SKUforce Eliminates the Need for Data Spreadsheets with Multi-Domain Collaborative Cloud Platform

SAN FRANCISCO, April 12, /PRNewswire/ -- 2010 Large Enterprises typically rely on Excel to exchange and manage product information, often at great cost in terms of data quality and efficiency. SKUforce customers are eliminating the need to use Excel for data management. The first step in getting rid of Excel as a vehicle to manage product related information is by replacing it with a SKUforce Collaborative Cloud Platform based on a private cloud.

SKUforce clients in the manufacturing, retailing and distributing industries no longer struggle to gather information scattered across data silos like Excel, which are completely non-collaborative and one dimensional. SKUforce provides a holistic cloud view of business and product data for companies by unifying and filling the gaps and holes that exist between systems and from using data silos like Excel to manage data.

Smart businesses know that ensuring the accuracy and consistency of their data, and improving collaboration are two ways to increase efficiency and productivity. These businesses also want to leverage the rich information formats such as images and video that can't be managed by spreadsheets. By working and communicating more efficiently and effectively via the SKUforce Collaborative Cloud Platform, businesses not only stay on top of all product data, but changes can be made quickly and shared instantly with all stakeholders.

"Nothing will replace Excel altogether, but we are quickly finding that our customers have used our Collaborative Cloud Platform to speed their time to market and reduce overhead because they now have access to real data," said Anand Ayyar, Partner at SKUforce. "SKUforce brings a new level of control to our users who need access to their product data anywhere at any time that's impossible with the usage of archaic spreadsheets."

This shift from spreadsheets to SKUforce has allowed major clients like Southern Wines & Spirits of America and DayMen Inc. to:

• Capture all of the specific attributes and images that drive their businesses across all functional groups.
• Be web-based which will ensure that all information is available in real time to everyone that needs it.
• Be data-centric, not document-centric.
• Ensure that first-time data quality will be high, with minimal errors.
• Support all the product attributes and data types currently used now and in the future.
• Be quick and easy to search, including contextual searches.
• Give high visibility to data, especially missing information and key data analysis.
• Be forms-based, so users can work using a familiar methodology, with familiar forms and data structures.
• Be able to handle images and documents as easily as text and numbers.
• Support data governance in their organizations by ensuring that all data is accurate and instantly available.
• Enable the originator of data to enter data directly and collaborate via the Web.
• Deliver information accurately and automatically to third parties and downstream applications using XML and Web Services.

About SKUforce

SKUforce is a Collaborative Cloud Platform that gathers, collaborates and publishes all types of business and product data. SKUforce was designed for manufacturers, distributors, retailers and service vendors who desire a holistic cloud view of their data from a Global Repository that is easy to use, extensible and adapts to changing business requirements. The benefits of SKUforce's total Collaborative Cloud Platform include removing data complexity, creating reusable assets and enabling businesses to maximize existing investments. SKUforce was founded by industry veterans with many years of experience in MDM/PLM/ECM and enterprise connectivity. SKUforce is available as SaaS or as an on-premise solution. SKUforce has offices in San Francisco, Chicago and Delhi. For more information, call 866.443.2058.

SOURCE SKUforce