New York-based Venator Group Inc., which operates Foot Locker, Lady Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker and Champs Sports, has chosen St. Paul, MN-based SPS Commerce Inc.’s Catalog Services to automate electronic commerce supply chains transactions with its small and mid-sized suppliers and to expedite deliveries to its stores.
Venator said it will use SPS' Catalog Service to electronically integrate and automatically update its universal product code catalog data and ticketing and labeling information for the small- to mid-sized vendors that Venator traditionally communicated with via phone, fax or mail.
"We purchase from numerous vendors across the globe, so ensuring we have the most up-to-date and accurate product, pricing and shipping information from our suppliers can be complex and time consuming," said Joe Mills, director - system development of Venator Group. "SPS' Online Catalog Service cost-effectively connects us with our suppliers via the web and synchronizes their UPC catalogs with our internal systems. This eliminates costly errors associated with paper-based purchasing and streamlines the order fulfillment and delivery process for us and our suppliers."
Venator will utilize SPS' hosted business-to-business catalog services to process UPC catalog data, as well as to update and edit product and pricing information. In addition, Venator will use SPS' browser-based synchronization agent tools to develop customized schedules to automatically update the company's core system and item masters with vendor changes.
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