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Bad news? What if the same message started with… 1001110001011100 (binary)… or Quiero comprar…, or Chcę kupić…,or Je veux acheter…, or <xsd:element type=”PurchaseOrderType”/> (XML Purchase Order). Would you know that the customer wanted to buy something from you?

Welcome to the world of the automotive supplier, where order requests come into your organisation in multiple ways (i.e., electronically, manually, with or without kanban or In Line Vehicle Sequence data) and with multiple interpretations. You may be thinking… “Odette and the AIAG has set standards on EDI formats. I have common EDI formats for inbound purchase orders… right?”

Well, sort of. Nope.

Even though EDI frameworks  define a common interpretation, senders of EDI transactions to suppliers often can, and do, interpret segment data in a variety of ways. This is why automotive suppliers typically cannot use a “standard” ERP system or EDI solution, and need to have systems that can interpret mixed EDI and spot buy orders, without missing a beat.

And let’s not forget that the EDI of today may not be the EDI of tomorrow… IT IS CHANGING.

To make things even more interesting, inbound EDI forecasts and Just in Time transactions are more often including information that must be on specific outbound package labels and shipping notifications. If you don’t get the labels or ASNs right, you could have supplier rating penalties and a variety of other issues that impact your profit.

The best news… if you are an automotive supplier we can help you decipher your EDI requirements and provide a solution that fully integrates with your ERP system. Contact us here at Perceptant Limited. We are UK-based EDI, XML and B2B specialists with over 20 years experience in leveraging Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, Infor, Epicor, SAGE, Unit4 and many other ERP and Accounting solutions.

Available exclusively through its growing reseller channel, Perceptant, (http://www.perceptant.com), the SaaS software company, today announced the availability of iHUB 5.0, its latest suite of “white-label” cloud-computing based, EDI software and Supply Chain collaboration solutions.

Designed for enterprise software vendors, consultancies and vertical market trading communities, iHUB 5.0 is a fully-managed, on-demand suite of supply chain, B2B integration and EDI applications that are rebranded, hosted, implemented and maintained by Perceptant on behalf of resellers.

Integrated in to existing enterprise software applications, via simple web calls, iHUB 5.0 immediately equips partners with a comprehensive set of “white-label” supply chain, messaging and EDI applications that can drive millions of dollars of untapped, reoccurring revenues from an existing customer base or new trading community.

Partners opt to either resell and rebrand the applications themselves or take advantage of Perceptant’s complementary services, which include sales and marketing campaigns, branded collateral, competitive analysis and roll-out programs.

Europe’s largest business-to-business construction industry exchange, encompassing thousands of companies and millions of business transactions is delivered in this way, which has not only proven to be of great benefit to the construction industry as a whole but also of significant commercial benefit to the hub’s owners.

“For the first time, serious complimentary business applications are now available, on-demand, via cloud computing and Enterprise Software Vendors and Consulting Companies are beginning to realise that build versus buy or buy and spend months implementing are arguments that no longer stack up” says Matthew Slinn, CEO and founder of Perceptant. “Within weeks, our partners have an integrated suite of complimentary applications that drive new routes to market, provide competitive differentiation and generate significant incremental revenue”.

About Perceptant

Perceptant is considered a thought leader in B2B integration, Supply Chain Management and EDI software.

The group possess a long heritage, being at the forefront of innovation for over 15 solid years. Our award-winning solutions span global supply chains, process billions of transactions each year and serve an ever growing customer base.

Designed for the unique needs of key vertical markets, our domain expertise, industry–leading solutions and unique business insight will help you increase operational efficiency and drive competitive advantage.

As a privately held company, Perceptant is beholden to customers not shareholders. We’re staunchly proud of our careful fiscal management, substantial R&D budget and high levels of customer service.

Our solutions are designed to be cost–effective, while at the same time extremely powerful, flexible and scalable. Moreover, they’re designed to grow as your business grows. That’s allowed customers who started small, to continue to use Perceptant, even as they’ve grown to become global enterprises.

