News & Events "In the News"

As the leading SaaS EDI service provider, the media have a lot to say about SPS Commerce, its B2B integration services, CPG and retail customers, and partnerships. Here are just a few of the latest articles featuring SPS Commerce.

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• Apparel Magazine: (5/6/08) - Apparel's Top Innovators 2008: Arena Brands, Inc. - SPS' customer, Arena Brands, was awarded this honor by Apparel Magazine for their use of SPS' outsourced EDI services that connect them with 21 trading partners.


• eWeek: (5/1/08) - Blog: Masked Intentions by Mike Vizard: Sustainability: Difference Case Same Arguments - Read how a few SaaS vendors, such as SPS Commerce, are making the case that the use of a software-as-a-service approach to sustainability is a more effective approach because it is easier for the suppliers, distributors and partners that make up an extended enterprise to share data across a single multi-tenant SaaS offering.


• eWeek: (4/30/08) -Cast Iron Releases SPS Integration Solution - SaaS integration specialist, Cast Iron, has partnered with SPS Commerce to enable suppliers to connect back-end systems with SPS’ hosted services. The Cast Iron Integration Solution for SPS, launched April 29, features preconfigured connectivity from the SPSCommerce.net EDI service to all major ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems.


• RIS News: (4/29/08) - CORESense and SPS Commerce Partner to Offer Integrated Supply Chain Solution for Mid-Market Retailers - On-demand EDI provider, SPS Commerce, and CORESense team up to provide mid-market retailers a unique SaaS order fulfillment platform. The combined offerings enable retailers to better leverage their CORESense solution by using SPS' B2B integration and EDI enablement services to automate the sending and receiving of EDI documents such as invoices, purchase orders and shipping documents with their vendors.


• eBizQ: (4/28/08) - CORESense and SPS Commerce Partner for Mid-Market Integrated Supply Chain Solution — Learn how SPS Commerce and CORESense announced that they have teamed to offer a mid-market SaaS order fulfillment solution. The combined offerings automate the sending and receiving of EDI documents using both companies' technology.


• Supply & Demand Chain Executive: (4/25/08) - Freeing Your Organization From Its EDI Mapping Nightmares; Gaining Confidence in Connectivity by Leveraging a Trading Partner Integration Center — Read how forward-thinking manufacturers are freeing themselves from the restrictive software EDI model by opting to outsource their EDI to a third party and using their pre-built maps already in use by other vendors.


• Mobile Logistics: (4/13/08) - Blog: A New EDI for Today's Supply Chain — A Trading Partner Integration Center (TPIC) enables suppliers to connect with their trading partners, streamline packing, and improve their overall supply chain. TPIC solutions are reliable and cost effective, and most importantly, suppliers can apply more resources to their core business. For today's manufacturers, better EDI may just be no EDI.


• Logistics Management: (4/11/08) - Logistics technology: SPS Commerce, Kamino partner up for outsourced EDI services — 3PL Kamino International Logistics has outsourced its EDI function to SPS Commerce to provide a competitive advantage through various added services to its customers, including electric documents or purchase orders, advance ship notices (ASN), and UCC 128 barcode label data that can be sent to myriad supplier/retailer combinations with ease and confidence of data integrity.


• dBusinessNews.com: (4/10/08) - Outsourced EDI Service Delivers Improved Supply Chain Visibility to Suppliers and a Competitive Advantage to Kamino — By partnering and outsourcing Kamino’s EDI department to SPS Commerce, Kamino is able to provide competitive and flexible solutions to its 3PL customers.


• Web Services Journal: (4/10/08) - Kamino International Logistics Strengthens Its Supply Chain Solutions to Its 3PL customers with SPS Commerce's Outsourced EDI — Using SPS' hosted EDI service, a leading 3PL delivers improved supply chain visibility to its customers and gained a competitive advantage.


• Supply & Demand Chain Executive: (4/10/08) - Kamino International Logistics Strengthens Solutions with Outsourced EDI — 3PL, Kamino said it offers vendors a flexible, outsourced logistics solution to the traditional fixed costs of physical, company-owned warehouses as well as global visibility into their supply chain using SPS' SaaS (software-as-a-service) EDI services to ensure data compliance with their retail customers.


• STORES Magazine: (4/8/08) - SaaS Offering Calms Supply Chain Waters for Boater’s World — Bolstering EDI is the emergence of SaaS or on-demand solutions, through which retailers and suppliers are able to access these capabilities at more competitive costs by eliminating the need to license applications. The second-largest U.S. marine supply retailer selected SPS' hosted B2B integration and outsourced EDI enablement services to connect with its vendors, regardless of size, and improve its Advance Ship Notice (ASN) process.


• Retail Solutions Online: (4/4/08) - Exceed Expectations With EDI Solution; Arena Brands Case Study — Like many suppliers, Arena Brands has a small IT staff and faced the daily challenge of too many projects and not resources. Its EDI system was no exception. When its retail customers began requiring Advance Ship Notices (ASNs) and other advanced EDI requirements, Arena’s Corporate IT Director turned to SPS Commerce and subscribed to outsourced B2Bi service using SPS' proven EDI integration with Oracle.


