Enables customers to deploy global commerce applications on a flexible, low-cost, open source platform, solution provider says
Gloucester, MA March 30, 2006 Solution provider TradeStone Software has released a version of its flagship suite for domestic and international sourcing, product lifecycle management and order management for use on Apache Tomcat.
"The TradeStone vision for global sourcing has always meant creating a level playing field for all retailers, manufacturers and suppliers," said TradeStone CEO Sue Welch. "This means making our technology flexible enough to run on a multitude of Web platforms so it can easily and affordably fit in with the needs of clients worldwide."
The TradeStone Suite is a set of Web-based application modules that creates "commerce communities" of retail buyers, suppliers, trading companies, agents and inspectors. The solution modules include Product, Sourcing, Logistics, Finance, Product Lifecycle Management and Unified Order Management.
Together, TradeStone said, the solution provides retailers with the technology infrastructure they need to manage all aspects of the purchasing process, from the concept design and planning refinement to publishing requests for quote (RFQs) and selecting bids, from the initiation of an order through quality testing and production, to shipment and financial reconciliation, while providing a real-time view into each step.
"Certifying the TradeStone Suite on Apache Tomcat is yet another manifestation of our core software design philosophy," said Kamal Anand, vice president of engineering at TradeStone. "It is our goal to make our solutions approachable, flexible and affordable for all parties in our commerce communities and offer options for the wide array of IT departments we have in our customer base."
The Apache Tomcat open source Web servlet container complements TradeStone's own model-based "data anywhere" architecture, which also drives down IT costs by eliminating the need for redundant databases, the solution provider said. With this architecture, the TradeStone Suite accesses data from multiple applications without copying or replicating the data and ultimately eliminates the need for modifying existing applications.
The data anywhere architecture can accept data from a variety of data sources and formats and allows an application to provide a unified view of transactions where constituent data are located in several different databases. The TradeStone data anywhere architecture is implemented using industry standards for Web services and XML documents and is built on J2EE technology. Apache Tomcat can be used to power these transactions, without a large IT infrastructure.
The TradeStone Suite for Apache Tomcat is available immediately.
Additional Articles of Interest
Capturing the sourcing savings in a low-cost manufacturing strategy means weighing the risks and understanding total cost. Read more in "Supply Base Localization: A Different Look at Low-cost Country Sourcing," in the February/March 2006 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive.
Continued pressures to reduce costs and improve spending visibility and control are fueling a strategic sourcing revolution among midsize enterprises. Read more in "The Analyst Corner: Sourcing," in the February/March 2006 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive.
Gloucester, MA March 30, 2006 Solution provider TradeStone Software has released a version of its flagship suite for domestic and international sourcing, product lifecycle management and order management for use on Apache Tomcat.
"The TradeStone vision for global sourcing has always meant creating a level playing field for all retailers, manufacturers and suppliers," said TradeStone CEO Sue Welch. "This means making our technology flexible enough to run on a multitude of Web platforms so it can easily and affordably fit in with the needs of clients worldwide."
The TradeStone Suite is a set of Web-based application modules that creates "commerce communities" of retail buyers, suppliers, trading companies, agents and inspectors. The solution modules include Product, Sourcing, Logistics, Finance, Product Lifecycle Management and Unified Order Management.
Together, TradeStone said, the solution provides retailers with the technology infrastructure they need to manage all aspects of the purchasing process, from the concept design and planning refinement to publishing requests for quote (RFQs) and selecting bids, from the initiation of an order through quality testing and production, to shipment and financial reconciliation, while providing a real-time view into each step.
"Certifying the TradeStone Suite on Apache Tomcat is yet another manifestation of our core software design philosophy," said Kamal Anand, vice president of engineering at TradeStone. "It is our goal to make our solutions approachable, flexible and affordable for all parties in our commerce communities and offer options for the wide array of IT departments we have in our customer base."
The Apache Tomcat open source Web servlet container complements TradeStone's own model-based "data anywhere" architecture, which also drives down IT costs by eliminating the need for redundant databases, the solution provider said. With this architecture, the TradeStone Suite accesses data from multiple applications without copying or replicating the data and ultimately eliminates the need for modifying existing applications.
The data anywhere architecture can accept data from a variety of data sources and formats and allows an application to provide a unified view of transactions where constituent data are located in several different databases. The TradeStone data anywhere architecture is implemented using industry standards for Web services and XML documents and is built on J2EE technology. Apache Tomcat can be used to power these transactions, without a large IT infrastructure.
The TradeStone Suite for Apache Tomcat is available immediately.
Additional Articles of Interest
Capturing the sourcing savings in a low-cost manufacturing strategy means weighing the risks and understanding total cost. Read more in "Supply Base Localization: A Different Look at Low-cost Country Sourcing," in the February/March 2006 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive.
Continued pressures to reduce costs and improve spending visibility and control are fueling a strategic sourcing revolution among midsize enterprises. Read more in "The Analyst Corner: Sourcing," in the February/March 2006 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive.
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