This post was updated to reflect current trends and information. At the end of a discussion we had with one of our contacts, who was inquiring about EDI, Salesforce and how to integrate it all together, I decided to write this article, in order to clarify and structure my arguments with the hope it can …
Salesforce is a cloud CRM solution, designed to manage customer relationships, sales, and marketing. The company was founded in 1999 in San Francisco. At that time, the existing CRM systems were quite complicated to configure and expensive to operate, therefore, only large companies could afford a CRM system. The initial idea of Salesforce was to …
Many vendors these days want their products to be sold at Big-box store such as Target, Walmart, Home Depot or Costco. If you want your product on their shelf, you should be complying with their EDI requirements. EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is the standard electronic messaging between two business partners. B2B Integration Matters to Business …
This post was updated to reflect current trends and information. Information Technology is developing at a fast pace. Many experts call IT the fastest growing area of human activity. Systems and applications integration, play an important role in the IT space, and has a significant impact on a company’s performance as well as the entire …
Company Overview of Burlington Coat Factory Burlington Coat Factory is an American national off-price department store retailer and a division of Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation. The company operated 592 stores located in 45 states and Puerto Rico, inclusive of an internet store and has approximately 40 000 employees. As per the company’s website, the …
This post was updated to reflect current trends and information. Overview of EDI EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) – standardized message formats for the transfer of commercial information between business partners. The two most common documents exchanged using EDI are purchase orders (EDI 850) and invoices (EDI 810). To transfer the EDI data, companies are …
This post was updated to reflect current trends and information. Company Overview of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. Founded in 1971 Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. is an American-owned omnichannel retailer offering a vast selection of high-quality domestic’s merchandise and home furnishings. Bed Bath & Beyond (BBB) has an e-commerce platform consisting of various websites and …
Introduction The concept of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is still very abstract for a business owner up until today. More often, as soon as an SME (small to medium-size enterprise) is requested by an important partner to comply with electronic data interchange process or do EDI, everyone gets on a big pig panic inside the …
This post was updated to reflect current trends and information. What is EDI 846 document? One of the most important electronic EDI documents heavily exchanged between trading partners, is the 846 X12 document. It is important mainly due to the evolution of the drop-shipping business that saw a great advancement in the last few …
This post was updated to reflect current trends and information. As the Amazon Marketplace becomes people’s go-to for online shopping, I am asked about this successful eCommerce platform and why should e-retailers embrace EDI when selling on Amazon.com. Other great questions from business people include, “Why is it so important to go that route …
