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Minneapolis, MN — April 10, 2008 — Kamino International Logistics, a 3PL firm in North America and worldwide, has teamed SPS' outsourced electronic data interchange (EDI) capabilities with Kamino's global supply chain solutions for small and medium-sized American enterprises importing and selling goods to major retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target and other U.S. retailers.

Today, Kamino said it offers vendors a flexible, outsourced logistics solution to the traditional fixed costs of physical, company-owned warehouses as well as global visibility into their supply chain using SPS' SaaS (software-as-a-service) EDI services to ensure data compliance with their retail customers.

By partnering and outsourcing Kamino's EDI department to SPS Commerce, Kamino said it is able to provide competitive solutions to its 3PL customers. Electronic documents such as purchase orders, advance ship notices (ASNs) and UCC 128 barcode label data can now be sent to thousands of supplier/retailer combinations.

"Consumer packaged goods manufacturers face a double-edged sword when dealing with big box stores," said Lesley Hume, vice president Sales and Marketing — USA at Kamino. "Of course they want to grow their business and sell to the big-name retailers, yet owning and maintaining the necessary EDI software to interface with these large and complex organizations can break the bank. Kamino has freed itself, and its 3PL customers, from the restrictive software EDI model by opting to outsource our EDI to SPS Commerce and using their pre-built maps already in use by other vendors."

Hume added that the collaboration/integration between Kamino and SPS Commerce's outsourced EDI solution is innovative because it has created a competitive solution to SME businesses that they may not have had, or may have to pay prohibitive pricing that would create a barrier to enter the marketplace.

"We are pleased to have Kamino as a strategic partner within SPS’ ecosystem," commented Archie Black, president and CEO of SPS Commerce. "We have seen the combined solution benefit many suppliers, including Body Glide, to improve their supply chain visibility and compliance with important retail customers. SPS is honored to be an integrated part of this leading 3PL's logistics solution to the CPG industry."