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Integration solution offers prebuilt connectivity with SPSCommerce.net to major enterprise resource planning apps, warehouse management and 3PL systems

Mountain View, CA — Software-as-a-service integration provider Cast Iron Systems has teamed with SaaS EDI specialist SPS Commerce to offer a solution designed to help suppliers more quickly and easily connect their back-office applications with SPS' outsourced electronic date interchange service and exchange information with major retailers.

The Cast Iron Integration Solution for SPS contains prebuilt connectivity from SPSCommerce.net to major enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications, including SAP and Oracle, as well as to databases, flat-files, warehouse management and third-party logistics (3PL) systems, XML and Web services, and on-demand applications.

The solution can enable to suppliers to exchange information with some of America's largest retailers, including Costco, Best Buy and Wal-Mart, the solution provider said.

"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," said 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 Commerce uses a "configuration, not coding" approach to SaaS integration, aimed at 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 visibility into implementation, monitoring and maintenance.

"With the inherent complexity of supply chain integration," said 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 is available from Cast Iron Systems. A fact sheet is available at www.castiron.com/docs/so/CI_for_SPS.pdf.