2001 Press Releases
Glovia in the news
Glovia Extends the "Value Chain" With the Launch of glovia.ec
Closed-Loop Collaboration Empowers Manufacturers to Boost Their Top Line Through Tight-Knit Relationships with Suppliers, Partners and Customers
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - May 21, 2001 - Glovia International, the business-to-business e-commerce subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, today announced the global launch of glovia.ec. Developed through a technology partnership with EntComm, a vendor of XML-based business-to-business collaborative solutions, glovia.ec enables suppliers, partners and customers to create a private, secure trading network across multiple, disparate systems.
"By viewing relationships with trading partners as an extension of operations, companies will increase market share, improve their margins and serve their customers better," said James Gorham, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Glovia International. "EntComm and Glovia are committed to enabling companies to drive business processes across boundaries, regardless of location or system. glovia.ec offers the supply-chain visibility and collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment functionality that companies need to build a true trading network."
glovia.ec is a collaborative solution that enables trading partners to share and jointly run applications - not simply exchange XML-based documents. With glovia.ec's robust functionality, all trading partners, even companies with disparate enterprise software, can communicate across the entire value chain.
"Our partnership with Glovia will give companies the collaborative solutions they need to communicate with their trading partners while protecting the investment in their existing infrastructure and systems," said G. Satish, chief operating officer of EntComm. "We look forward to providing the fastest collaboration solutions to businesses of all sizes irrespective of their internal systems."
The glovia.ec suite offers a robust set of components, such as vendor managed inventory (VMI). Using VMI's virtual inventory feature, manufacturers can access inventory from their suppliers without having to stock the inventory in-house. The result is higher fulfillment rates, fewer back orders and increased customer satisfaction.
The suite also includes these components:
- Demand Planning and Replenishment - enables collaboration between retailers, distributors, and suppliers on demand planning, forecasting and replenishment management
- Order Fulfillment and ASN - allows information to flow between the vendor and the customer during every significant step of the fulfillment process
- Outsourced Order Management - enables collaboration between companies and their outsource partners - encompasses the complete spectrum of the process including planning, shipping and WIP tracking
- Sourcing and Procurement Management - reduces the procurement cost significantly by maintaining a consolidated supplier base (master vendor list) and by compressing the time elapsed (cycle time) from purchase requisition to the acceptance of delivery schedule
- Self Service Invoicing - automates the process of invoice creation, acceptance and notification of payment promise date, payment status, remittance and reasons for short pay
glovia.ec is an integrated component of glovia.e, the only solution that seamlessly connects enterprises with their customers, employees, partners and suppliers. With its multi-ERP, multi-currency and multilingual capabilities, glovia.e acts as an intermediary at every juncture of the trading network, allowing information to flow across the enterprise, and beyond.
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About EntComm
EntComm is a software company that automates and accelerates collaboration between companies.
EntComm's Resonance Suite™ covers critical functional areas such as Vendor Managed Inventory,
Outsourced Orders Management and Demand Planning & Replenishment (CPFR) functions. EntComm's
collaborative solutions have a dramatic impact on the performance of the value chain by increasing
visibility and velocity, while reducing operational costs. Dynamic event propagation strengthens
relationships with every trading partner irrespective of their size or IT infrastructure. EntComm's
compelling differentiation is its approach - it enables peer-to-peer collaboration with automated
closed-loop transactions that are easy to rollout.
Based in Gardena, CA, EntComm, Inc. was founded in 1999 and currently has offices in India and Australia. For more information on EntComm and its line of collaborative solutions and services, call (310) 436-3800.
About Glovia International
Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., and with offices worldwide, Glovia International, Inc. is the leading
provider of e-commerce solutions and world-class services for the digital marketplace. It is the only
company to deliver a robust suite of business-to-business "transaction applications" that are fully
scalable and seamlessly integrate with existing enterprise systems. With customers like Dell
Computer Corporation, Ericsson and Caterpillar, Glovia International's technology enables Fortune 1000
companies to build and run the most advanced digital enterprises that boost their competitiveness in the
rapidly evolving global digital economy. Glovia is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, a 5.48
trillion yen leading provider of Internet-based information technology solutions for the global marketplace.
For more information, visit www.glovia.com or call (800) 223-3799 or (310) 563-7000.
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of Internet-focused information technology
solutions for the global marketplace. Its pace-setting technologies,
best-in-class computing and telecommunications platforms, and worldwide
corps of systems and services experts make it uniquely positioned to
unleash the infinite possibilities of the Internet to help its customers
succeed. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported
consolidated revenues of 5.48 trillion yen for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2001. Internet: http://www.fujitsu.com/
