How to Handle High Amazon Sales Volume With EDI

Selling on Amazon can increase your customer base and brand awareness. The website hosts more than 300 million customer accounts in over 180 countries, allowing you to optimise your reach. Whether you’re a small business owner or a massive global chain, Amazon supports your business and revenue goals. As your brand popularity grows, managing high…

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3 Things Sage ERP Users Should Look for in EDI

In business, some things just go together. ERP and EDI solutions are two of those things. Both add value independently, but together they offer companies unparalleled efficiency and connectivity. Organisations utilising Sage will likely understand this more than most. Sage’s suite of products is tailored to industries where EDI is prevalent. Still, the corporate landscape…

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5 Ways EDI Can Help Prepare Your Supply Chain for a Recession

With inflation remaining at some of the highest rates in over 10 years, and the Federal Open Market Committee expecting to keep interest rates elevated throughout 2023, many businesses are preparing for a recession. A recession can cause trouble for companies and supply chain managers– especially if they are unprepared to face it. From cash…

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You Don’t Need to Wait to Implement EDI

Whether you’re a supply chain manager, merchandising operations manager, IT director, CFO, or other business decision maker, the fact is, you have a lot of projects to consider. What’s more, most of those projects are expensive and take significant effort and time. When your business is trying to decide when and how to implement or…

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Meet Your Efficiency Goals Faster: How Supply Chain Managers Can Leverage Integrated EDI to Boost Productivity, Cut Costs, and Scale Operations

According to the National Association of Manufacturers Industry Outlook Survey, 65% of business leaders say supply chain challenges are the number-one challenge for their companies. When you consider the compounding issues of a looming recession, supply shortages, and labor constraints, it’s no surprise that more efficient supply chain processes are at the forefront of business…

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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 a standardised electronic format with any trading partner. It also makes once-onerous processes easier. Still, there are challenges to making the most of EDI, particularly if you are expanding your capabilities or in a high-growth…

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How Will Digital Transformation in Supply Chain Improve the Customer Journey?

Countless organisations spanning multiple industries have adopted digital transformation. From marketing to sales to customer experience, each department has developed and implemented its own version of digitisation. The supply chain industry is no different, having been pushed by the pandemic and omnichannel buying behaviors to accelerate digitisation plans. According to a Gartner estimate, 50% of…

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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 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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Benchmarking Your Supply Chain With EDI Integration

As a supplier in an increasingly complex digital market, benchmarking your supply chain can provide the insights you need to win. Supply chain benchmarking is a way of identifying the best possible performance to strive for. This might be done after your company has developed best practices but needs a refresher or as a means…

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Understanding The Supply Chain Bullwhip Effect

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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Is it Time for a New EDI Solution? Here’s How You Can Tell.

Electronic Data Interchange is a great way to automate the exchange of important order information with your buyers, suppliers, and logistics partners. Not only does EDI cut down on manual processing, it also helps prevent order errors, all while giving your business real-time visibility into your supply chain. But even if you’ve been doing EDI…

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