To learn more about our solutions, the industries we serve and why Perceptant is becoming the B2B partner of choice for many leading companies, please visit our website – http://www.perceptant.com
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With global supply chains under increasing pressure to exchange more and more data, current inefficiencies can often be linked to slow, inaccurate, and poorly defined paper-based workflow and capture processes. The result is: re-work when processing duplicate invoices, ‘lost’ vendor payment discounts, poor working capital management, and a poor vendor feedback and experience when querying the status of an invoice. The question is – where to begin?

1. Eradicate paper

Purchase orders, invoices and credit notes are often received in paper format, even though we all know that the use of electronic documents have many advantages over paper. Of course, vendors should be encouraged to send invoices in electronic format by rewarding them through speedy feedback, processing, and payment. Where organisations do not have the ‘luxury’ of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI Software) systems, other, less costly solutions are available! It must be noted that it is best practice to scan and capture all received paper invoices and credit notes as early as possible in the AP process.

2. Scan, capture, and identify duplicates as early as possible
Vendors often send the same invoice via multiple channels (in their enthusiasm to be paid). This can be the cause for a lot of unnecessary re-work as part of the AP process before discovering that an invoice is a duplicate and discarded. The early capture of fields that uniquely identify the invoice, such as the invoice number and vendor number, enables duplicates to be identified at a very early stage in the AP process.

3. Make use the invoice information that you have in the capture and validation process
Information that you already have in the back-end accounting system such as outstanding PO numbers, and anticipated invoice amounts from a specific vendor, can be used to increase the accuracy and reliability of the captured invoice information. In the case of manual capture processes, this information can be used as default values or selection lists to minimise the impact of human error. When capture automation is used, such as Optical Character Recognition (OCR), and the automation technology is closely integrated with the back-end accounting system, this information can be made available to the automation technology and used to increase accuracy – this lends to faster AP processes and less human error!

4. Provide immediate feedback to the vendor
Feedback to the vendor at appropriate stages in the AP process is crucial for improving the vendor experience, decreasing vendor queries and duplicates received, and assisting the vendor to identify issues as these arise. Feedback can be typically via SMS or e-mail. The vendor information must be maintained to ensure that the correct people or systems receive the feedback in the desired format, again lending to faster and more improved AP processes.

5. Don’t underestimate the AP process
The AP process is a little trickier than it may seem at first. Some of the curveballs that you may encounter, and which should be catered for by the AP solutions, are:

* Multiple PO numbers on a single invoice

* “Standing” PO numbers that are to be used many times for an indefinite final amount

* Partial deliveries where the PO number may, or may not, be received again from that vendor

* Invoices to be paid without PO numbers such as consignment stock invoices

All of the above can and should be managed by the AP process solution, thereby ensuring integrity and speed within the AP process.

6. Don’t underestimate change management and the culture of the organisation
Culture, or “the way we do things around here” is not easily changed, and yet the human factor is often ignored – to the detriment of efforts to implement and anchor process and technology changes. Those who find security in paper are not easily convinced to give it up. For example, there are a wide range of organisations whose staff print and courier memos internally and do not know what scanning is, to those that insist on the use of workflow, content management, and scanning technologies. It goes without saying that the change management efforts in these organisations should be and are worlds apart. Often when an AP management solution is implemented, the important ‘people-aspect’ is ignored and the success of an AP solution is hugely dependent on whether or not the solution is used!

Perceptant (http://www.perceptant.com) is a specialist in accounts payable improvement and has a range of strategies to remove paperwork and speed ordering and payment. In addtion, their EDI, B2B Integration and supply chain software software helps drive the integration, synchronisation and collaboration of supply chains. Perceptant is headquartered in Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK.

How long is it since you came across the acronym EDI? In its heyday, it seemed the entire World was infatuated with Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), although that was over 15 years ago. Since then, many formats have come to fruition, including Ansi X12, Edifact, Tradacoms, Odette and more recently, iterations based on XML.

Unfortunately, EDI became associated in the 1980′s with cumbersome software and complicated standards, which is why these days it’s a much maligned and often overlooked technology, even though, the concept of sending electronic messages and business documents between trading partners can drive tremendous savings and efficiency improvements across supply chains.

Therefore, should the process and investment to get trading partners computer systems talking to one another be simple and cost effective, then it’s safe to assume we could be about to witness another comeback King.

