NTE Selected for Trading Partner Connectivity and Streamlined Support of Order-to-Cash Process

CHICAGO (MMD Newswire) May 23, 2012 -- NTE LLC, the leader in multi-tenant platform Software as a Service (SaaS), on-premise Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and B2B collaboration technology solutions, today announced it has been selected and deployed by Organic Valley, the largest organic food cooperative in North America, to replace their existing VAN solutions and provide B2B collaboration with its trading partners.

Organic Valley has replaced its existing VAN solutions for trading partner connectivity, with NTE's B2B Collaboration - a flexible solution which can be customized to supply information in whatever form required to address a business partner's unique data integration and collaboration needs.

Prior to the NTE implementation, Organic Valley utilized a combination of disparate VANs and mapping software solutions for managing connectivity and transactions with all its trading partners - a solution which was not only expensive, but offered no integration or validation of transaction data.

The team at Organic Valley struggled to keep up with mappings of new trading partners, updates to existing ones, and sheer transaction volume. Issues arose with regard to how to validate transactional data before passing it through to the customer in the form of an electronic invoice, and the VANs provided no added value to the order-to-cash transaction flow.

"We were growing in sales at a rate of 20% per year, and the technology solution we had in place wasn't scaling," said George Neill, Director of IT, Organic Valley. "Our transaction data volume was growing, our staff resources weren't, and the cost versus value proposition of our current solutions didn't add up. We needed a new, smarter, and more cost-effective way of doing things."

Since deploying NTE, Organic Valley is successfully managing over 60 trading partners and 7,000 validated transactions per month. The NTE Solution has allowed Organic Valley to add specific data tables to validate transaction data before sending it through to the customer, providing accuracy and time savings in their order-to-cash business process. Organic Valley now has a single solution for trading partner connectivity, integrated with their ERP, for significant cost savings and improved customer service.

"NTE is excited to be working with Organic Valley," said Robert Rocque, Chief Executive Officer of NTE. "We like solving unique customer problems with solutions that translate to improved efficiencies and cost savings in managing their enterprise."

About Organic Valley

Headquartered in La Farge, WI, Organic Valley is America's largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation's leading organic brands. Organized in 1988, it represents 1,687 farmers in 35 states and three Canadian provinces, and achieved $715 million in 2011 sales. Focused on its founding mission of saving family farms through organic farming, Organic Valley produces a variety of organic foods, including organic milk, soy, cheese, butter, spreads, creams, eggs, produce and juice, which are sold in supermarkets, natural foods stores and food cooperatives nationwide. With its regional model, milk is produced, bottled and distributed right in the region where it is farmed to ensure fewer miles from farm to table and to support our local economies. The same farmers who produce for Organic Valley also produce a full range of delicious organic meat under the Organic Prairie label. For further information, call 1-888-444-MILK or visit www.organicvalley.coop, www.organicprairie.coop and the cooperative's farmer website, www.farmers.coop.

About NTE

NTE LLC delivers Software as a Service (SaaS) technology solutions to improve supply chain efficiencies globally across all industries. The NTE Platform features Order Management, Warehouse Management, Optimization, MRP/DRP, Document Workflow, Manufacturing/Shop floor, Mobile Apps, Transportation Management, Global Trade Management (GTM), completely customized applications and B2B Collaboration. NTE provides retailers, manufacturers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, construction, food and third-party logistics providers with the ability to improve decision-making, reduce costs, and increase customer service across their internal and external enterprise. Through innovation and leading-edge technology, NTE provides a complete platform for planning, execution, and managing B2B business processes. For more information, visit www.nte.com.