Value Added Network

In order to trade electronically with your partners, you need a platform to enable you to connect and communicate with them. Value added networks (EDI VANs) are not new and have been providing a secure communication solution for many years. Not all EDI VANs are the same however, at Inovis we have been constantly innovating our VAN to offer our customers increased levels of service as well as new capabilities that add additional value.  Inovisworks, the EDI VAN from Inovis, provides one of the critical bases of Business Community Management, with secure, reliable and flexible supply chain communications.

The components of Business Community Management

Overview:

Our Value-Added Network (EDI VAN) service is all about providing practical, cost effective solutions that let you flexibly exchange critical business documents such as Purchase Orders, Advance Shipment Notices, Goods Received Notes, Pick Lists and Stock Reports with your trading partners, regardless of data format and network connectivity standards.
  As a result, you can stay focused on your core competencies while building your trading partner community. Our unique VAN solution provides:

• Comprehensive visibility into every transaction .
• Global service with the management of 300,000+ trading relationships .
• Scalable architecture based on a J2EE clustered environment.
• Reliable service delivered through a Tier 4 data center with automated fail-over.
• Unique Business Community Management services and applications to extend customer value

With Inovisworks, the EDI Value Added Network from Inovis, Customers have immediate online access to the status of their business transactions in a clear and straightforward format

 "When we evaluated various EDI solutions on the market, we were drawn to both Inovisworks as a platform and Inovis as a company. Inovisworks is a modern, reliable platform, and Inovis Managed Services provides us with the full support needed not just to deliver the technology, but to guide our team as we work with customers and suppliers across Europe," said Ben Tuppen, UK Logistics Manager, innocent.

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Inovisworks.net:

You and your partners have a single web portal at www.inovisworks.net to manage your transactions. And Inovisworks ensures high reliability through the Inovis Business Process Protection Services, four services that provide 99.995% availability by protecting data traffic quality, governance and security. The Inovis VAN supports you with a wide range of data formats as well as connectivity, access, transport and security options. They include:

• Data formats: EDI, XML, RosettaNet and EDI-INT
• Connectivity: Internet, dial-up, frame relay and leased lines
• Access: Event-driven and store-and-forward mailbox capabilities
• Transport: HTTP, FTP and SMTP
• Security: SSL, S/MIME, IPSEC, VPN and PGP

In addition, we offer a flexible and predictable pricing program, so you can budget for as much service as you need right now. In the future, when your business expands, you can enjoy the peace of mind that comes from knowing you have the flexibility to expand your consumption at the same time.
You can count on the Inovis VAN to meet your unique needs—whether your company is taking its first steps into EDI or XML, searching for an alternative provider with the latest capabilities or trying to meet the latest technology requirements of your trading partners.

 "In addition, the Inovis pricing structure is based on a flat-rate subscription fee rather than volume of traffic, meaning that our costs are predictable and low." 

Ben Tuppen, Logistics Manager - innocent Drinks

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