SPS COMMERCE SIGNS PARTNER AGREEMENT WITH PLUMRIVER
-- E-Commerce Provider Will Offer SPS` File Integration Service to Assist FACTS Customers Electronically Manage Order Information --
St. Paul, Minn., June 1, 2004 - SPS Commerce, the leading Supply Chain Integration Service provider, today announced a partner agreement with PlumRiver LLC, a provider of B2B Web solutions for manufacturers and distributors of footwear, apparel, and sporting goods. PlumRiver will resell SPS` File Integration Service along with other products and services for clients leveraging the PlumRiver B2B ERP integration infrastructure to include EDI transactions. These outsourced EDI services will allow PlumRiver customers to gain the efficiencies of fully automated EDI, without the initial and on-going costs associated with maintaining EDI infrastructure and technologies.
"A number of our customers are in need of a cost-effective, proven solution that will fully integrate with their back-end systems to leverage the power of their electronic transactions," said Whitney Johnson, a Principal at PlumRiver. "SPS Commerce has the depth of experience and breadth of offerings that makes their services the perfect complement to our solutions for our customers." John Marchione, a Principal at PlumRiver also notes that, "SPS Commerce was the only Supply Chain provider that has implemented a model which dramatically reduces the cost and complexity of mapping customer data formats. In addition, SPS Commerce is the only vendor we evaluated offering a unique hybrid EDI service. The combination of integrated and web-based services offered by SPS Commerce allows us to implement fully automated solutions leveraging our B2B platform without interrupting our customers EDI compliance processes. As we complete the full back-end automation of each trading partner`s required document sets, our clients can discontinue the web-based interfaces. This approach provides a nearly zero risk approach to the migration to fully automated EDI."
Founded in 2000, PlumRiver is a leading provider of B2B software solutions that leverages over 30 years of experience in design and development of enterprise class software and supply chain solutions to improve customer service and operational efficiency for companies that sell products to specialty retailers. PlumRiver will utilize SPS for fast integration with its B2B platform and its customers` existing IT infrastructure and ERP systems to fully automate EDI processes through a single hosted interface. This agreement with SPS will leverage the domain expertise of both companies, who have extensive experience servicing the sporting goods, footwear, and apparel markets.
Under the new agreement, PlumRiver will receive sales training and support from SPS. The relationship will extend SPS Commerce`s reach into the lucrative small and mid-sized business market for e-commerce services. SPS expects to broker many similar additional partner agreements through their Business Development team over the course of 2004.
"SPS Commerce welcomes the opportunity to extend our reach into the sporting goods and apparel sectors through this agreement with a segment leader such as PlumRiver," said Archie Black, CEO of SPS Commerce. "We look forward to helping PlumRiver extend the value of their services to customers while increasing our position as the supply chain integration leader for the SMB market."
About PlumRiver
PlumRiver LLC, founded in 2000, is a leading provider of B2B software solutions for companies that sell their products to specialty retailers, and who are looking for ways to improve customer service and operational efficiency. Our solutions are designed to integrate with existing IT infrastructure and ERP systems quickly, extending your reach to your customers and to your sales force over the Web. PlumRiver`s applications are targeted at manufacturers and distributors of all sizes who sell their products to hundreds of customers directly and through an in-house or independent sales force.
About SPS Commerce
SPS Commerce is the leading provider of hosted supply chain integration services. The company specializes in managing trading partner enablement and management programs to increase the depth and/or breadth of integration with trading partners - especially small and mid-sized partners. Our solution has helped many large retailers and distributors, electronically enable and integrate over 52,000 trading partners into their e-supply chain. For more information, visit www.spscommerce.com or call (651) 603-4400.
SPS Commerce is a registered trademark of SPS Commerce Inc., spscommerce.net and the SPS Commerce logo are the property of SPS Commerce, Inc. All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
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