Supply Chain Management and Electronic Data Interchange: How to Hook in to Free Value Added Networks
Customers of Perceptant received a early Christmas present today when the award-winning Supply Chain, B2B Integration and EDI vendor released its free to use Global Value-Added Network service.
Primarily aimed at new and existing Supply Chain and EDI implementations, Supply Chain Exchange 2.0 encompasses all of the tradtional benefits usually associated with value-added networks, for example security, robustness and performance but does so on an all-inclusive, free to use basis.
The service is not only designed to be used in conjunction with Perceptant’s SCMaaS (Supply Chain Management as a Service) suite of Supply Chain, B2B integration and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) solutions but also allows connections from complimentary third party applications.
“Now companies not only have access to a trading-grid of World-class SCM and EDI applications but also a Value Added Network that doesn’t financially penalise them based on increased usage” says Matthew Slinn, CEO and founder of Perceptant. “For existing users of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Value Added Networks this initiative could save them $m’s, for companies contemplating the use of a VAN or worried about security issues relating to AS2, FTP and P2P this is the answer”.
“With AMR Research recently estimating that the SCM applications market will grow 7% annually for the next five years, despite the gloomy economic conditions of 2008, it’s plain to see companies will place an increasing reliance on interconnected applications and services” says Tim Howden, Senior SCM Consultant. “SCM vendors have historically hampered the growth of these initiatives by charging customers based on data volumes and network usage or expecting companies to send sensitive information and data across unsecured Internet connections. It’s therefore refreshing to see Perceptant has finally broken this mould and we expect significant demand for their service”.
“Software as a Service (SaaS) business applications in the Supply Chain Management, B2B Integration and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) space are coming of age and Perceptant is at the forefront of this new wave”.
Contact: Amanda Dines, Director of Marketing Perceptant Limited +44 (0)1246 291759
Company Information: Our hosted, on-demand Supply Chain Management, B2B Integration and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) solutions process millions of business-to-business transactions, integrate leading enterprise software applications and help seamlessly connect the demand chains of many of the World’s leading trading communities. Perceptant is headquartered in Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK.
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