Free Value Added Networks: Important Facts for Supply Chain Management and EDI Professionals
Supply Chain Management (SCM) and EDI implementations received a major boost this week as Perceptant, the on-demand SCM and Electronic Data Interchange Company revealed its free to use, global value-added network service.
Including the traditional benefits of competitive VAN’s (receipting, security and performance), Supply Chain Exchange 2.0 offers users the ability to exchange data and messages on an inclusive, free to use basis.
As well as actively encouraging third party applications to connect (subject to certification), Perceptant’s range of Supply Chain Management, B2B integration and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) solutions are already plumbed in and beginning to serve a growing trading community.
“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”.
“The SCM applications market is forecast to grow 7% annually over the next five years (AMR Research), despite the gloomy economic conditions of 2008 so it’s clear that 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. We therefore expect to see huge upside for vendors like Perceptant who are challenging the establishment and removing the shackles that have so far blighted the industry”.
“Perceptant leads the new wave of Software as a Service (SaaS) business application vendors in the Supply Chain Management, B2B Integration and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) space and this latest initiative further strengthens their hand”.
Contact: Amanda Dines, Director of Marketing Perceptant Limited +44 (0)1246 291759
About Perceptant: Perceptant is a leading provider of software and services that drive the integration, synchronisation and collaboration of global supply chains. 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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