Office Depot Utilizes Hubspan Service
Office Depot, The World’s Largest Seller of Office Products, Utilizes the Hubspan Service
SEATTLE, Wash. (January 17, 2002) – Hubspan, a provider of real-time trading partner connectivity services, today announced that Office Depot (NYSE:ODP), the world’s largest seller of office products, is utilizing Hubspan to better service one of its largest customers, an $8 billion global leader in medical information and technology. This connection marks Office Depot’s first trading partner integration with an Oracle’s
iProcurement system.
The Hubspan service offers a fast, efficient way for companies such as Office Depot to integrate business processes and electronically exchange documents in real-time with their trading partners, regardless of the system and standards differences between them. By connecting with Hubspan, Office Depot is able to integrate its operations with its customer’s trading communities in just a few weeks. The most recent connection was completed in less than four weeks, a fraction of the time it takes most companies to build an individual point-to-point connection.
“Hubspan enabled us to get connected quickly and easily with the Oracle iProcurement system of one our largest accounts,” said Monica Luechtefeld, Office Depot executive vice president, e-commerce. “Hubspan provides an extremely efficient and effective service that allows us to integrate our operations and better service our valuable enterprise customers. Once we connected with Hubspan they took care of the rest – from configuring and deploying the connection to now providing the ongoing support and maintenance.”
“Solving the problems of connecting the disparate systems of suppliers and buyers quickly and easily is what Hubspan is all about,” said Al Higginson, Hubspan CEO. “Office Depot’s integration with enterprise level customers speaks to the value, versatility and success of the Hubspan service.”
About Hubspan
Hubspan, a pioneer in the emerging Transaction Delivery Network space, provides a complete solution for companies to cost-effectively and conveniently create and maintain electronic connections with their trading partners. The Hubspan service integrates business processes ranging from PunchOut and Round Trip, to real-time exchange of static documents such as purchase orders and invoices, as well as provides network infrastructure for private and public trading communities.
About Office Depot
No one sells more office products to more customers in more countries than Office Depot. As of September 29, 2001, Office Depot operated 846 office supply superstores in the United States and Canada, in addition to a national business-to-business delivery network supported by 25 delivery centers, more than 60 local sales offices and eight regional call centers. Furthermore, the Company had operations in 15 countries outside of the United States and Canada, including 28 office supply stores in France and seven in Japan that are owned and operated by the Company; and 101 additional office supply stores under joint venture and licensing agreements operating under the Office Depot name in five foreign countries.