• Supply Chain Market : (3/28/08) - SaaS EDI Visionary, Jim Frome, Named a 2008 Pro to Know — Jim has again been named a Provider Pro to Know by Supply & Demand Chain Executive. This distinction is a listing of individuals from a software firm or service provider, consultancy, or analyst or research firm who have a vision for the 21st century supply chain and have personally helped clients apply technology or processes to modernize their supply chains.


• RIS News : (3/27/08) - Arena Brands Outsources its EDI Operations — A leading western apparel retailer recognized that it had a small IT staff and faced the daily challenge of too many projects and not enough staff or resources. Arena has completely outsourced their EDI to SPS Commerce. By outsourcing, Arena relieved its EDI operations and could focus more on other IT projects. Today, Arena can bring on new trading partners in a day or two.


• Supply & Demand Chain Executive : (3/11/08) - 2008 Supply & Demand Chain Executive Pros to Know — SPS' Jim Frome (hyperlink Jim Frome to http://www.spscommerce.com/n_co/jim_frome.shtml) is honored as a supply chain leader who is helping to build more efficient and reliable supply chains for the 21st century.


• The New York Times: (3/3/08) - SPS Develops Application On NetSuite Platform. — On-demand EDI service provider SPS Commerce introduces a new application for manufacturers who need supply chain management visibility. Built using the NetSuite Business Operating System (NS-BOS), this Supply Chain add-on for NetSuite allows for end-to-end visibility and automation in one system when working with trading partners.


• Inc.com: (3/3/08) - SPS Develops Application On NetSuite Platform; The Supply Chain add-on allows end-to-end visibility and automation. — SPS Commerce unveils a supply chain visibility solution built using the NetSuite Business Operating System. The solution uses SPS Commerce's multi-tenant trading partner integration center (TPIC) to build an application targeting companies in need of EDI services.


• TMCnet: (2/29/08) — SPS Commerce unveils a supply chain visibility solution built using the NetSuite Business Operating System. The solution uses SPS Commerce's multi-tenant trading partner integration center (TPIC) to build an application targeting companies in need of EDI services.


• Manufacturing Business Technology: (2/27/08) — SPS Commerce Experiences 580 Percent Growth of Its B2B Integration Services' Multi-Party Capabilities; 700 3PLs and Sourcing Companies Join SPSCommerce.net in 2007; SaaS Model and Expanded Capabilities Drive 98 Percent Increase in Revenue from SPS' Integrated EDI Service and 78 Percent Increase in Revenue from its Chinese Operations. SPS Commerce's hosted EDI services expand in 2007 in North America and overseas.


• Logistics Online : (2/21/08) — EDI maps are difficult to maintain, as retailers often change mapping rules with little or no notice to manufacturers. Even the slightest change to an EDI map has major ramifications. If a retailer isn’t aware that goods are coming, for example, they may refuse shipments from a 3PL or transportation provider. With no warning of impending changes, manufacturers inevitably ship materials with mapping errors, and incur huge costs when the materials are turned away or delayed at the shipping dock.


• Supply Chain Market: (2/21/08) — EDI maps are at the heart of the retail supply chain, but without a way to adapt them in real time, manufacturers are bogged down with unnecessary costs, chargebacks, and time delays. This article discusses the challenges of EDI mapping and how a SaaS, multi-tenant solution eliminate these challenges.


• Retail Solutions Online: (2/21/08) — Freeing Your Organization From Its EDI Mapping Nightmares, by SPS' Jim Frome. Consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers face a double-edged sword. They want to grow their business and sell to the big-name retailers, yet owning and maintaining the necessary EDI software to interface with these large and complex organizations can break the bank. Beyond the steep EDI software and hardware costs, the technical expertise required to continually program, revise, and maintain EDI maps is extremely expensive.


• Supply & Demand Chain Executive: (2/16/08) — SPS' Jim Frome discusses how suppliers can meet the EDI challenges of international sourcing using a SaaS integration solution.


• Manufacturing.net: EDI: Connecting Today’s Global Supply Chain Partners By Jim Frome, Strategy Officer & Executive Vice President of SPS Commerce. (2/5/08) — The globalization of consumer packaged goods (CPG) businesses makes relying on in-house EDI systems impractical. This article explores how SaaS EDI can connect all trading partners, including 3PLs, sourcing companies, freight forwarders, and more - regardless of their location.


• ITBusinessEdge: (1/30/08) —Loraine Lawson discusses recent B2B integration trends and when its appropriate to 'revisiting situations where you’re using EDI to determine if a SaaS integration solution might be more efficient or save you money – or both.'


• InfoWorld: Reality Check - SaaS means Business-to-Business (1/29/08) — SaaS EDI is has seen some very large suppliers converting to an outsourced trading partner integration center. Ephraim Schwartz examines this trend in his Reality Check column.


