Bradley Corporation Outsources Business Community Management with Inovis

ATLANTA (Business Wire EON) September 30, 2008 -- "In order to stay competitive and deliver a high-quality customer experience, more manufacturers across various industry segments are outsourcing their EDI and other supply chain communication operations to companies like Inovis," said Steve Cochran, chief marketing officer, Inovis. "As a result, our Managed Services customers can focus on their core businesses and on keeping customers happy."

With Inovisworks, companies and their partners have a single web portal at www.inovisworks.net to manage the movement of transactions across oftentimes complex and diverse communities, technology and support requirements. Inovisworks ensures high reliability through the Inovis Multienterprise Expert Service Hub (MESH) platform and Inovis Business Process Protection Services, four services that provide 99.995% availability by protecting data traffic quality, governance and security.

The Inovis VAN supports a wide range of data formats as well as connectivity, access, transport and security options. They include:

Data formats: EDI, XML, RosettaNet and EDI-INT Connectivity: Internet, dial-up, frame relay and leased lines Access: Event-driven and store-and-forward mailbox capabilities Transport: HTTP, FTP and SMTP Security: SSL, S/MIME, IPSEC, VPN and PGP Inovis' Business Community Management (BCM) creates a comprehensive view of a supply chain by integrating the technology, business processes and communication of the entire business community. By standardizing the technology and business community communication, Inovis helps companies better manage the supply chains and create sustainable value through three key avenues: increasing end-to-end visibility, reducing business-to-business complexity and automating entire trading communities.

About Bradley Corporation

For over 80 years, Bradley Corporation has designed and manufactured commercial washfountains, and today is the industry's exclusive source for plumbing fixtures, washroom accessories, partitions, emergency fixtures and solid plastic lockers. Headquartered in Wisconsin, Bradley serves the commercial, industrial, health care, recreation, education, and corrections markets worldwide. For more information, contact Bradley, Telephone: (800) Bradley; Fax: (262) 251-5817

About Inovis

Inovis is a leading provider of Business Community Management solutions that enable companies to transact, collaborate and optimize communications with their entire trading community. By standardizing and automating mission-critical business interactions, companies can dramatically reduce the complexity and cost of supply chain communication. This foundation of high-quality, reliable and secure connectivity provides real-time visibility across the order-to-payment lifecycle. The resulting actionable intelligence enables users to proactively address supply chain issues before they impact profitability, shortening cycle times, improving productivity and increasing customer satisfaction.

With more than 20 years of expertise, Inovis delivers its products and services to more than 20,000 companies over a wide range of industries and markets across the globe. For more information, visit http://www.inovis.com.

Inovis is a trademark of Inovis, Inc.