Outsourced EDI Solutions for Retail Vendors

Business Driver: A vendor who’s trading with over 14 trading partners is expected to send a Purchase Order Acknowledgement document to its trading partner and on it convey any inventory availability as well as acceptance of purchase order terms.

Expert Advise by Steve Slavutskiy, Director of Enterprise Service

1. Integration Feed: PO Acknowledgement may be created inside internal ERP system (for example MAS500, SAP, MS Dynamics.) and sent to Direct EDI, Inc. via Universal Hosted Translator

Requirements: ERP system must be able to handle Purchase Order Acknowledgement Process.

Benefits: Leverage Internal System for PO Acknowledgement Process. Leverage Universal Hosted Translator to accommodate for individual Trading Partner Requirements.

2. Automated Work Flow: PO Acknowledgement may be created Automatically by Direct EDI, Inc. for each PO (Purchase Order to Purchase Order Acknowledgement Conversion)

Requirements: This option is only viable for Vendors who ships in full and as stipulated on original Purchase Order without exceptions.

Benefits: Eliminate Manual Data Entry. Accommodate for Trading Partner Requirements.

3. Web EDI Interface: PO Acknowledgement may be created using Web EDI system and sent to trading partners via Web EDI account.

Requirements: Human resource to interact with Web EDI account to generate Purchase Order Acknowledgement document.

Benefits: Leverage External Web EDI System to handle Purchase Order Acknowledgement process with trading partners without changing any internal infrastructure. Web EDI is a turnkey solution.

Customer Selected: Web EDI Interface (Option 3)

Reasons:

It’s cost effective and works immediately no setup time or expense.

“We have to take into consideration our inventory and ability to fill orders and communicate that via 855 PO Acknowledgement, so automation is not viable. Building this process inside our ERP system is costly. And, we are unable to Automate completely because of this issue.” Direct EDI customer.