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Minneapolis, MN — October 30, 2007 — SPS Commerce, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider of electronic data interchange (EDI), has unveiled the latest update to its Web-based B2B integration service. The enhancements are immediately accessible by all users of its multi-tenant system and focus on easing the exchange of information with third party or remote factories and warehouses.

Based on packing rules defined by the supplier, these locations can receive accurate packing and shipping instructions online, print and affix accurate barcode labels onsite, and send a completed shipping notice on behalf of the vendor to the retailer. By enabling these tasks to be performed at the manufacturing site, instead of at its offices across the country or the world, SPS Commerce said vendors can eliminate days or weeks from their current supply chain cycles.

"Throughout our visits to our customers' manufacturing facilities in Asia, we have heard and seen the difficulties in enabling these very remote sites to perform simple, but important, supply chain tasks onsite," commented Archie Black, president and CEO of SPS Commerce. "After manufacturing the goods, days are often wasted in the supply chain waiting on shipping instructions and labels that must be mailed from the sourcing company or vendor to the factory. And, once packed, the items continue to wait to be shipped as final shipping information must be sent back to the same offices to complete the Advance Ship Notice. By placing the ability to perform these tasks closer to where the task occurs days can be eliminated from the cycle. With this new upgrade to our multi-tenant service, all of our customers can immediately offer this capability within their global supply chain."

According to SPS Commerce, one of the recent upgrades for the global supply chain include expanding its auto-complete capabilities to eliminate even more keystrokes when using its Web-based EDI service. Users can now complete multiple advance ship notices (ASNs) or invoices for standard, cross-dock or ship-to-store purchase orders with a single click. WebForms also offers the option to create single or multiple ASNs for a single order.

The software also features item repository, which allows users to reduce data entry and build the packing rules, used by auto-complete, for any remote facility. This capability is designed to give added flexibility and stores attributes, such as packing instructions related to specific items.

Finally, SPS Commerce said it continues to localize its Web-based EDI service to make its use easier for native or non-English speakers worldwide.