iTradeNetwork Announces General Availability of iTradeOrder: a Full-Service Supply Chain Platform for Mid-Market Grocers

DUBLIN, Calif., DATE (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- iTradeNetwork, the leading global provider of on-demand supply chain management and intelligence solutions for the food and beverage industry, is proud to announce General Availability for iTradeOrder--a new fresh trading, traceability, inspection, and analytics platform specially tailored to ambitious mid-market retailers.

“As mid-market retailers increasingly competeagainst mega-retailers like Amazon, it’s clear that there aren’t very manylow-investment ways for them to significantly boost their top and bottomlines,” comments Rhonda Bassett-Spiers, iTradeNetwork President and CEO.  “Atthe same time, consumers are becoming more selective with their purchasingdecisions, especially in categories like organic and locally-sourced, andlarger retailers have balance sheet advantages and ways to drive growth throughdigitization that many mid-market players currently don’t have. iTradeOrder isa SaaS offering that can drive big growth for the mid-market with smallinvestment.”

Using iTradeOrder, mid-marketretailers can now access iTrade’s industry leading network of over 5,000+trading partners to quickly discover new vendors and products that will helpthem both satisfy their customers’ evolving needs and win new customers. Builton the foundation of iTrade’s industry-leading OMS procurementplatform, iTradeOrder’s planning, order management, accounting, andlogistics modules not only streamline back-office processes, they also reducestore-level shrink and keep shelves stocked with the freshest productsavailable.

“More than just order management, iTradeOrder’sintegration with our existing traceability and inspection analytics suites makeit a true supply chain analytics platform,” adds Rene Cardenas, Head ofMarketing and Strategic Planning. “If a retailer’s digital transformationstrategy includes maximum visibility into their supply chain as well as partnerdiscovery, fresh-to-go and mobile pick-up, iTradeOrder canmake that vision real. Enterprise functionality without the enterprise-levelinvestment.”

iTradeOrder is one in a string of innovations iTrade has brought to the market in the last 12 months, including Transit--a Palletized ASN traceability solution, an SFCA Module that drives compliance for the Safe Food for Canadians Act, and iTrade Blockchain--the food and beverage industry’s first homegrown blockchain solution.

About iTradeNetwork, Inc.
iTradeNetwork, Inc. is the leading global provider of on-demand supply chain management and intelligence solutions to the retail, hospitality and foodservice industries. Built upon deep industry expertise, a rich data foundation and our industries' most extensive trading partner network, ITN's collaborative solutions allow distributors, manufacturers, operators, retailers, suppliers and wholesalers of all sizes to reduce cost, grow revenue and strengthen trading partner relationships. Today, ITN's growing customer list includes over 5,000 global companies. For more information, visit: www.itradenetwork.com

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