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Tips for Improving Your Supplier Relationships

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Building long-term, strategic relationships with suppliers should be a goal for every retailer. Improving supplier relationship management (SRM) brings benefits that help you deliver high-quality products and services to your customers. These supplier management tips will help your company as it strategises for more effective supplier relationship management. 1. Treat Your Suppliers Like Partners Suppliers […]

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Understanding The Supply Chain Bullwhip Effect

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The different players in the supply chain — including customers, suppliers, manufacturers, and retailers — have limited control over the whole process, but their actions influence everyone else. As these different parties try to respond to demand fluctuations, they create ripple effects throughout the chain. One of these is the bullwhip effect. This phenomenon is […]

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The best eCommerce platform for small businesses

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If you’re a smaller or medium size business setting up an online store or expanding your current business, an eCommerce platform will help you customise your site and manage everything effectively, in one place. But it can be difficult to know which is the best eCommerce platform for your small business, and which features you […]

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What is B2B and B2C in eCommerce?

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B2B and B2C refer to two types of ecommerce that differ between the audience the business sells to. B2B, or business-to-business describes transactions between two businesses. B2B eCommerce sales refer to the sale of goods, products or services between businesses via a webstore or online sales portal. B2C, or business-to-consumer is used to describe a […]

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Why Supplier Collaboration is Essential to Business Growth

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Among the top lessons from the current global health crisis is the central importance of close connections with suppliers and the need for solid, near real-time visibility into your transactions with them. This isn’t a new idea, but the pandemic’s impact on global supply chains has created a spotlight that companies would be remiss to […]

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Top 10 B2B eCommerce benefits

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This content was updated on December 18th, 2023 B2B eCommerce solutions can transform the way that companies do business. As B2B sales increasingly shift from traditional outbound channels to inbound online platforms, businesses must respond in order to meet their customers’ expectations and remain competitive in the marketplace. As well as allowing your customers to […]

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EDI Costs – Key Considerations

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When choosing an EDI provider it is important to understand what your contract covers, how your EDI prices are calculated and what your future EDI costs are likely to be. We are often approached by companies who say that their EDI costs are escalating or they are finding it hard to forecast EDI costs because […]

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Integrating Amazon Marketplace with Your ERP/Business System 

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In one year, our TrueCommerce order volume on Amazon Seller Central increased 412%. This was largely due to 50 plus new sales of our Amazon Marketplace integration add-on over the course of the year, many of which are high volume merchants.   Where Is the Demand for More Efficiency Coming From?    Our customers’ experience pinpoints the bottleneck. As their Amazon order volume […]

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Marketplace Integration with Your ERP/Business System

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In reviewing the results from the last 12 months, there were several trends that have emerged, one of which is a notable increase in the number of organisations looking for integration to marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay, including many high volume suppliers. But where is this demand for more efficiency coming from? Our customers’ […]

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What are EDI Messages?

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In 2016, of all UK eCommerce sales £274 billion were B2B sales via the exchange of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) messages. What is an EDI Message? An EDI message is essentially a business document that is transmitted electronically between companies using a standardised format that enables the trading partners’ computer systems to communicate with each […]

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