SPS Commerce and SWK Technologies Unveil New Offering to Streamline B2B Integration

oint Solution Quickens Integration Between SPS’ Web-based EDI Services and a Manufacturer’s MAS 90, MAS 200, or MAS 500 ERP SolutionMinneapolis, Minn. and Livingston, NJ, Dec. 15, 2008 SPS Commerce , the leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) trading partner integration center provider, and SWK Technologies, the premier total solutions provider specializing in business software, today announced a new offering for manufacturers looking to seamlessly integrate SPS’ Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) service, SPSCommerce.net, with their existing Sage Software MAS 90/200/500 ERP solutions. The new solution combines the outsourced EDI services from SPS Commerce and the integration staff and MAS 90/200/500 expertise of for rapid compliance with EDI requirements with no manual data entry. The solution has been successfully deployed at several customer locations, including Hudson Valley Lighting/Sonneman, Irwin Natural, and Momenta.

“Our former EDI software was tedious to update and difficult to use, often costing our organization and our trading partners numerous hours fixing errors,” said Riki Lent, Operations Manager at Sonneman A Way of Light. “Using the combined solution from SWK and SPS Commerce has saved us a lot of time and greatly improved our system. I have been very impressed, as the software has so far proven to be easy to use, reliable, customizable, and very cost effective compared to similar solutions we had researched that cost thousands more. Best of all, the support we’ve received has been first rate.”

SWK Technologies’ MAPADOC software is an EDI integration solution available to all existing and prospective SPS Commerce end-users who use Sage Software’s MAS 90/200/500 software for their financial accounting function. More than 37,000 companies use SPS Commerce’s multi-tenant B2B integration services to connect with 1,300 retailers, grocers and distributors without the need to purchase, manage, staff, or support their solutions.

“After performing several integrations to SPSCommerce.net, we saw a greater opportunity to help our joint customers by creating a reusable integration that would enhance all of the capabilities of MAS 90/200/500 and do even more to streamline the process for manufacturers,” said Gary Berman, Vice President at SWK Technologies “Since partnering in September, we have completed several implementations with this new solution that have delighted our customers. We are pleased to be working closely with SPS Commerce as they offer their proven EDI services, compliance expertise, and knowledge of trading partner requirements that are needed to create a successful solution.”

“SWK Technologies has outperformed our customer’s expectations at each implementation,” said David Novak, Executive Vice President of Business Development at SPS Commerce. “This new solution enables SPS’ customers to connect our B2B integration services with their internal ERP system for streamlined operations. We have hundreds of customers using the MAS 90/200/500 ERP solutions, and are pleased to offer them this proven integration solution with SWK to enhance their use of our SaaS B2B integration services.”

About SWK Technologies, Inc.
SWK Technologies, Inc. is an IT consulting company providing strategies and solutions to meet its clients’ information and business management needs. The company has offices in Livingston, NJ, New York City, Long Island, Syracuse, and Buffalo, NY. As a Sage Software Authorized Partner, Sage Gold Development Partner, and Authorized Training Center, SWK Technologies offers best of breed solutions for accounting and business management, human resources and payroll, customer relationship management (CRM), job management, and warehouse management. Specializing in collaborative commerce—the communication and cooperation between suppliers and customers, SWK Technologies has developed a robust EDI solution that integrates seamlessly with the business management solutions it sells and supports. MAPADOC EDI (www.mapadoc.com) is used successfully by companies in dozens of industries trading with hundreds of different trading partners. For more information visit www.swktech.com or call (877) 979-5462