Unbeknown to many industry pundits, there have been a number of low key software companies and specialists working on simplifying computer-to-computer message translation (i.e. the process of sending a purchase order (PO) straight from a customer’s computer system to a supplier’s computer system in seconds). If you’re a business that employs vendor managed inventory, real time replenishment, JIT manufacturing, collaborative planning and forecasting or simply yearns for a near-paperless working practice, then you’ll be salivating at the prospect of EDI 2.0 (pardon the pun).

EDI 2.0, deployed as a fully managed service (i.e. the edi software supplier hosts, manages, configures and supports the software for you and your trading partners), doesn’t require a team of internal IT people or hefty investment. Furthermore, electronic trading relationships with customers, suppliers or partners can be setup within hours and the business benefits reaped within days.

For minimal capital outlay, companies can reduce their average days of debt, streamline the accounts department, improve cash flow and decrease operating expenditure. How often does this type of opportunity present itself I ask myself?

History is littered with examples of “reinventing the wheel”, fundamentally because we realized the previous version had intrinsic value and applying more modern thinking and advancements in technology could make a step change in our economy or life. Certainly, EDI is one such example and a small secretive group of supply chain software vendors could be on the verge changing the way we conduct business forever.

UBL, the Universal Business Language, is the product of an international effort to define a royalty-free library of standard electronic XML business documents such as purchase orders and invoices. Developed in an open and accountable OASIS Technical Committee with participation from a variety of industry data standards organizations, UBL is designed to plug directly into existing business, legal, auditing, and records management practices, eliminating the re-keying of data in existing fax- and paper-based supply chains and providing an entry point into electronic commerce for small and medium-sized businesses.

Perceptant’s iHUB, iBAM and SCMaaS (Supply Chain Management as a Service) products leverage XML and incorporate its strengths into a comprehensive business application environment – managing all critical aspects of integrating and automating interactions between customers, partners and suppliers. UBL extends Perceptant’s leverage of XML by enhancing the secure electronic management and exchange of catalogue, pricing, stock and transaction information across corporate boundaries.

“Perceptant is dedicated to providing process-level coordination among business partners through its application suite,” said Dave Jolliff, CTO of Perceptant Software. “Commonly understood definitions of business information, such as those provided by UBL, allow us to more rapidly deploy solutions in SCMaaS and to focus more energy on process improvements in order management, inventory management and other procurement activities”. In SCMaaS, we can construct, execute and manage processes that coordinate the exchange of UML-based objects (as well as other XML objects) among partners and the integration of this information with the business applications like Ariba, SAP and Red Prairie that each partner uses.

Perceptant’s support for UBL extends its openness and complements existing support of other business-to-business integration standards, such as VICS Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) and standards efforts led by groups such as CommerceNet, RosettaNet and the Open Applications Group (OAG).

“Competing in today’s business environment means being able to rapidly assemble communities of customers and suppliers – big and small – in a way that allows them to function and compete as a single world-class corporation,” says Mathew Slinn, CEO of Perceptant. “Perceptant’s SCMaaS software allows customers to integrate and automate ordering, forecasting, design and manufacturing processes with their customers and partners – enhancing customer service and retention and reducing product lead times by up to 40%.”

The history of UBL

The UBL initiative originated in efforts beginning in mid-1999 to create a set of standard XML “office documents” within OASIS. The work of the OASIS OfficeDoc TC under the leadership of Murray Altheim of Sun Microsystems was set aside when OASIS and UN/CEFACT began collaboration on ebXML in December 1999. Interest in the creation of a standard XML syntax for basic commercial documents revived again in May 2000 with the decision in ebXML to omit a standard XML “payload” syntax from the initial set of ebXML deliverables. The working group that came to be known as UBL began in April 2001 as a discussion group sponsored by CommerceNet and was established as an OASIS Technical Committee in November 2001.

About Perceptant

Perceptant is acknowledged as a leading provider of business-to-business integration applications and patent-pending supply chain management software.

Perceptant SCMaaS (Supply Chain Management as a Service), enables companies to aggressively improve both competitiveness and profitability. Perceptant leverages the Internet and emerging software technologies such as XML to automate shared business interactions throughout entire value chains of companies – including customers, suppliers, distributors, contract manufacturers and third-party logistics providers – that comprise today’s extended enterprise.

