Business critical supply chain information

Nisa-Today's will use Kewill Trade Forms to exchange business critical supply chain information with over 300 of its sme suppliers, using the suite of eBusiness supply chain execution solutions.

Kewill Solutions Europe, a leading provider of business-to-business solutions, announced today that Nisa-Today's, the UK's largest distribution and services organisation for retail and wholesale companies will use Kewill Trade Forms for exchanging business critical supply chain information with over 300 of its small to medium suppliers.

With over 674 Nisa retail members in the UK, Nisa-Today's handles a vast number of orders and customer enquiries every day.

Kewill Trade Forms is expected to increase Nisa-Today's electronic trading community to in excess of 75% of its supplier base, utilising the Kewill suite of eBusiness supply chain execution solutions, including Kewill MessageBroker, Kewill Trade Forms, and the Kewill RetailXchange.

In particular, the extension of the relationship to utilise the Kewill Trade Forms solution will see the extension of electronic trading to at least an additional 300 small to medium suppliers providing Nisa-Today's with the information to further enhance their supply chain and improve purchasing power on a day-to-day basis.

"Kewill's Trade Forms solution supports our overall drive to enhance supply chain efficiency by eliminating manual errors and streamlining our processes.

The system will reduce administrative costs and increase visibility, while enhancing the relationship with our small to medium suppliers, allowing us to react quickly to changes in the market and ensure continual development in our supply chain", said Wayne Swallow, IT director for Nisa-Today's.

Jacquie Boast, Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Kewill Solutions Europe commented, "We developed Kewill Trade Forms to allow retailers to offer a web-based low impact solution for electronically trading with their small to medium sized suppliers, who would find it difficult to justify the often significant investment in buying and supporting an eBusiness solution.

The Trade Forms solution was built in conjunction with a number of our retail and supplier community to ensure that both ends of the supply chain had a solution that met all their requirements." Kewill's Community Development Team will educate and support suppliers as Kewill Trade is rolled out to Nisa-Today's suppliers.

The combination of modular software and services from Kewill will enable swift and cost effective rollout of the complete system.

Nisa-Today's suppliers will securely receive process and manage files within a web browser.

As the Kewill solution is managed from Kewill's state-of-the-art data centre, Nisa-Today's will not have to dedicate specific in-house skills and resources to continue to refine their supply chain.

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