EDI for Buyers

Buyer EDI

Enable EDI across entire supply chain with the retail industry’s most reliable, secure and cost-effective EDI provider.

Vendor Onboarding

DataTrans Solutions can help ensure EDI compliance with all your suppliers with:

• Enablement programs designed to quickly onboard their EDI as soon as they become a supplier.
• As you add on new suppliers, simply direct them to the link to sign up for WebEDI and they will quickly be setup with a WebEDI account linked to your EDI infrastructure.
• Extend your EDI to your suppliers with private branded WebEDI portal powered by the industry’s premier EDI provider.

Achieve 100% EDI Compliance

• DataTrans ensures your suppliers are compliant with your EDI requirements to help you meet your business obligations.
• We make it easy to leverage your existing EDI infrastructure to achieve 100% EDI compliance among your supplier base or other trading partners.
• DataTrans e-Community program is designed to rapidly enable your entire trading partner community on EDI with minimal requirements. We achieve this by utilizing our unique web-based EDI portal (WebEDI) which is linked to your specific EDI mapping requirements.

EDI Requirements for Suppliers

• You set the EDI requirements that your suppliers are to adhere to and we do the rest.
• DataTrans will coordinate a custom designed program for enabling your suppliers on EDI based on your business model.
• Imagine the savings your company will realize by moving all of your suppliers to production EDI status with no mapping, testing or coordination. We are able to achieve this by utilizing our unique web-based EDI portal (WebEDI) which is linked to your specific EDI mapping requirements.

Buyer EDI Benefits

Drive down costs in the areas of labor, expense and inventory

• Labor  Elimination of redundant data entry
• Expense  Eliminate the cost and inefficiency of maintaining manual processes for non-EDI compliant suppliers
• Inventory Reduces lead time on orders and need for more inventory

Improve profitability through efficiency gains, order accuracy, responsiveness and supplier partnerships

• Responsiveness  Integrated EDI allows for quicker response time
• Accuracy  Elimination of re-keying errors resulting in fewer backorders, lost orders, returns, etc.
• Advanced Partnerships  Improves efficiency of communication and relationship with partners.

Ease of Vendor Onboarding

• Quickly bring new suppliers on EDI as soon as they become a supplier. As you add on new suppliers, simply direct them to the link to sign up for WebEDI and they will quickly be setup with a WebEDI account linked to your EDI infrastructure.
• Suppliers and other trading partners will have instant access to WebEDI portal after signing up through a secure website.
• DataTrans will coordinate a custom designed program for enabling your suppliers on EDI based on your business model. Utilizing your existing maps, we will tie DataTrans WebEDI forms to match your EDI requirements.
• No VAN costs. DataTrans will utilize either secure FTP or AS2 to connect all of your suppliers to your EDI infrastructure with no VAN setup or costs.
• The only requirement for the supplier is access to the Internet
• Excellent US-based support and weekly web-based training sessions are readily available.

Meaningful Business Intelligence

DataTrans Analytics, real-time configurable dashboard, alerts, scorecard and reports enables and empowers your organization to monitor and adapt to your unique supply chain order process.

• Real-time visibility of all transactions being sent and received with your supplier community.
• Customizable Rules can be applied. For example, to show only those discrepancies your organization wants to track.
• Compare transactions being sent and received, reviews activity against contracts, and report any differences to the appropriate contact.