It provides access to all Agentrics NeoGrid applications with a single login, including sales and marketing support, demand planning and replenishment, global sourcing and procurement, and logistics. For some countries, the synchronization extends to standardized electronic data exchange with governments for e-invoicing. The portal is first being deployed in Brazil, with initial access provided to clients attending the vendor's 2012 Supply Chain Link event in Sao Paulo. The cloud-based platform requires no up-front investment or additional equipment to purchase, according to Agentrics. It was designed to optimize supply-chain management for companies of all sizes. Agentrics NeoGrid was created in 2005 from the merger of Worldwide Retail Exchange and GlobalNetXchange. It was acquired by NeoGrid, a Brazilian provider of hosted supply-chain management systems, in 2008.

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