What is EDI?
EDI - or Electronic Data Interchange - allows you to exchange business documents such as orders and invoices electronically. Typically, a customer might wish to send you your orders via EDI and to receive your invoices in the same way.
It is a very efficient and secure method of doing business and can bring considerable savings. And, in some cases, it can mean that you will be able to bid for contracts you might otherwise not get - large supermarkets in particular expect their suppliers to trade via EDI.
What are the Benefits?
- save in postage
- save time
- reduce errors
- reduce lead times and stockholding
- retain customers
EDI can bring many benefits - but you need to get it right. If you're receiving orders, for example, any delay can cause problems with fulfilling deliveries. And with invoices, if they don't get through, your cashflow will suffer!
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The UK sales arm of an international brewery
had been approached by two of their supermarket customers to exchange orders
and invoices by EDI. Read more
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And here's what our client has to say about how we've been able to help develop their EDI operation ...
How do I get started - and how can Allogon help?
You might have been approached by a customer - one of the major supermarkets, for example. (Smaller businesses will tend to be responding to requests from larger companies when they start their EDI operations.)
Once you had the initial request, we will guide you through the process of