Modell's Taps Inovis for Trading Partner Connectivity
and Data Synchronization


Nation's Oldest Family-Owned Sporting Goods Retailer Migrates to Inovis' Value-Added Network


ATLANTA, GA - June 7, 2005 — Inovis, a leading provider of business-to-business solutions and services, announced today that Modell's, the nation's oldest family-owned sporting goods retailer, has selected Inovis as its preferred Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) provider and has migrated to Inovis' next-generation value-added network (VAN). In addition, Modell's will continue to use Inovis Catalogue™.

A QRS Corporation customer, Modell's used QRS' VAN services for five years to manage the flow of critical e-commerce information and product information with its trading community of more than 400 vendors. When Inovis acquired QRS, Inovis presented Modell's with several options to ensure trading community continuity and optimization. Modell's decided that the best solution would be to migrate to Inovis' next-generation VAN, which provides a powerful engine for end-to-end control and visibility of business-to-business (B2B) transactions and trading partner relationships. In addition, the new Inovis VAN offers an innovative customer portal called inovisworks.net that serves as the single interface for all Inovis interactions and provides around-the-clock customer support.

Modell's will continue to use Inovis Catalogue, which is the retail industry's leading centralized repository of product information and contains over 100 million unique items.

"As the nation's oldest family-owned retailer, we have a long and successful tradition of continuously expanding our trading partner community and strengthening our supply chain," said Yvonne Jordan-Perez, EDI Coordinator of Modell's. "Inovis offers the most comprehensive product suite, enabling us to connect to our trading community through inovisworks.net and synchronize critical product information using Inovis Catalogue. Inovis helps us to effectively implement an e-commerce strategy and ensure effective collaboration with our suppliers."

"By leveraging Inovis' VAN, leading retail companies like Modell's can stay focused on their core competencies while driving revenue and profitability through trading community management and data synchronization," said Sean Feeney, president and CEO of Inovis. "As retailers continue to face growing market pressures, they turn to Inovis' comprehensive suite of business-to-business solutions and services to excel in today's increasingly competitive marketplace."

About Modell's Sporting Goods
Modell's Sporting Goods is the nation's oldest family-owned and -operated retailer of sporting goods, sporting apparel, menswear and brand-name athletic footwear. Modells.com currently offers a large collection of products from top name brands in the sporting goods and apparel business. Under the name Modell's Sporting Goods, Henry Modell & Company, Inc. and its affiliates operate over 128 stores throughout New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. For more information, please visit the company's website: www.modells.com.

About Inovis
Inovis is a leading provider of business-to-business solutions for global trading relationships. With more than 20 years of experience, Inovis enables collaborative business processes and solves the complete B2B integration challenge for more than 20,000 customers and their trading partners. The company’s comprehensive line of B2B software and managed services help companies speed transaction flows, synchronize product information and improve supply chain processes. For more information, visit www.inovis.com.

Inovis is a trademark of Inovis, Inc.

Call an Inovis Sales Rep
Contact

David Fontaine
Director, Corporate Communications

+1 404.467.3355
david.fontaine@inovis.com
latest blog post

Learn
Learn