GXS and Inovis – Powerful EDI and AS2 Systems
Affordable EDI Help for Powerful Systems
The merger of these two powerhouses will protect your investment as a solid foundation for business-to-business electronic commerce. Over the years, these products have proven themselves in a very competitive arena, no matter your ERP, WMS, database, or operating system. Here is a short list of these veterans:
- Inovis TrustedLink™ and BizManager™.
- GXS Application Integrator™ and other systems such as Desktop™, ASN Plus™, Merchant™, and more EDI and AS2 systems.
- TradingGrid™ Messaging Service, a value added network (VAN), the value is the complexity removal. (Former VAN brands were Inovisworks.net™, Advantis™, and QRS™.)
DCS EDI Specialists have many years of experience linking (mapping) these products to most business applications for high volume documents and customers; as a plus TradingGrid web forms can be used for lower volume, non-integrated documents. Cost savings come more quickly when leveraging your existing, time-tested tools. Our DCS NEXT LEVEL™ ERP Conversion Service and GROW™ Development Services are standardized services to ensure thorough, quick, and economical solutions with GXS and your business application.
DCS can supply you with a FREE assessment on how you can integrate or get more out of these powerful systems. We’ll review your processes and provide you with a timeline and task list to get the most out of your GXS system.
Overview
Most GXS users focus upon EDI for accommodating Customers for the order-to-pay cycle by:
- Receiving PO’s
- Sending Shipment Notices
- Sending Invoices
- Receiving Remittance Advices
Most have 10-50 key customers that are automated. Numerous low volume, non-EDI Customers and distributors successfully use web forms. Moving customers’ supplies and parts orders to automation saves time too.
Surprisingly, many Customers use EDI, but have not been asked to do so by the Customer Service department. These are the easiest Customers to automate. Other Customers can be asked to use a TradingGrid web form (linked to GXS or hosted) or send XML or spreadsheet data. The key is a continual, low-level rollout of the Customers to EDI processes. While the savings from linking to Vendors is apparent, the chronic shortage of budget and staff left this opportunity largely unused.
Conclusion
These ideal process automation tools are not sufficiently used; savings and speed are left on the table. More integration means a capped head count, quicker business cycles, allowing Customer Service, Logistics, and Purchasing staffs to focus on other challenges. We can help you! The first step is easy, just email us for our FREE EDI Assessment.
Success Story
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Learn how DCS’ expertise with TLi helped a distributor link IDocs for EDI, becoming more self-reliant with their fulfillment service.
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the computer-to-computer exchange of routine business documents such as Purchase Orders, Shipment Notices, Invoices, and Remittance Advices without human intervention. Data moves from your customer’s computer system – through the Internet securely – to your computer system.