Trading Partner installs in mere minutes, and with our Trading Partner kits lets you add support for hundreds of retailers and trading partners in seconds. Trading Partner provides a fully automated platform that lets you create simple or sophisticated workflows of your EDI, letting you put EDI where it belongs - out of your mind. With advanced features like email notification and one of the most reliable engines in the industry, Trading Partner lets you finally take full advantage from the promise of EDI.
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E.D.I.
You have probably already heard of term E.D.I. E.D.I. is the prevalent
means of exchanging transactions between both small and large companies.
The key benefit of exchanging information via E.D.I. is reduced costs
and increased productivity. Even for the small business owner, E.D.I.,
can provide significant benefits. Electronic Data Interchange (E.D.I.)
was born out of the need to reduce cost of processing paperwork while
increasing throughput and decreasing error rates. The automotive industry
was one of the earliest adopters of E.D.I. due to their need for "just
in time" order and delivery processes. E.D.I. however has become
critical to a broad spectrum of industries.
Affordable E.D.I. translator
Intuitive user interface
Support for over 200 trading partners
Support any transaction set with our optional X12 collection
Over two decades of development
E.D.I. Comes to the
Small Business
E.D.I. has been available as a technology for well
over 30 years. Automotive, retail, grocery and transportation industries
were some of the earliest adopters of E.D.I. in an effort to reduce
costs while maintaining tight control over customer service and quality
of service. E.D.I. provides a number of benefits for businesses including
increased accuracy, decreased timelines and ultimately a vastly improved
customer experience. As E.D.I. has become more prevalent in large organizations,
their smaller partners have had to adjust to an E.D.I. world as well.
Larger partners will typically require smaller customers and vendors
to use E.D.I. For these smaller organizations, adopting E.D.I. has
often been a question of compromises. E.D.I. can seem a scary and problematic
technology, but there are solutions available that help bring the power
of E.D.I. to even the smallest organization.
The Stages of E.D.I.
Adoption
As small businesses investigate E.D.I., the natural
inclination is to think "I'll let someone else deal with it." This
is how E.D.I. service bureaus and 'web-based' E.D.I. vendors attract
most new customers. For small businesses that have very limited E.D.I.
needs these services and web-based systems provide a viable first entry
into the world of E.D.I. As the business grows, however, it quickly
will become apparent that outsourced E.D.I. can become expensive and
problematic. The reasons for this are simple - the key advantages of
E.D.I. are based on cost savings that come from reduced paperwork and
improved workflow. Web based and bureau based E.D.I. however still
requires you to print orders and manually input invoices. It is this
manual process that negates the advantages of E.D.I. that ultimately
leads businesses to consider an in-house software solution. Bringing
E.D.I. in-house is the long-term solution that any business can afford.
Becoming E.D.I. Strategic
As you begin considering if E.D.I. should be an in-house
investment for your company, consider a few key questions.
First, how much of your business must be processed using E.D.I.? If
your larger trading partners require E.D.I. you may have no alternative
but to adopt it. Second, how are your costs of data entry and order
processing affected by E.D.I? If you see that your order processing
and data entry costs are escalating, E.D.I may be able to decrease
them. Finally, how quickly is your business growing? If you are in
a fast-growth business, E.D.I. is going to allow you to continue that
growth unimpaired by limitations of people or resources. Understanding
how E.D.I. can affect and benefit your business will provide you with
a clear roadmap of what to do and when to do it. Understanding and
embracing the technology will mean direct rewards for your business.