Bel / Kaukauna U.S.A. Selects SPS Commerce’s Hosted EDI Service
Leading Cheese Supplier to Use SPS’ Service to Electronically Trade Documents With 42 Retail Customers
Saint Paul, Minn., Sept. 21, 2004 - SPS Commerce, the leader in Supply Chain Integration Services for small and mid-sized businesses, announced today that Bel / Kaukauna U.S.A. has selected SPS’ hosted Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) services. Bel / Kaukauna U.S.A. is a leading supplier of cheese snacks including Kaukauna Cheese®, The Laughing Cow®, WisPride®, Owl’s Nest®, Merkts®, Mini Babybel®, Price*s® and Connoisseur® brands. As a hosted service, SPS eliminates the time and expense of implementing an in-house EDI solution and enables suppliers to more rapidly comply with customers’ requirements, while maintaining focus on the marketing and production of their products. Bel / Kaukauna U.S.A. will use SPS’ service offerings to enable its staff to easily communicate order, inventory and shipping information using EDI with 42 trading partners in the grocery industry, including Albertsons, Associated Wholesaler, Costco, Giant Eagle, Kroger, Safeway, Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart and Winn Dixie. In addition, this information will also be integrated directly into Bel / Kaukauna U.S.A.’s internal accounting and inventory solutions.
"Bel / Kaukauna U.S.A.’s focus is on developing, producing and selling high quality cheese products." said Paul LeMere, I.S. Manager of Bel / Kaukauna U.S.A. "By using an Internet-based service for EDI compliance with our trading partners, we can more fully engage our resources towards this primary objective. When surveying the offerings in the marketplace, SPS’ suite of service, experience and low cost of ownership made them the most attractive alternative to our internal system. We are pleased to be teaming with them to connect to our many retail customers."
"SPS Commerce is pleased to have been selected by Bel / Kaukauna U.S.A. as its EDI service," said Archie Black, chief executive officer of SPS Commerce. "Our expansive suite of services is designed to aid mid-size manufacturers and distributors in complying with their retail customers’ communication requirements. We understand our customers’ need to focus on their core business. As a service, SPS is unique in offering infrastructure and maintenance free EDI, a deep understanding of retailers’ compliance requirements and a responsive staff to ensure satisfaction - all at an affordable price."
About SPS Commerce
SPS Commerce is the leading provider of Hosted Integration 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 supply chain integration by providing a superior alternative to complicated, lengthy and expensive traditional software deployments. To date, more than 52,000 manufacturers have used SPSCommerce.net to help integrate to their supply chains of more than 700 retailers and distributors. SPSCommerce.net is widely used and integrated by companies running a variety of ERP systems including 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. For additional information, please contact SPS Commerce at 651-603- 4400 or visit www.spscommerce.com.
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