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News & Events Podcasts
As retailers and suppliers minimize inventories across the supply chain, one input that is increasing in use is retailers’ Point-of-Sale data that can be used by consumer goods organizations’ sales and supply chain departments to improve their decision making.
In this podcast, David Novak shares how this type of supply chain intelligence can improve an organization’s visibility to inventory across multiple retail customers. SPS’ Trading Partner Intelligence collects POS data across retailers and provides an aggregated view by location, item and more. This information is especially useful to sales departments during new product introductions, as well as those managing seasonal items or items with a high cost of return goods.
In the past year, the adoption of the Advance Ship Notice (ASN) by grocers and their supply chains grew. In this podcast, SPS’ Jim Frome explores the market condition driving this growth, the advantages the ASN provides to the grocery retailer, and tips on how to successfully roll out the ASN to a vendor community.
While the grocery industry has typically lagged behind other retail sectors in its use of the ASN, this market segment is catching up quickly due to advanced technology and competitive pressure. The good news for grocers is that most of their suppliers are now equipped with EDI systems that can create and deliver an ASN, a dramatic shift from a few years ago, and many are already doing ASNs with customers in another retail segment.Listen to the podcast. 
Retail expert, David Verette from SPS Commerce, explores how hundreds of retailers are effectively providing Point-of-Sale (POS) data to their vendors through third-party hosted analytic services. Compared to retailer portals, these SaaS services provide vendors with a more comprehensive view of their supply chain across multiple retail customers, and retailers can provide the same information to vendors at lower cost. Today’s vendors are proactively looking for these types of solutions to effectively use their retail customers’ POS data to improve their vendor performance. Listen to the podcast.
Jim Frome, SPS' Chief Strategy Officer, shares why today's retailers and suppliers expect their international trading partners, including sourcing companies and factories, to deliver the same level of visibility and information on import orders as those fulfilled domestically. This podcast discusses how companies can quickly and cost-effectively achieve this level of B2B integration using today’s SaaS solutions. Suppliers can now connect with global partners in Asia with ease, with EDI services that address the unique needs of global data integration, including data filtering, document forwarding and security. Listen to the podcast.
David Novak, SPS' Executive Vice President of Business Development, shares how today's 3PLs can better position themselves to acquire new business by leveraging Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) or outsourced supply chain services to broaden their offerings. SaaS solutions, such as EDI, provide also proven capabilities at predictable costs to ensure that logistics providers can extend a competitive bid while still ensuring a profit. Listen to the podcast.
SPS' Chief Strategy Officer, Jim Frome, explores why dozens of retailers are choosing to launch vendor enablement programs during this down economy. Retailers need to make their supply chains more efficient by better connecting with their trading partners. Unfortunately, these programs are not easy to execute internally so many look to SaaS providers, like SPS, to manage it on their behalf using their trained staff, proven best practices, and existing relationships with numerous suppliers. Listen to the podcast. Download the recent whitepaper. Listen to the podcast.
SPS' President and CEO, Archie Black, discusses the company's recent growth and why SaaS services are so attractive to retailers in today's down economy. Today's retailers are realizing the efficiencies SPS' services provide today and in the future as they respond to market changes when the economy turns. Listen to the podcast.
