EDI and Supply Chain Management Professionals: Which Value Added Networks are Free

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.

Supply Chain Exchange 2.0, harnesses all the leading attributes of competitive Value-Added Networks, including security, robustness, scalability and traceability but offers users the ability to exchange data and messages on an 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.

“Traditionally, companies have been financially peralised for using value-added networks” says Matthew Slinn, CEO and Founder of Perceptant. “The more they used the network the more thay had to pay, which in a lot of cases has severely limited the uptake of electronic trading and B2B data integration”. “Through this new Global initiative, companies can harness the power of a trading-grid of World-class SCM and EDI applications underpinned by a Value Added Network that doesn’t financially penalise them”.

“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”.

To request further information: Amanda Dines, Head of Marketing at Perceptant – www.perceptant.com

Corporate: Perceptant is headquartered in Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK and focuses on maintaining its position as 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.

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