Nipendo Multi-enterprise Supplier Collaboration Platform Supports Kodak Alaris Transition To Cloud Erp

Burlington, Massachusetts – July 29, 2015 – Kodak Alaris, a global technology firm that offers intelligent solutions for capturing, managing and sharing information and images, has selected the Nipendo multi-enterprise collaboration platform to streamline and automate purchase-to-pay processes with the company’s suppliers and contract manufacturers.

Nipendo’s platform for procure-to-pay automation will empower Kodak Alaris to rapidly expand real-time collaboration and process compliance across its global supplier base. The solution will be integrated as part of Kodak Alaris’ implementation of a next-generation cloud-based ERP solution.

”Nipendo’s multi-enterprise collaboration capabilities are the perfect fit to support our transition to cloud architecture for our entire ERP and IT infrastructure,” said John Milazzo, Chief Information Officer, Kodak Alaris. “It provides a seamless extension of our enterprise systems and processes to our supplier ecosystem, helping us improve supply chain agility, compliance, and efficiency.”

Collaboration through Nipendo Supplier Cloud goes beyond simple transaction exchange, allowing organizations to reconcile discrepancies in the cloud and ensure compliance across all supplier interactions, covering all purchases from simple indirect transactions to complex manufacturing contracts with hundreds of line items, partial and drop shipments, and many potential changes throughout the process.

The platform provides suppliers with multiple means of access to real-time exchange of purchase orders, order modifications and acknowledgements, Advance Shipping Notification (ASN), and electronic invoices.

“We are in the midst of a paradigm shift, with the cloud paving the way to all-inclusive buyer-supplier collaboration,” said Nipendo CEO and Co-founder Eyal Rosenberg. “We are proud to work with an organization such as Kodak Alaris that is stepping up to make this vision a reality. This is a win-win proposition for Kodak Alaris and its suppliers, enabling real-time process automation, removing errors and discrepancies, and reducing friction from the global supply chain.”

About Kodak Alaris

Kodak Alaris is a new company born from one of the world’s most iconic brands. We offer businesses and consumers intelligent technologies for capturing, managing and sharing information and images. The company is made up of two business divisions:

• The Information Management division helps organizations capture content from paper and digital sources, extract insights, and deliver the right information to the right place at the right time for better business outcomes. Our portfolio includes award-winning document scanners and artificial intelligence-driven software that automates business processes and improves workflows for clients in customer contact centers, financial services, healthcare and a number of other industries.
• The Imaging division includes Retail Systems Solutions, the world leader in retail photo kiosks and dry lab systems, offering retailers a competitive advantage in the photo services market; Paper & Output Systems, offering photo specialty retailers, professional and wholesale labs, and photographers the broadest portfolio of traditional photographic paper and workflow solutions; Film Capture, offering consumers and professionals an award-winning range of still-camera film products; and Event Imaging Solutions, providing digital souvenir photography services and solutions at theme parks, iconic destinations, resorts and other markets worldwide.

Both divisions have decades of experience providing solutions to businesses and consumers.  Kodak Alaris was spun off from Eastman Kodak in 2013 and is now a completely independent company. The new global enterprise has 3400 employees operating in 34 countries. The company is owned by UK Kodak Pension Plan (KPP).

The Kodak trademark and trade dress are used under license from Eastman Kodak Company.

For more information, please visit www.kodakalaris.com.

About Nipendo

Nipendo Supplier Cloud delivers a new level of process-driven B2B integration, enabling supply chain collaboration and compliance across all spend categories.

Supporting rapid onboarding of thousands of suppliers, Nipendo empowers organizations to streamline procure-to-pay processes throughout the entire supplier ecosystem, lowering the cost of doing business while increasing supply chain efficiency.

Utilizing Nipendo’s real-time invoice validation and reconciliation, organizations are able to provide suppliers with a range of financing options, capture a greater portion of available early payment discounts, and optimize their working capital positions.

Nipendo Supplier Cloud is used by leading organizations across industries, including multinationals such as Israel Aerospace Industries, KLA Tencor, Kodak Alaris, Sigma Aldrich, and Teva Pharmaceuticals.