ClarkWestern Building Systems Outsources Management of EDI and Supply Chain Operations to Inovis.

National construction material manufacturer standardizes supply chain communication through Inovis Managed Services 

ATLANTA -- Inovis, a leading provider of Business Community Management solutions, today announced that it has signed a contract with ClarkWestern Building Systems Inc, a national manufacturer of construction materials. ClarkWestern has consistently set the standard for quality and leadership in its industry and has built the finest reputation as one of the major suppliers of lath and steel framing systems in the United States. The company will outsource the day-to-day supply chain communication, EDI processing and the management and correction of exceptions in the fulfillment of customer orders and interaction with raw material suppliers.

ClarkWestern manufactures a full line of steel framing, metal lath and accessories. ClarkWestern is the recognized industry leader, in terms of the quality, of the products it produces. Today, ClarkWestern uses Inovis TrustedLink System i as its software platform of choice to manage trading partner communications as well as data translation and transformation. With the newly expanded relationship, the company will fully outsource these services to Inovis as part of a corporate implementation of a new Enterprise Resource Planning application, PROFIT. This application will be implemented nationwide throughout 2009. EDI availability will be based on implementation of PROFIT.

"Manufacturers, like ClarkWestern, are looking for opportunities to drive cost and complexity out of their supply chain communication and supplier and customer collaboration," said Steve Cochran, Inovis Chief Marketing Officer. "We look forward to working with ClarkWestern to improve their daily effectiveness their dynamic business community."

"Using Inovis Managed Services is a highly efficient way to provide EDI services. It gives our internal IT staff more time to work with our business partners on the highest value-added activities," said Fred Coale, Director of IT Applications, ClarkWestern Building Systems.

Inovis Managed Services are a combination of technology and decades of industry expertise and professional services that help companies, like ClarkWestern, outsource the management of complex supply chain interactions in order to focus on its core competency, high-quality manufacturing and customer support. Because Managed Services operates on the Inovis Multienterprise Expert Service Hub (MESH) platform, they can be assured of 99.995% network availability, backed by standard service level agreements, to make sure business-critical data and documents are not lost in transmission. View a recent webcast on Managed Services.

Inovis' Business Community Management (BCM) creates a comprehensive view of a supply chain by integrating the technology, business processes and communication of the entire business community. By standardizing the technology and business community communication, Inovis helps companies better manage the supply chains and create sustainable value through three key avenues: increasing end-to-end visibility, reducing business-to-business complexity and automating entire trading communities.

About Inovis

Inovis provides the most reliable software and services platform for managing business communities. We help buyers and sellers transact, synchronize data and manage exceptions with their business partners, reducing the complexity and cost of doing business electronically. Each day, over 20,000 companies across the globe rely on Inovis to reliably send and receive orders, lower supply chain costs and get products to customers faster. Founded in 1983, Inovis is based in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit www.inovis.com.

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