Woodie’s selects Atlas Fusion e-Invoicing Service

Dublin, Ireland.

Atlas Products International, the market-leading provider of B2B e-Invoicing and e-Business solutions, today announces that Woodie’s will use the award-winning Atlas Fusion e-Invoicing Platform and Service. This will extend the current EDI solution to deliver a paperless order management solution.

Woodie’s is a 100% Irish owned DIY Store and a subsidiary of Grafton Group plc. Woodie’s are the market leader in Ireland, stocking over 30,000 products and have built a reputation for offering the most comprehensive range of quality products for every area of the home at superb value-for-money prices.

Having successfully undertaken a trial of full electronic data interchange (EDI) with over twenty seven suppliers in the last twelve months, Woodie’s have selected the Atlas Fusion e-Invoicing Platform and Service to complete their electronic supply chain management with the rest of their suppliers in the next six months. The Atlas solution will see more than 150,000 invoices and order transactions processed annually.

Using messaging standards recommended by GS1 Ireland (www.gs1ie.org – the Irish representative of the international Global Standards body) Woodie’s are able to send electronic Purchase Orders to its suppliers and receive electronic Invoices from those same suppliers.

Woodies now offer two EDI solutions to their suppliers, traditional EDI and Woodie’s Atlas Fusion e-Invoicing Portal. The e-Invoicing portal is an option available to suppliers who do not wish to or are not in a position to implement a full traditional EDI system. Any supplier who has access to the internet can use the Woodie’s Atlas Fusion e-Invoicing Portal to receive their orders electronically from Woodie’s, print them (if required) and use the Order received to generate an Invoice (which can also be locally printed) when the goods have been shipped. Training for the Portal is provided via telephone by experienced Atlas personnel.

David Brennan, Woodie’s Financial Controller commented: “We were able to initially pilot the Atlas Products solution for 27 of our suppliers. Once this was proven, it was easy for us to then choose the Atlas Fusion e-Invoicing solution so that all of our suppliers, regardless of volume provided, can benefit from paperless orders and invoices. We have already seen significant benefits in using the Atlas Solution and look forward to a very successful partnership with them as we complete the roll-out.’

Bill Pugsley, Atlas Products Ireland Country Manager said “We are delighted that Woodie’s have chosen Atlas Products for such a major e-Invoicing solution. The benefits to be derived by all parties are very much a win-win for all concerned, and we are looking forward to seeing this solution fully rolled out over the coming months.