SPS Ecoystem

Carrier Partner Benefits

With few exceptions, all products are moved via truckload (TL), less-than-truckload (LTL) or expedited carriers, such as UPS, at one time or another before reaching their destination or the consumer. Carriers play an important role in virtually every order cycle, but like every partner in the supply chain, they can only be as good as their information.

Web-based EDI provides the vital information to carriers and their customers that can be the difference between an on-time delivery, and a late or refused shipment that must wait in the yard.  Many carriers have turned to EDI to electronically send and receive tenders, shipment statuses, and invoices to their customers.
 
Streamlined Invoicing to Thousands of Organizations

Invoicing is often a challenge for carriers since they work with thousands of customers who each require a unique EDI format for their invoices. To map and monitor each of these connections is a complex and time-consuming function for carriers.

There is an alternative.

With SPS, carriers can streamline the invoicing process and shorten payment cycles. The solution is simple. A carrier simply sends their invoices to SPS from their internal system and we perform all the mapping and translation necessary to ensure that each of their customers receives the carrier’s invoice fitting their exact specifications.

EDI without the Infrastructure or Hassle

SPS Commerce has teamed with many carriers to provide them with an outsourced EDI service that eliminates their need to purchase, staff and maintain an EDI software system internally and greatly reduce their VAN charges. Together, we can streamline your communications, ensure proper and timely delivery of EDI messages, and enable carriers to focus on logistics, not EDI.

The SPS Ecosystem enables carriers to participate in the largest outsourced EDI network with proven connections to more than 1,200 retailers and 10,000 companies using its on-demand EDI solution. Chances are we are working with many of your customers and can help to save you money too.

For more information about our specific programs, please “Join the SPS Ecosystem”