HBC choose GXS to handle & perk up company's B2B Supply chain
20 Oct '05
3 min read
GXS, a leading supplier of business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce solutions, announced that Hudson's Bay Company (Hbc), Canada's leading department store retailer and oldest corporation, has chosen GXS to manage and improve the company's B2B supply chain processes.
Hbc will leverage GXS electronic data interchange (EDI) solutions and other B2B Services to enhance supply chain data transactions between more than 3,500 trading partners in North America, and abroad, to maximize inventory accuracy and any-to-any data communication. Hbc selected GXS as a preferred B2B e-commerce partner because of the company's reach and its unique end-to-end supply chain automation, visibility and collaborative solutions.
After a competitive market assessment, Hbc recognized GXS' unique ability to meet Hbc's current e-commerce demands while enabling it to maintain a well-managed, efficient supply chain. In addition, Hbc is planning to leverage GXS Trading Grid(SM) in the future. GXS Trading Grid combines messaging, data synchronization and business process visibility to automate the flow of information to and from trading partners to help grow revenue, manage costs in the supply chain and ensure transparent B2B communications.
"In today's retail world, technology increases operating efficiency and improves the shopping experience for consumers," said Mark Warren, IS Director of Oracle ERP at Hbc. "That's why they selected GXS to help us achieve leading business process management across their supply chain and enhance supplier relationships. GXS worked with us to help minimize overall data exchange costs which will help to ensure to continue to offer very competitive product assortments to their customers."
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