• WallSt.net: Audio Interview with SPS CEO, Archie Black (1/17/08) — Mr. Black discusses SPS Commerce, the SaaS model for B2B integration, and global supply chain trends.


• TMCnet: EDI Service Provider SPS Commerce Joins NetSuite's SuiteFlex Developer Program (12/11/07) — Leading SaaS EDI and ERP organizations partner to offer integrated solutions to streamline communications between the outsourced services.


• Supply Chain Market: EDI Service Provider SPS Commerce Joins NetSuite's Developer Program (12/7/07) — SPS Commerce has become a member of NetSuite’s® SuiteFlexSM Developer Program. By integrating NetSuite’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) ERP solution and outsourced SaaS Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) services from SPS Commerce, suppliers can seamlessly communicate order, inventory and shipment information from NetSuite through SPS Commerce to their trading and supply chain partners such as third-party logistics providers (3PLs) and sourcing companies.


• St. Paul Pioneer Press: Business People - Kim Nelson (12/7/07) — EDI service provider, SPS Commerce, announces new CFO. Kim Nelson joins the executive team after holding several leadership positions at Amazon.com.


• Supply & Demand Chain Executive: NEXCOM Outsources EDI Enablement Program Targeting 1300+ Vendors (12/6/07) — Retailer chooses SPS Commerce to help on-board more than 1300 vendors via EDI.


• dBusiness News: NEXCOM Outsources EDI Enablement Program Targeting 1300+ Vendors (12/5/07) — NEXCOM partners with SPS Commerce to streamline their supply chain by automating their communications, via EDI, with their vendors.


• CFO Magazine: CFOs on the Move (11/30/07) — SPS Commerce has hired former Amazon.com executive Kim Nelson as CFO. She joins the company after seven years with Amazon.com, most recently serving as finance director.


• Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal: Former Amazon Exec Joins SPS Commerce (11/27/07) — New CFO, Kim Nelson, brings financial and investor relations experience to SPS Commerce.


• SaaS Week: SPS Commerce on Benefits of SaaS for EDI (11/19/07) — SaaS expert, Krissi Danielsson, interviews SPS Commerce’s Jim Frome discussing how SaaS EDI is growing dramatically and why companies are opting to outsource their integration using this model.


• CNNMoney.com: Oracle SaaS Platform is Leading Choice for Growing Number of Companies Offering Software as a Service (11/12/07) — Oracle names SPS Commerce as a leading ISV that have chosen the Oracle SaaS Platform to offer their applications in a SaaS delivery model.


• Internet Retailer: SPS Commerce Unveils Improved EDI Service for Global Supply Chains (11/5/07) — SPS’ outsourced EDI service enables remote factories to receive packing instructions online and print and affix barcode labels onsite for faster and accurate shipping.


• Logistics Management: Logistics technology: SPS Commerce Upgrades Online EDI Platform (11/2/07) — As companies outsource fulfillment tasks to 3PLs, sourcing companies, factories in Asia, expeditors, consolidators, freight forwarders, product Q&A, and factories, SPS Commerce offers new SaaS EDI capabilities that are critical to delivering an integrated supply chain.


• Supply & Demand Chain Executive: SPS Commerce Offers Upgraded EDI Service for Global Supply Chains (10/30/07) — SPS’ latest enhancements are immediately accessible by all users of its multi-tenant system and focus on easing the exchange of information with 3PLs or remote factories and warehouses.


• dBusiness News: SPS Commerce Unveils Improved EDI Service for Global Supply Chains (10/29/07) — SPS unveils new capabilities that enable remote locations and/or third parties to receive packing and shipping instructions online, print and affix accurate barcode labels onsite and send a completed shipping notice on behalf of the vendor to the retailer.


• TMCnet – SPS Commerce Unveils Improved EDI Service for Global Supply Chains (10/29/07) — SPS Commerce, the leading Software-as-a-Service provider of EDI, unveils the latest update to its web-based B2B integration service.


• Supply Chain Market: SPS Commerce Unveils Improved EDI Service For Global Supply Chains (10/29/07) — SPS’ new enhancements to its SaaS EDI services are newly available to its more than 10,000 subscribers.


• Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal: Tekne Awards Finalists Announced (9/12/07) — The Minnesota High Tech Association and Minnesota Technology Inc. name SPS Commerce as a finalist for the Tekne Awards.


• Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal: Best Places to Work 2007 Winners Announced (8/20/07) — Based on independent employee satisfaction surveys, SPS Commerce is again named a Best Place to Work by its local Business Journal.


• Minneapolis - St. Paul StarTribune: Business People: SPS Names David Novak EVP of Business Development. (8/12/07) — Oracle executive joins SPS Commerce to lead its business development area, focusing on expanding SPS’ strategic partnerships with organizations including UPS, Oracle, and Accenture, and developing new business relationships with supply chain, logistics, technology and other outsourced supply chain services companies.