On the front-end, Perceptant SCMaaS creates and manages mission-critical collaborative business processes such as vendor managed inventory, collaborative planning and engineering, channel assembly and much more. On the back end, iHUB breaks down the barriers of diversity by integrating disparate enterprise applications that often exist between businesses.

For additional information about Perceptant and the Supply Chain, Open EDI and Business Activity Monitoring suite of business-to-business integration software, visit Perceptant’s website at www.perceptant.com or contact them directly at +44 (0)1246 291759.

Perceptant - Handheld Supply Chain Collaboration

Perceptant, the SaaS Supply Chain, B2B Integration and EDI specialists today released a suite of electronic invoicing and supply chain applications for the of Apple iPhone & iPad, Google Android and Windows Phone 7 range of mobile devices.

Perceptant (www.perceptant.com), a pioneer of cloud computing business solutions for supply chain rationalisation, einvoicing and EDI (electronic data interchange) today announced a range of solutions designed for mobile computing.

Designed to drive new efficiencies and increased collaboration between field operatives, supply chain professionals and customers, the solutions include mobile electronic invoicing, transport ordering, delivery tracking, proof of delivery (POD) issuing, inventory reporting, stock-out validation and point of sale (POS) visibility via Android, Windows Mobile 7 and Apple iPhone & iPad devices.

“Whilst many companies have built strong EDI alliances, some using cloud based solutions, we have yet to see smart applications filter down to intelligent mobile devices”, says Matthew Slinn, CEO and founder of Perceptant. “The computing power and internet access speed that’s now in the palm of our hand means we can now deliver pioneering supply chain software solutions via mobile computing that are both cost-effective and feature rich”.

According to recent estimates, the global mobile applications market is expected to be worth $25.0 billion in 2015, growing at a CAGR of 29.6% from 2010 to 2015, yet business applications have been slow coming to market.

“Mobile supply chain and einvoicing solutions can have a dramatic and positive effect by improving working practices and business processes”, says Mark Taplow, Director of Supply Chain Consulting. “They also generate a substantial ROI by improving profit margins and sustainability across the industry, which until this announcement from Perceptant, just didn’t exist”.

Perceptant’s range of mobile solutions, require no upfront investment and are simply rented to customers on a monthly basis. In addition, a standard API is available to partners wishing to integrate existing back-office ERP, Accounting and Management applications with their growing range of “off the shelf” and customised mobile solutions.

About Perceptant

Perceptant is a leading provider of software and services that drive the integration, synchronisation and collaboration of global supply chains. Our hosted, on-demand supply chain management, B2B Integration and EDI solutions process millions of business-to-business transactions, integrate leading enterprise software applications and help seamlessly connect the demand chains of many of the World’s leading trading communities. Perceptant has its headquarters in Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK.

Within the logistics market, EDI connectivity has been a standard way of exchanging data between warehouses and their customers for many years. The cost and complexity of traditional EDI has delayed the integration of transport data flows where contracts are typically shorter, IT resource scarcer and the number of suppliers higher. Perceptant is working to bring down these barriers through its innovative way of bringing affordable EDI to the logistics market.

Does EDI have a role in enabling sustainable distribution? Normally justified through savings on administrative staff, EDI also speeds up the transmission of data between partners. Most sustainable distribution initiatives are dependent on successful transport planning activities to deliver their full potential. Currently too many transport planning activities are squeezed through lack of time – therefore speeding up data transmission by having direct EDI interfaces with your customers or suppliers has a direct impact on the effectiveness of this vital planning process. Perceptant now offer EDI of transport orders on a monthly charge basis: ideal for hauliers worried about contract length.

The second sustainable distribution opportunity where EDI plays a role is in the area of collaborative partnerships: these could be between two shippers or even between a lead haulier and a potential sub-contractor. In both case putting the most efficient transport operation on a particular route or area of the country can save empty running. However all collaboration and sub-contracting requires data to be transferred between the collaborating parties. Without a robust EDI solution, real time visibility of the load and efficient transmission of delivery data will be compromised.

Satellite tracking is a typical area where these problems are encountered. The technology is used by the best transport companies to give real time feedback into the planning process. Geo-fence triggered event reporting and up to date vehicle positioning allows transport planners to refine and improve vehicle routing during the day to optimise vehicle fill. However such visibility is often lost when working with sub-contractor fleets or when collaborating with customers or other partners; this creates a tension in sustainable distribution initiatives as such relationships are vital for improving vehicle utilisation.

