12 Retailers Launch EDI Enablement Programs with SPS Commerce Targeting 5,000+ Vendors.Apparel, Grocery, Home Improvement, Pharmaceutical, Recreation, and Sporting Goods Noun 1. sporting goods - sports equipment sold as a commodity commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport Retailers and Distributors Sign with Software-as-a-Service EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. Leader to Offer Vendors Rapid and Cost-Effective Compliance Solutions MINNEAPOLIS -- SPS (Standby Power System) A UPS system that switches to battery backup upon detection of power failure. See UPS. SPS - Symbolic Programming System. Assembly language for IBM 1620. Commerce, the leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of Electronic Data Interchange See EDI. (application, communications) electronic data interchange - (EDI) The exchange of standardised document forms between computer systems for business use. EDI is part of electronic commerce. (EDI), has signed with twelve retailers and distributors to launched EDI-enablement programs on their behalf since June 2006, targeting more than 5,000 vendors. These diverse retail organizations have outsourced their community enablement efforts to SPS Commerce in order to leverage SPS' experience in this area, minimize disruption to their internal resources, and more rapidly begin electronically exchanging business documents such as purchase orders, invoices, shipping notices and more with their vendor partners. Today, SPS Commerce is managing EDI-enablement programs for the following retailers and distributors: * Big Rock Sports * Boater's World Marine Centers * BTWW Retail * Carter Lumber * Rag Shops * The Vitamin Shoppe * uniPHARM Wholesale Drugs * And many others. "Boater's World Marine Centers teamed with SPS Commerce to make our EDI-enablement campaign effortless ef·fort·less adj. Calling for, requiring, or showing little or no effort. See Synonyms at easy. ef  fort·less·ly adv. for us and simple for our vendors," said Jay Jolly, vice president at Boater's World Marine Centers. "Our program was launched in late August and nearly a quarter of our vendors have already signed up. SPS' approach provides our vendors with a single representative that walks them through the program, answering any and all questions. This extra effort and flexible EDI solutions are the key to making this enablement program advantageous to our company and our supply chain." "Having EDI-enabled more than 62,000 vendors over the years has proven SPS' methods and technologies are beneficial and cost-effective to suppliers," said Archie Black, president and chief executive officer of SPS Commerce. "We have seen an ever increasing number of these suppliers subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; SPS' web or integrated EDI services; often expanding their connections as their EDI needs grew. We are pleased to be trusted by an increasing number of retailers, distributors and suppliers as a valuable part of their electronic supply chain strategy." About SPS Commerce SPS Commerce is the leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) to the retail and distribution supply chain. Through its online service platform, SPSCommerce.net delivers technologies like EDI, UPC (Universal Product Code) The standard bar code printed on retail merchandise, which is administered by GS1 US, Brussels, Belgium and Lawrenceville, NJ (www.gs1.org). Catalogs, Item Synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. and Online Ordering sites. SPS Commerce dramatically lowers the setup and on-going costs, along with the time and risks of traditional EDI software by providing a superior alternative to complicated, lengthy and expensive traditional software deployments Software deployment is all of the activities that make a software system available for use. The general deployment process consists of several interrelated activities with possible transitions between them. . Today, more than 12,000 companies are outsourcing their EDI to SPS Commerce. SPSCommerce.net is widely used by companies running a variety of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. systems including Oracle, NetSuite, SAP, 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 866-245-8100 or visit www.spscommerce.com. 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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