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.

EDI Enablement Services

Wide Selection of EDI Enablement Options To Fit Your Goals

Direct EDI's 100% Partner Enablement gets your entire trading community EDI compliant – fast, and at no cost or hassle to you! Direct EDI removes business, financial, and technical barriers for your suppliers and facilitates acceptance of EDI purchase order and invoicing enablement initiatives. Our dedicated EDI enablement team leverages our proven enablement strategies, and a non-exclusive supplier approach, to ensure each of your suppliers is EDI compliant.

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Robust Enablement Features:

• Professional Enablement Plans – unprecedented value for you, and your suppliers!
• Comprehensive Enablement Solutions – from EDI set up and trading in minutes to comprehensive testing
• Easy-to-Use Supplier Solutions - get hard to reach suppliers EDI compliant with Web EDI
• Risk-Free Enablement – no cost, no additional staff, no drain on resources
• Clear Visibility to Campaign Success – metrics are available every step of the way
• Scalable Testing Platform – tier 1 to the smallest suppliers are tested in just days via automated testing
• Dedicated and Professional EDI Team – optimizes each supplier contact
• One-of-a-Kind Business Rules Testing – reduces shipping and other costly errors
• More than Just EDI – Direct EDI is the only EDI provider offering eCatalog enablement during EDI enablement

Direct EDI will gladly test suppliers with existing EDI capabilities, while suppliers needing a quick, easy EDI solution often request our SaaS solution, Web EDI. Once with our Web EDI service, many suppliers continue to add more trading partners to their Web EDI account.

Direct EDI cares about your trading parnters’ – and it shows.

• Easy-to-use, web-based EDI solution
• No IT or software costs
• Free, U.S.-based support
• eCatalog available through a single set up
• Dedicated EDI Team
• Seasonal to Large Volume Options

From the first contact letter to the last Supplier tested, we’ll share with you each communication your supplier receives, and provide metrics throughout the enablement period. We’re confident your suppliers will be EDI compliant quickly - from Tier 1, to Tier 2, to Tier 3.

Direct EDI is an EDI leader in all aspects of EDI services and solutions.  Let us help you enable paperless invoicing, get set up with EDI, or integrate your EDI with backend systems such as logistics software and ERP accounting systems.