Levi Strauss Selects TradeCard Platform

San Francisco-based apparel marketer Levi Strauss & Co. has selected New York City-based TradeCard Inc. to provide supply chain management solutions to help it optimize its global sourcing operations. Levi’s will implement the TradeCard Platform to manage its activities with 225 vendors from the Americas, Asia and Europe; and interface with its existing enterprise resource planning systems  to automate and streamline all processes including procurement, customs compliance and payments.

“TradeCard will complement the existing sourcing landscape at Levi’s to provide better control over the movement of product and money outside the four walls of the organization and into the extended supply chain,” said Kurt Cavano, CEO, TradeCard. “Our unique combination of software delivered as a service and local support in 45 countries enables rapid deployment with minimal risk or required resources. It will allow Levi’s to truly extend visibility into manufacturing processes and all partners involved.”

March/April 2008