TRADECARD LOWERS THE BARRIERS IN CONNECTING SYSTEMS ACROSS THE SUPPLY CHAIN
NEW YORK - August 6, 2002- TradeCard, Inc, the financial supply chain service provider, today
announced its ability to help companies lower their Enterprise Application Integration and Web Services costs and
time with a toolkit consisting of specialized software, a set of methodologies and proven customer examples that all
work to quickly and effectively connect all parties within the supply chain.
TradeCard accommodates a company's existing secure communication methodology and infrastructure via its EDI VAN
adapters and secure standards adapters such as AS2 enabling quick and seamless connectivity to the TradeCard network.
Through the TradeCard e-Commerce Agent and e-Commerce Toolkit, companies without a secure messaging infrastructure
can enable secure two-way file exchanges that allow direct system-to-system messaging between trading partners across
the globe. In addition, TradeCard has a set of pre-built integration models that help facilitate integration with
companies using systems such as SAP, PeopleSoft, Baan, Ariba, CommerceOne, i2 and other proprietary solutions. These
tools and knowledge have reduced the time and effort to connect order management systems of small-to-mid-sized
companies, as well as large multinationals.
"Integration and data sharing have always been sticky points between companies trying to work outside their
firewalls," says Nestor Zwyhun, CTO of TradeCard, Inc. "Getting disparate and diverse systems to share data quickly,
easily and inexpensively across the supply chain is critical if companies are expected to communicate in any
meaningful way. TradeCard provides the domain experience and track record to help these companies share transaction
information without disrupting current processes."
TradeCard takes an adaptive messaging approach to integration meaning there is virtually no disturbance to existing
systems so work can be phased-in through a seamless methodology. The TradeCard tools and methodology enable
companies to send the information available in their system today and augment the data during upload or online in the
TradeCard system via a web browser. In addition, TradeCard manages the cross referencing of information so that the
company's system need not change to reference TradeCard information. Integration typically runs between several days
to a couple of months depending on the depth of mapping involved. TradeCard supports the exchange of documents in any
data format and maps directly to its own XML standard. For example, TradeCard can exchange documents in EDIFACT,
X.12, non-TradeCard XML, comma-separated flat files, etc.
TradeCard has over 450 members on its network, which provides complete order-to-settlement capabilities. The
TradeCard system has already processed over $250 million in transaction value between buyers, suppliers and other
trade service providers around the world.
About TradeCard, Inc.
TradeCard is a financial supply chain service provider. TradeCard's secure transaction infrastructure greatly reduces
the inefficiencies and uncertainties found in traditional domestic and cross-border trade transaction processes. By
streamlining and enhancing the steps necessary for purchase order approvals, payment decisions and settlement,
TradeCard provides a cost-effective, practical and patented service for financial supply chain management.
TradeCard, Inc. is headquartered in New York City with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Hong Kong,
Taipei, Seoul, Tokyo and London.
TradeCard can support transactions among the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Singapore,
South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
TradeCard is a registered trademark in the United States. TradeCard can be found on the World Wide Web at
http://www.tradecard.com
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