Cabela's Automates Its Supply Chain with SPS Commerce's Community Enablement and Hosted EDI Services.MINNEAPOLIS -- Leading Direct Retailer to Utilize Multiple Order Management Models and 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 to Enable Electronic Transactions with 2,000 Suppliers 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 market leader in hosted supply chain and 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 (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. ) services, announced today that Cabela's(R), the nation's largest direct marketer, and a leading specialty retailer of hunting, fishing, camping and related outdoor merchandise, will electronically integrate their supplier community and automate its supply chain using SPS Commerce's Community Enablement and hosted Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) services. "With our catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. , Internet and destination retail store business continuing to grow, we knew it was time to automate information exchange with our vendors within our supply chain to streamline receiving, inventory management and logistics processes, improve visibility and ultimately improve customer service," said Brian Linneman, Cabela's Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "We selected SPS Commerce for their proven ability to effectively help retailers implement each vendor to electronically trade purchase transaction data. In addition, we appreciate the ability of their technology to support the unique requirements of each of our fulfillment models, including items fulfilled through our centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. Distribution Centers, directly to our stores and even orders shipped directly from the vendor to the consumer. We also found their Software-as-a-Service model an attractive alternative to expanding our own in-house EDI operations. " SPS' Community Enablement campaign will enable up to 2,000 vendors to conduct electronic transactions with Cabela's in 2005. The program includes three distinct order management models including Ship to Consumer, Ship to Store, and Ship to DC, with the potential to add additional models in the future. Suppliers may use SPS' Testing Service to certify cer·ti·fy v. cer·ti·fied, cer·ti·fy·ing, cer·ti·fies v.tr. 1. a. To confirm formally as true, accurate, or genuine. b. their existing solution, or they can choose to employ SPS Commerce's hosted EDI services. With thousands of suppliers already online, SPS Commerce's hosted EDI service is proven to eliminate the time and expense of implementing an in-house EDI and enables organizations to more rapidly comply with customer requirements, including Cabela's. "We are pleased to welcome Cabela's and their suppliers into our community," said Archie Black, chief executive officer of SPS Commerce. "With a proven program to test or EDI-enable suppliers of any size, SPS Commerce aims to make EDI enablement as simple, cost-effective and hands-free as possible for the vendor and the retailer alike. As the leading hosted EDI service, SPS Commerce offers the security, reliability and personal attention required to support the EDI operations of organizations big and small, allowing them to focus on their business not EDI." 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 (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 supply chain integration 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. . 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 (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 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. (C) SPS Commerce, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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