the development and provision of software and services to manage complex business to business supply chains.
With over 33 years experience in the supply chain space, Kewill Systems is a long-time innovator of SCE software focusing on order management, shipping management, international trade logistics and visibility solutions for global trading communities.
Over 55,000 customers have trusted Kewill Systems Plc for the management of their supply chain information including household names such as Littlewoods, Sainsbury`s, Express Gifts, JD Williams, SRG, Iomega, Marks & Spencer, Xerox, Toys R Us, Federal Express, Pratt & Whitney, Mazda and Smith & Nephew. For more information, visit www.kewill.com.
For more information, please contact: Ruth Roy, Fieldworks, Tel. (UK) +44-(0)1435-873080, ruth.roy@fieldworks.biz
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