Webinar July 09 at 1pm EST: Integrate your eCommerce Platform with your Accounting Software or ERP

Do you use an eCommerce Platform such as Magento, 3dcart, Shopify, Volusion, etc. to run your Online Shopping Cart?

Would you like to learn how to integrate your eCommerce platform to your Accounting Software / ERP system? (QuickBooks, NetSuite, SAP, Microsost Dynamics, etc.)

Regiester today to learn how to:

• Use B2BGateway's fully-integrated EDI solutions to pull orders from your online shopping cart and populate them as sales orders in your accounting package or ERP system without rekeying any data!
• Keep your online site up to date with inventory updates.
• Connect and communicate seamlessly with 3PLs and outsourced warehouses or shipping companies.

We'll have a 'questions and answers' segment at the end for any specific question that might not have been covered in the Webinar. Please click the link below to register we hope to see you on July 9th!

Register here http://bit.ly/1yU0idk

What are chargebacks and how can I avoid them?

A chargeback is a fee that a customer (usually a retailer) places on a supplier for errors in not following the retailer’s business requirements. The chargeback was introduced to offset the extra cost the retailer incurs as a result of the supplier’s non-compliance.

 
Chargeback schemes began in the 1980’s as a way for retailers to recoup costs incurred due to supply chain errors. At the time, many suppliers objected to them as unfair profit centers for large, powerful retailers. Although purely punitive fines are not legal, cost recovery is—so chargebacks quickly became adopted by most retailers. It’s easy to understand how mislabeled, mis-packed, late, and wrong-quantity shipments add up to real labor costs and out of stock difficulties for retailers. Distasteful as they may be for suppliers, chargebacks make business sense for retailers in trying to recover costs and are here to stay for the foreseeable future.
 
What can lead to a chargeback being applied to my organization?

·         Early, late, or non-authorized partial delivery of goods or services.

·         Missing, incorrect, non-readable or wrongly placed shipping labels.

·         Substituting products without prior agreement.

·         Ship to incorrect location.

·         Product packaged wrongly according to retailers agreement.

·         Damages that did not occur during transit.

·         EDI 810 invoice not matching original purchase order and/or with wrong terms and details

·         EDI 856 ASN (Advance Ship Notice) does not arrive on time or does not match items in carton.

 
How can my organization eliminate chargebacks or at least reduce greatly the potential of receiving them from my customers?

·         Comply fully with customers EDI requirements.

·         Make sure labels are correct and can be read or scanned easily.

·         Do not substitute products without prior approval.

·         Ship to the correct location.

·         Pack items correctly according to retailer’s requirements.

·         Try to make sure goods arrive in perfect order.

·         Deliver the correct products, quantities and cartons

·         Send accurate and complete EDI 810 invoices.

·         Make sure EDI 856 ASN (Advance Ship Notice) arrives on time and details are correct.

 
To comply fully with your customers EDI requirements and business rules, I would recommend that you enlist the help of a good 3^rd party EDI provider. 3^RD Party EDI providers immediately know retailers requirements, what is expected and how they must be delivered. If you would like to know more about outsourcing your EDI needs to B2BGateway and how we can help you eliminate or greatly reduce potential chargebacks please call +1 (401) 491 9595 or email Sales@B2BGateway.Net

EDI in the Transportation Industry

 

EDI has become very popular in the haulage and transportation industry as transportation companies and load brokers are adapting their systems to cater for EDI document exchange.

The advantages for those working in the transportation industry is that routine high volume communications can be automated allowing dispatchers and accounts receivables staff more time to focus on more productive/profitable tasks and provide clients with better customer service. One of the main advantages of EDI is that it eliminates a dispatcher from having to manually key information into the dispatch operational and billing system. This results in saving time and money while eliminating any costly data entry mistakes. The other advantage is that transportation companies who are EDI compliant can communicate seamlessly and electronically with all parties in the supply chain process.

 
All data is communicated between the carrier, shipper, and the consignee in electronic EDI documents known as ANSI X12 “Transaction Sets.” The most commonly used EDI Transaction Sets in the Transportation Industry are:

204- Motor Carrier Load Tender

211- Bill of Lading

212- Delivery Trailer Manifest

214- Shipment Status Message

210- Freight Details and Invoice

820- Payment Order/Remittance Advice

 

990- Response to the Load Tender

997- Functional Acknowledgement

 
Being EDI enabled allows carriers to have access to the vital information that helps them perform at optimum efficiencies and effectiveness, while at the same time saving time and money.
 
For further information on how B2BGateway can help your transportation organization become EDI compliant and meet the needs of your clients and their trading partners call +1 (401) 491 9595 or email Sales@B2BGateway.Net  

What is an ASN?

An ASN (Advance Ship Notice) is an electronic document that provides a detailed notification of a pending delivery. It is a commonly used EDI transaction set known as the EDI 856 under the ANSI X12 standards or the DESADV (Despatch Advice) under EDIFACT standards. The purpose of an ASN is to notify the customer when shipping occurs and provide physical characteristics about the shipment so the customer can be prepared to accept delivery to their warehouse or store.  

The ASN which ties back to the original Purchase Order (PO) sent can be used to list the contents of a shipment of goods as well as additional information such as when an order will be shipped, which items are being shipped, how many of each item is being shipped and physical characteristics about the shipment such as the shipment’s weight, the number of boxes and a description of how the shipment units are packaged. An ASN also tells the customer which mode of transportation is being used for shipping and provides carrier information.

Retailers have found that having an ASN requirement as part of their overall EDI compliance structure leads to greater accuracy, greater flexibility and an overall reduction in costs.

If you would like to know more about the ASN and how B2BGateway can help you implement this EDI transaction set please call (401) 491 9595 or email Sales@B2BGateway.Net

B2BGateway launches Logistics Matters - a new quarterly newsletter on EDI for the Third Party Logistics (3PL), Shipping and Freight Industries http://bit.ly/NpXmK7

Advantages of EDI for 3PL's

Advantages to 3PL's, Logistics Organizations, Warehouse and Shipping Companies in becoming EDI compliant:

• Able to handle more daily shipments and customers
• Provides greater efficiencies on the production environment
• Accuracy boosted through integration and minimizing manual data entry
• Secures larger more sophisticated client base
• Enhances ability to build more business through differentiation
• Order-to-cash cycle time reduceded
• Retailer chargeback fees minimized for your clients

Check out www.B2BGateway.Net for more details or view a brief video demonstration on EDI for 3PL's here http://www.b2bgateway.net/videos.asp?id=26