B2BGATEWAY EDI SOLUTIONS FOR
ECOMMERCE PLATFORMS
Jon Bellemore and Louisa Gooding
B2BGateway EDI ServicesTODAY’S PRESENTERS AND AGENDA
Today’s Topics What is EDI?
What is an eCommerce Platform?
How can B2BGateway help my eCommerce activities? Integration with Accounting Software / ERP
Inventory Updates
Using a 3PL or Outsourced Warehouse Drop Shipping
Working with CommerceHub Online Retailers
Client Focus – Healthy Pet Customer Service
Questions and Answers Thank you for attending
401-491-9595 x 5
Sales@B2BGateway.Net Louisa Gooding
Jon Bellemore
WHAT IS EDI? IT SOUNDS SIMPLE…
RETAILER
SHOPPING CART ON ECOMMERCE PLATFORM
Accounting Software
or ERP
END USER
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is defined as the structured transmission of data between organizations by electronic means. It is used to transfer electronic documents such as Purchase Orders, Invoices, Advance Shipping Notices (ASNs), Inventory Updates, and many more from one computer system to another, i.e. from one trading partner to another trading partner.
BUT IT CAN BE VERY COMPLEX
Each trading partner specifies their required communication method and which documents they require to complete EDI transactions. This can make the EDI process very complex as illustrated below.
AS2
VAN
FTP
API
AS2 Server AS2 Software X-12 Ver. 5010Encryption Software
Annual LicensingSoftware Certification
Van Software
Mailbox Setup Mailbox Fees X-12 Ver. 4040 Mapping Tools Modem Phone FTP Server FTP
Software SoftwareCredential X-12 Ver.4010
Mapping Tools Consultant Fees FTPS Software Encryption Software Software Certificate X-12 Ver. 3040 Mapping Tools Consultant Fees
AS2 Server AS2 Software X-12 Ver. 5010Encryption Software
Annual LicensingSoftware Certification Van
Software
Mailbox Setup Mailbox Fees X-12 Ver. 4040
Mapping
Tools Modem Phone FTP
Server
FTP
Software SoftwareCredential
X-12 Ver. 4010 Mapping Tools Consultant Fees FTPS Software Encryption Software Software
Certificate X-12 Ver.3040 Mapping Tools ConsultantFees Consultant Fees
Consultant Fees
B2BGATEWAY MAKES IT EASY FOR YOU
AS2 VAN FTP Consultant Fees Consultant Fees END USER Accounting Software or ERP END USER Accounting Software or ERP
ECOMMERCE PLATFORMS
What is an eCommerce Platform?
An eCommerce platform is a complete online store application that includes search, navigation, user accounts, shopping cart and ordering capabilities.
This year Forrester predicts that over $278 Billion will be spent by US consumers on products and service bought online.
HOW CAN B2BGATEWAY EDI HELP MY ECOMMERCE ACTIVITIES?
Through EDI and full integration with your Accounting Software/ERP solution,
B2BGateway can help you maximize your eCommerce activities in the following ways:
1. B2BGateway can pull orders from your eCommerce shopping cart and place them
directly into your Accounting Software / ERP solution as Sales Orders. There is no need to re-key data.
2. B2BGateway can send Inventory Updates to your eCommerce sites so that you never
sell out of stock items
3. B2BGateway can automatically send new orders to your 3PL, Warehouse or Drop
Ship Vendor
1.SEND NEW ORDERS DIRECTLY TO YOUR ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE / ERP
B2BGateway's eCommerce EDI solutions allow your organization to take orders from your eCommerce sites and import them directly into your back-end ERP such as Sage, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, etc...
Plus, there is no need to rekey the data – this drastically cuts down on errors and manual labor costs!.
