Cast Iron Systems and SPS Commerce Team to Provide Rapid B2B Integration between Suppliers and America’s Largest Retailers
Cast Iron Integration Solution for SPS Offers Fast, Cost-Effective Integration of SPS Commerce’s EDI Services and Major ERP, Database, and Warehouse Management Systems
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & MINNEAPOLIS--Cast Iron Systems, the #1 SaaS integration provider, and SPS Commerce, the leading provider of SaaS EDI services, today announced the Cast Iron Integration Solution™ for SPS. The solution enables suppliers to quickly and easily connect their back-office applications with SPS’ outsourced EDI service, SPSCommerce.net, and exchange information with some of America’s largest retailers including Costco, Best Buy and Wal-Mart. Cast Iron Integration Solution™ for SPS contains pre-built connectivity from SPSCommerce.net to all major ERP applications including SAP and Oracle, databases, flat-files, warehouse management and 3PL systems, XML and web services, and on-demand applications.
“With the inherent complexity of supply chain integration,” commented Ken Comée, CEO of Cast Iron Systems, “companies are finding the combined SPS Commerce and Cast Iron integration solution to be a very effective way for suppliers to enjoy the advantages of a software-as-service model and be nimble and responsive to the needs of their large retailers.”
The Cast Iron Integration Solution for SPS Commerce uses a “configuration, not coding” approach to SaaS integration, eliminating the need to implement complex and expensive middleware or write custom code that may not scale to other integration projects as a company grows. Cast Iron provides a drag-and-drop graphical user interface to design workflow rules and transform data between source and target applications with automatic completeness checks. A single web-based console delivers complete visibility into implementation, monitoring, and maintenance.
“The Cast Iron integration solution is a cost-effective, plug-and-play solution that enables companies to communicate with our EDI services in real time,” commented David Novak, executive vice president of business development at SPS Commerce. “It is so simple for our customers to use that within days they have been up and running with our EDI services directly integrated with their internal systems, providing end-to-end connectivity between retailers and suppliers.”
The Cast Iron Integration Solution for SPS is available from Cast Iron Systems. Download the solution fact sheet at http://www.castiron.com/docs/so/CI_for_SPS.pdf.
About Cast Iron Integration Solution for SPS
The Cast Iron Integration Solution for SPS contains all the components needed to integrate SPS’ B2B integration services with back-office ERP and custom applications. In the complex world of supply chain integration, many customers find the combined solution of SPS Commerce and Cast Iron Systems to be a simple and scalable means to establish end-to-end automation with their trading partners. For more information, visit www.castiron.com/SPS.
About Cast Iron Systems
Founded in 2001, Cast Iron Systems is the #1 SaaS integration vendor. Cast Iron has hundreds of customers across all industries and around the world, including Allianz, British American Tobacco (BAT), AmerisourceBergen, Emerson, IBA Molecular, Krueger International, Peet's Coffee & Tea, PGP Corporation, Salesforce.com, The Sports Authority, and Tesla Motors, among many others. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, and Lehman Brothers, Cast Iron is privately held and led by experienced technology executives from Informatica, PeopleSoft, Siebel, Oracle, Vitria, and webMethods. For more information on Cast Iron Systems, please visit www.castiron.com.
About SPS Commerce
SPS Commerce is the leader in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) B2B integration, connecting every partner in the supply chain. Retailers, manufacturers and 3PLs have selected SPS Commerce as their outsourced provider to automate and integrate their trading relationships. Using the SaaS model, SPS Commerce dramatically lowers setup and on-going costs, along with the time and risks of traditional EDI software by outsourcing the entire B2B communication process. The company’s offerings leverage its multi-tenant architecture, multi-party sharing, comprehensive knowledge of thousands of retailer’s business processes and specifications and integration expertise with a variety of systems for accounting (Great Plains, Quickbooks, MAS series), ERP (Oracle, NetSuite, SAP), packing and shipping (Agile, InSite, Scancode), and WMS (HighJump, Infor, Manhattan Associates). SPS Commerce is the recognized SaaS leader in B2B integration with more than 10,000 recurring revenue customers, pre-built integrations spanning 2,700 unique fulfillment workflows across 1,200 retailers, grocers and distributors, a customer satisfaction rate of 93% and the most comprehensive SaaS product suite available. SPS Commerce is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For additional information, please contact SPS Commerce at 866-245-8100 or visit www.spscommerce.com.
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