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May 8, 2025
The Evolution of EDI: Why Ongoing Maintenance MattersÂ
When Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) first entered the scene, it changed the way companies exchanged business documents like purchase orders, invoices, and shipping notices. For…
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Preparing Your Grocery Store for a Recession
Grocery store managers understand that consumer demand is constantly in flux. In periods of economic uncertainty, customers spend less on…
Grocery Store Trends for 2023
As grocery store retailers prepare to enter the new year, they face challenges ranging from rising grocery prices to high…
Grocery Store EDI Transaction Codes: A Guide
Grocery stores need to send and receive large quantities of business data, from order details to invoices to shipping information.…
Why Supplier Management Matters for Grocery Growth
Food has always been essential, but as the number of people buying groceries online skyrockets, grocery stores have become pivotal…
Tips for Improving Your Supplier Relationships
Building long-term, strategic relationships with suppliers should be a goal for every retailer. Improving supplier relationship management (SRM) brings benefits…
The Importance of Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
The actions taken by suppliers and other trading partners are one of retailers’ most common supply chain blind spots. A…
The Role of EDI in Logistics
The recent explosion of digital commerce — including drop shipping, B2B eCommerce, and B2C online shopping — dramatically altered the…
5 Critical Drop Ship KPIs for Retailers to Track
In an earlier article, we discussed how drop shipping allows retailers to expand SKUs and revenue without incurring inventory costs…
How to Create a More Resilient Supply Chain
Supply chain resiliency has always been an important component of business operations. However, the events of the past few years…
5 Common EDI Challenges and How to Overcome Them
Electronic data interchange (EDI) is essential to any supply chain management system. It allows companies to handle business transactions using…
Insights From Directions EMEA 2022
The annual Direction4Partners Community event for EMEA was held on the 9-11 November 2022 in Hamburg, Germany. Nearly 3,000 attendees…
10 Supply Chain Roadblocks That Could Derail Modern Retail
Until the 1920s, most people shopped at the local corner store or small-town square. Then came chain and department stores…