2. SEND INVENTORY UPDATED TO YOUR ECOMMERCE PLATFORMS
Through B2BGateway's eCommerce EDI solutions, your organization can use the ANSI X12 EDI 846 Inventory Advice transaction set to update your eCommerce sites on current stock levels held. This helps alleviate selling products in ‘out of stock’ situations. Also if you trade with large online retailers such as Amazon and Buy.com you may be asked to provide a regular EDI 846 inventory feed.
3. SEND ORDERS TO YOUR 3PL OR WAREHOUSE
B2BGateway's eCommerce EDI solutions allow your organization to take orders direct from your eCommerce site and send them to your 3PL (third party
logistics provider), warehouse or drop-ship vendor for fulfilment.
When working with a 3PL (third party logistics provider), warehouse ship orders (EDI 940) and warehouse ship advice (EDI 945) transaction sets need to be
4. SEND ORDERS DIRECT TO YOUR DROP SHIPPER
Advantages of Drop Shipping and how EDI can help:
Eliminate out-of-stock and lost sales
when inventory is indeed available
Reduce costs and headaches associated
with carrying your own inventory
Remove manual data entry and manual
processes through automation
850 -PO 850 -PO 846 – Inv 846 – Inv
Drop
Shipper
Accounting Software or ERP4. SEND ORDERS DIRECT TO YOUR DROP SHIPPER
Most “Box Store Retailers” who also have online (.com) stores will use the CommerceHub platform to transmit EDI documents. In this case, B2BGateway would communicate with CommerceHub first…
850 – Purchase Order [ Imported as Sales Order in NetSuite ]
846 – Inventory Advice [ Outbound reflecting inventory levels ]
810 – Invoice [ Outbound to your Trading Partner ]
Accounting Software
6. WORKING WITH ONLINE RETAILERS SUCH AS AMAZON
The following EDI transaction sets are popular with online retailers such as Amazon, Wayfair, Zappos and others:
• 850 – Purchase Order
• 810 – Invoice
• 846 – Inventory Inquiry Advice
• Drop Shipping to Warehouses
Online retailers
Accounting Software
7. CLIENT FOCUS – HEALTHY PET
• Healthy Pet (a member of the J. Rettenmaier & Söhne Group) is a pet products company
devoted to a holistic approach to pet care where the pet's physical, emotional and ecological well-being are all satisfied.
• Healthy Pet sells many products direct to consumers using it’s online shopping stores
powered by e-commerce platform provider 3dcart.
• Healthy Pet found the processes of receiving orders from the online sites and re-entering
manually into their SAP cumbersome and error prone, not to mention that it was also a huge drain on their staff resources.
• By using B2BGateway integrated EDI technology, Healthy Pet were able to receive all
orders direct into there SAP system which enabled them to cut down on staff resources,
“We’re proud to have direct integration to B2BGateway from the 3dcart platform for EDI
Integration. Best of all, B2BGateway can automate business processes for online merchants currently using QuickBooks, NetSuite, Sage, SAP and others. Our relationship with B2BGateway will benefit both our companies as well as the many merchants currently using ERP and Accounting Software technology.”
Jimmy Rodriguez CTO, 3dcart
B2BGateway has been providing excellent customer service to all of our clients since 1999 and we will continue to do so in the future.
THE B2B DIFFERENCE – FIRST CLASS CUSTOMER SERVICE
Available Support
• Setup phase dedicated project manager
• Rapid Response Team available for when
issues need immediate attention.
• Support is available 24/7 all year long and in
your time zone.
• These support features are included in the
monthly fee at no extra cost. B2BGateway has developed two new teams to
help clients with setting up and maintaining their trading partner relationships.
These new teams have been established at B2BGateway in order to reduce response times and decrease relationship setup times. The new Rapid Response Team, known as RRT, has brought the average response time down to 2:46 (two hours and forty six minutes) and the new setup team has decreased setup times by 45%.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Ask any questions you’d like!
Jon and Louisa are here to answer all your questions and afterwards are available at
United States +1 401 491 9595
Sales@B2BGateway.Net
Denmark
+45 22 23 99 88
Australia
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