TAKING IT TO THE CLOUD

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TAKING IT TO

THE CLOUD

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What Retailers Are Looking for Today . . . 3

EDI: The Secret to Omnichannel Dominance . . . 4

The Evolution of EDI . . . 5

Finding the Right Fit . . . 6

Five Benefits of Cloud EDI . . . 7

Eliminate Costly Hardware, Software and Licensing Fees . . . 8

Connect to All Trading Partners . . . 9

Eliminate Hidden Costs . . . 10

Prevent Unplanned Disruption to Your Business . . . . 11

Make Your Business an Omnichannel Success Story . . . 12

Focus on Your Business—Not EDI . . . . 13

WHAT RETAILERS ARE LOOKING FOR TODAY

IN OUR OMNICHANNEL WORLD,

RETAILERS DEMAND

Accurate

orders

Immediate

order

acknowledgment

Insights

into sales

data

Inventory

optimization

information

Proactive

sharing

Fast

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ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE

T H E S E C R E T T O O M N I C H A N N E L D O M I N A N C E

Retailers must meet consumer demand

more quickly, accurately and competitively

with a strategy that spans in-store,

online and mobile platforms

Electronic data interchange (EDI) is the

essential tool for suppliers who need to stay

ahead of orders, product performance

and trading partner requirements

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THE EVOLUTION OF EDI

F R O M M A N U A L M A I N T E N A N C E T O E S TA B L I S H E D I N T E G R A T I O N S

EDI IS NOTHING NEW

BUT CLOUD SERVICES PROVIDERS HAVE

TRANSFORMED EDI TECHNOLOGY FOR TODAY’S GLOBAL MARKETPLACE

HIGH-MAINTENANCE, ON-PREMISE SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY

CLOUD SOLUTIONS

THAT CAN BE ACCESSED

24/7/365

BY OUTSOURCING EDI,

SUPPLIERS NO LONGER

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FINDING THE RIGHT FIT

O N - P R E M I S E V S . C L O U D E D I

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Cost of hardware, software and licensing fees

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Time investment to upgrade and maintain EDI

>

Number of trading partner integrations needed

>

In-house resources needed for maintenance

and software upgrades

WHEN CHOOSING A SOLUTION, CONSIDER THE BIG DIFFERENCES

BETWEEN ON-PREMISE AND CLOUD EDI:

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FIVE BENEFITS

O F C L O U D E D I

SUCCEED IN OMNICHANNEL AVOID DISRUPTION ELIMINATE HIDDEN COSTS CONNECT TO PARTNERS CUT COSTS

CLOUD EDI IS THE BEST SOLUTION FOR SUPPLIERS WHO WANT

TO DO BUSINESS MORE EFFICIENTLY.

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ON-PREMISE SOLUTIONS INCUR EXPENSES RELATED

TO EDI TRANSLATION SOFTWARE, RETAILER MAPS AND

VAN NETWORKS—AT IMPLEMENTATION AND BEYOND

ELIMINATE COSTLY HARDWARE, SOFT WARE AND LICENSING FEES

1 CLOUD EDI ELIMINATES THE BURDEN OF THESE COSTS,

WITH A TEAM OF SPECIALISTS MAKING PROACTIVE

UPDATES AND UPGRADES TO YOUR EDI SYSTEM

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CONNEC T TO ALL PRESENT AND FUTURE TR ADING PARTNERS

2 CLOUD EDI

ENSURES IMMEDIATE

COMPLIANCE WITH

RETAILERS’ REQUIREMENTS

A TRUE CLOUD

EDI SYSTEM CONNECTS

YOU TO AN ESTABLISHED,

CENTRALIZED NETWORK

OF ALL THE RETAILERS

YOU WORK WITH—NOW

AND IN THE FUTURE

ON-PREMISE EDI SYSTEMS

REQUIRE MANUAL

INTEGRATIONS FOR EVERY

TRADING PARTNER YOU

COLLABORATE WITH,

COSTING TIME AND MONEY

AS YOU ADD RETAILERS TO

YOUR BOOK OF BUSINESS

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ELIMINATE HIDDEN COSTS

3 Cloud EDI saves

on up-front costs

compared with packaged

EDI software and scales

with your business

Long-term hidden

expenses associated

with on-premise

EDI are reduced by

50–75% with cloud EDI

Cloud options eliminate

the need for in-house

IT support for EDI

upgrades and

maintenance

SAVES

50–75%

_25–75%

MINIMIZES

UPGRADES &

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PREVENT UNPL ANNED DISRUPTION TO YOUR BUSINESS

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With in-house EDI, every software update, system

glitch and new retailer integration is your headache

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Cloud EDI is updated and maintained by a team of

experts, giving you 24/7/365 support and backup

recovery where and when you need it

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Cloud EDI ensures that upgrades are tested and

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CLOUD EDI KEEPS YOUR BUSINESS RUNNING SMOOTHLY—VITAL AT A TIME WHEN

HAVING A NIMBLE, PROACTIVE PARTNER IS A PRIORITY FOR RETAILERS.

MAKE YOUR BUSINESS AN OMNICHANNEL SUCCESS STORY

5 24/7/365

expert support

Access to analytics

and insights that

can boost business

Established

integrations to

every retailer

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FOCUS ON YOUR BUSINESS—NOT EDI

G R O W S A L E S A N D P R O F I T W I T H C L O U D E D I

CONTACT US TODAY AND

CONNECT ONCE

TO OUR NETWORK