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October 29, 2002 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Supply chain integration service provider SPS Commerce (SPSCommerce.com) announced on Tuesday that it has acquired product and order management service provider fourthchannel.
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SPS says it will use fourthchannel?s services to enable its current SME clients to electronically integrate their smaller customers? orders into their back-end systems. The company says the new offering will extend the capabilities of SPSCommerce.net to include every member of the small customer?s supply chain.
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According to SPS, the company?s customers have evolved over the past few years, from reluctant participants to avid supporters of electronic commerce. The company says SMEs have benefited from e-commerce, escaping constraints on time and labor caused by mail, phone and fax. Now, these companies are looking to extend the benefits of SPS?s service to their entire customer base.
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“Early on, SMEs selected an electronic supply chain solution solely to meet the EDI compliance requirements of a large customer,” says Archie Black, CEO of SPS Commerce. “These days, SMEs are selecting solutions based on what provider can link their solution to multiple customers with a suite of services that extends their investment beyond just EDI compliance with their largest customers. The acquisition of fourthchannel will allow SPS Commerce to provide an important value-added service that our customers are now demanding.”