The solution to this lies in affordable, quick to implement interfacing between the main systems in the market: although potential transport partners are almost infinite the system platforms on which they operate are not. Over time therefore we are likely to see emerging communities of hauliers with pre-built interfaces that are kept current; a parallel of what has happened in the pallet distribution markets. Affordable EDI technology such as that provided by Perceptant will be critical to making this happen.

Perceptant’s business model is geared to a world where companies are exchanging data with a large number of companies, sometimes for a short period of time.  . Sustainable distribution may be talked about less while companies focus on cost saving, but as improving vehicle fill delivers on both criteria, the world of interfacing with a single provider is coming to an end. For logistics service providers and their customers developing a capability to build interfaces quickly and affordable is a competitive edge today but a necessity tomorrow.

Perceptant - SaaS Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Management (SCM) means many things to many people but fundamentally it’s the management of the flow of materials and services needed to make a product and deliver it to customers. For many companies, it’s an integral part of their overall strategy for meeting customer demand.

Stage one of SCM involves selecting suppliers for the goods and services needed to create the product. Stage two relates to developing processes with suppliers for pricing, delivery and payment. So far so good…

Stage three and beyond though is where an experienced SCM Manager can really command big bucks because a manufacturer or retailer able to collaborate with suppliers on a mass scale and schedule production, manage inventory, verify shipments, authorize payments, transfer goods to manufacturing and co-ordinate logistics as seamlessly, quickly and cost effectively as possible makes the difference between a Wall Street performer or flop.

Initially thought of as the relationship between manufacturers and retailers, supply chain collaboration (SCC) is a business to business (B2B) concept that has now been extended to include raw materials, logistics and service suppliers.

In essence, SCC is two or more companies working jointly to develop shared information, develop joint plans based on that shared information, and consequently execute their businesses with greater success than when acting independently. Until recently though, such collaboration was rarely attained within a company let alone between companies.

With the introduction of the collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) business model though, which many consider the standard for direct material planning and fulfilment, companies now have a firm foundation on which to base their operational plans and supply chain solutions.

CPFR is intended to eliminate the uncertainty in demand and supply by actively promoting the exchange of information and data, including demand signals, forecasts, inventory and logistics across supply chain partners. Post implementation, companies experience increased sales, reduced inventory and cycle time and lower cost of sales. Furthermore, successful partners exhibit mutual trust and believe that both sides profit equally when both supplier and customer are responsible for using inventory efficiently, keeping stock levels low and more effectively managing transportation.

Thankfully, there is now SCM software that supports CPFR standards and enterprises that have invested time, resources, and money in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems needn’t worry because it compliments not competes with their investment. This could explain why some of the emerging Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) supply chain software vendors are seen as such hot property.

One such vendor is Perceptant (http://www.perceptant.com), the cloud computing supply chain management, B2B collaborative portal and EDI software vendor, who has openly endorsed CPFR and during a recent interview revealed it received on average two offers of venture capital a month.

http://www.perceptant.com

Once considered heretics, SaaS Supply Chain Management and EDI companies are now considered hot property due to a recent report published by ARC.

The report highlights that the Supply Chain Integration and Management market has grown at a 7 percent Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR), since 2005.  The growth rate would have been much higher though were it not for the global economic downturn that started pinching in 2008 and hit with full force in 2009.  During that time frame however, SaaS based Supply Chain and EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) solutions grew by a CAGR in excess of 20 percent.

To clarify, the SCM market includes Supply Chain Execution —production, warehouse, and transportation management — as well as Supply Chain Planning — strategic, manufacturing, and inventory planning.

“Historically, SaaS has enjoyed a significant market presence only in the transportation management market,” according to Steve Banker, Service Director for SCM at the ARC Advisory Group, “but that is changing.  SaaS solutions will grow significantly faster than traditional software and services.”  Steve is the principal author of ARC’s “Supply Chain Management Worldwide Outlook: Market Analysis and Forecast through 2014”.

