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First SaaS Scan and Pack and Label Services Help Retail Suppliers Streamline Fulfilling Orders
SPS Commerce unveils new line of applications leveraging pre-built integrations to retailers and Trading Partner Platform; Aubrey Organics sees new efficiencies, easier compliance
Minneapolis, MN — November 14, 2008 — B2B integration specialist SPS Commerce has taken the wraps off a new suite of outsourced business-to-business integration services designed to connect every partner in the retail supply chain.
The new solutions, part of SPS' Trading Partner Applications, include a Scan and Pack Service and a Label Service. The Scan and Pack Service is designed to help suppliers that process a large number or large variety of shipments to streamline the picking and packing process, meeting the increasingly complex fulfillment requirements from retailers.
This service automates cross referencing of item data, produces pick lists, automates the process of picking and packing shipments, and then leverages the service's data to eliminate data entry for advanced ship notices (ASN).
The Label Service creates UCC-128 barcode labels for shipments according to each retailer's unique requirements. All Trading Partner Applications leverage SPS' multi-tenant, software-as-a-service (SaaS) EDI service, giving suppliers access to ASN and label formats from more than 1,300 leading retailers.
"Often using only a pad of paper or manual tracking system, warehouse personnel are tasked with a near impossible mission of accurately fulfilling orders that must be picked from inventory and packed according to rigid specifications from their retail customers," said Archie Black, president and CEO of SPS Commerce. "SPS' multi-tenant Trading Partner Platform already has all of the shipping and label information needed to prepare and label an accurate shipment for their retail customers, and we are expanding the use of this data by delivering it to them in an integrated and affordable solution, SPS' new Scan and Pack Service. With SPS' Scan and Pack Service, ASNs take seconds, not hours."
SPS said that the Scan and Pack Service simplifies supply chain operations by automating steps in the fulfillment process, including the creation of ASNs and labels, and provides functionality to view all orders that need fulfillment from the supplier's EDI account; sort orders by age, ship by date or order value; and print pick tickets sorted by physical warehouse location for optimized picking.
The new solutions, part of SPS' Trading Partner Applications, include a Scan and Pack Service and a Label Service. The Scan and Pack Service is designed to help suppliers that process a large number or large variety of shipments to streamline the picking and packing process, meeting the increasingly complex fulfillment requirements from retailers.
This service automates cross referencing of item data, produces pick lists, automates the process of picking and packing shipments, and then leverages the service's data to eliminate data entry for advanced ship notices (ASN).
The Label Service creates UCC-128 barcode labels for shipments according to each retailer's unique requirements. All Trading Partner Applications leverage SPS' multi-tenant, software-as-a-service (SaaS) EDI service, giving suppliers access to ASN and label formats from more than 1,300 leading retailers.
"Often using only a pad of paper or manual tracking system, warehouse personnel are tasked with a near impossible mission of accurately fulfilling orders that must be picked from inventory and packed according to rigid specifications from their retail customers," said Archie Black, president and CEO of SPS Commerce. "SPS' multi-tenant Trading Partner Platform already has all of the shipping and label information needed to prepare and label an accurate shipment for their retail customers, and we are expanding the use of this data by delivering it to them in an integrated and affordable solution, SPS' new Scan and Pack Service. With SPS' Scan and Pack Service, ASNs take seconds, not hours."
SPS said that the Scan and Pack Service simplifies supply chain operations by automating steps in the fulfillment process, including the creation of ASNs and labels, and provides functionality to view all orders that need fulfillment from the supplier's EDI account; sort orders by age, ship by date or order value; and print pick tickets sorted by physical warehouse location for optimized picking.
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