The Emergence of SaaS in the SCM Market
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) can encompass either multitenant solutions or hosted solutions particular to an individual customer.  The Transportation Management Systems (TMS) market is the only SCE market where SaaS is well entrenched.  In TMS, SaaS solutions win not just because of lower price points, but also because they leverage the power of the network.  Transportation optimization has little value if companies can’t successfully tender the optimized loads.  Networked SaaS TMS solutions have a key advantage in on-boarding new carriers and in the data quality of the messaging with those carriers.

But in 2008, we saw SaaS emerge in the production management and supply chain planning markets.  In 2009, SaaS made significant progress in the warehouse management systems market.

Ten years ago ARC began referring to production management systems as “Collaborative Production Management.”  This reflected our belief that production management was not just about better processes at an individual factory.  That for factories to operate well they needed to collaborate with suppliers and customers, that the network of factories needed to synchronize their work, and that increasingly that network would be composed of not just company owned factories but factories run contract manufacturing partners.  In WMS, network centric solutions are emerging, that potential exists in production management as well.

Perceptant, a SaaS Supply Chain and EDI Solutions Company
Perceptant is a leading provider of fully-managed SaaS solutions that drive Supply Chain Execution, Integration and Collaboration. Our hosted, on-demand service encapsulates over 20 years experience in process improvement, inefficiency removal and cost reduction. Perceptant has its headquarters in Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK.

Perceptant, the cloud computing integration, messaging and supply chain specialist, has developed a Reverse Logistics Portal to allow manufacturers and 4PLs to control returned and refused stock.

The Reverse Logistics Executive Council (RLEC) estimates that Reverse Logistics costs account for approximately one-half of one percent of total GDP. Therefore, Reverse Logistics is becoming an increasing area of focus for retailers and manufacturers looking to improve profitability and competitive positioning.

No area is this more apparent than within grocery logistics where sustainable distribution is a hot topic, and refused deliveries are commonplace. In practice, product refusals are normally due to damaged or miss-picked goods – leaving the driver needing to drop off the refused goods quickly in order to get to the next job. This means taking them to the provider’s nearest depot.

Logistics providers running national distribution will therefore have refused product scattered across not just their own depots but also those of their subcontractors’. The job of the logistics provider is to identify and manage the return of these products to the original manufacturer or arrange their authorised disposal. In sectors with perishable goods, for example the food and drink sector, a delay in this process will result in goods being written off that would otherwise be saleable. However reverse logistics is often a neglected area in the systems used to manage transport companies, which leaves the logistics companies and their customers exchanging spreadsheets to keep track of the stock.

Perceptant (www.perceptant.com), a pioneer of cloud computing supply chain collaboration and electronic data interchange (EDI)  solutions, has developed a Reverse Logistics Portal, aptly named RLP, to give manufacturers, and the logistics service providers delivering their goods, better control and visibility of returned and refused stock without resorting to supplier access to ERP systems. Designed to compliment SAP, Epicor, Infor, Unit 4, Microsoft Dynamics and Warehouse/Transportation Management Systems, Perceptant RLP, includes a secure log-in and product code verification suite that supports secure processes while promoting efficiency across all parties.

“With a foundation of world class messaging capability we are able to ensure that the portal is efficient for all parties”, says Matthew Slinn, CEO and founder of Perceptant “Users only enter the data that cannot be interfaced from their existing systems. The portal supports users with all levels of sophistication and can therefore be rolled out to entire communities, with the only prerequisite being an internet connection”.

Perceptant has used the services of Labyrinth Logistics Consulting to specify the portal. “Where transport is contracted out separately from warehousing, the management of return and refused stock is difficult using Transport Management Systems, as access to data such as product codes is not normally part of their functionality”, says Jo Godsmark, Director of Labyrinth “Perceptant’s portal plugs this gap and gives 4PLs working on any contract, but particularly those involving perishable goods, a tool to reduce their customers’ stock losses.”

About Perceptant

Perceptant provide software solutions that drive the integration, synchronisation and collaboration of supply chains. Available via cloud computing and simple monthly charging tariffs, our fully managed supply chain management, SaaS Integration and EDI 2.0 solutions help companies of all sizes automate B2B transactions, integrate enterprise software applications and implement collaborative business applications. Perceptant has its headquarters in Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK.