Why Should Your Organization Consider a Supplier Portal?

Does your organization have hundreds if not thousands of small, low volume or seasonal suppliers still sending your organization paper invoices for their goods and services?

We understand the pressure and strain that this manual data entry must put on your resources and accounts receivable department. To help your organization overcome this burden, B2BGateway has developed a web based EDI Supplier Portal that will allow your organization:

·    Eliminate paper and allow all suppliers (no matter what size or volume) to become EDI compliant

·    To export Purchase Orders (EDI 850 documents) to your suppliers and import Invoices (EDI 810 documents) from your suppliers through our web based Supplier Portal direct to your Accounts/ERP software solution. Full seamless cloud based, integration to your back end accounts

·    Reduce costs and reduce errors associated with manual data entry.

·    Add or delete suppliers as the need arises.

·    Add Advanced Shipping Notices (856) & UCC-128 Barcode Labels should your organization require same.

·    Be compliant with all global EDI standards including ANSI X12, UN/EDIFACT, EANCOM, Tradacoms, Odette, XML etc.

The Supplier Portal will be branded using your organizations logo’s and images and can also be customized for extra documents should your organization require more than just Purchase Orders and Invoices.

 What are the benefits for your suppliers?

·    They do not need to invest in additional hardware or software systems – all they require is a computer and an internet connection

·    Our web based EDI solutions are very cost effective for suppliers – often working out much cheaper than the combined total costs of print, stationery and postage

·    There is an on screen record of all transactions

·    It speeds up the suppliers Order to Payment cash cycle

For further information and a free demonstration of our web based EDI Supplier Portal please call +1 (401) 491 9595 or email Sales@B2BGateway.Net

Scaling New Heights

Looking forward to meeting everyone at the Scaling New Heights conference, June 17-20, Nashville, TN. Visit the B2BGateway Booth #R to learn more about our cloud based, fully integrated solutions for all Intuit QuickBooks products and how we can help solution providers close the sale!

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

EDI and eCommerce

What is eCommerce?

eCommerce has been described as being a virtual market place, whereby all the transactions that occur in the physical world are also available on computer systems via the Internet. The main activites of eCommerce include purchasing, selling, marketing, services and distribution via the World Wide Web. eCommerce transactions are recording tremendous growth, multiplying on a yearly basis with many transactions now taking place on Social Media sites such as Facebook and Pinterest (Social Commerce) as well as the more established online stores such as Amazon, eBay, Buy.com etc.

How can EDI help eCommerce?
EDI allows retailers and distributors to have speedy and reliable communications. Retailers can easily determine product availability of a distributor prior to placing an order. If the distributor is out of stock temporarily, the order can be passed directly to the manufacturer, with the distributor receiving credit for the sale. EDI also enables the supplier’s online site to communicate direct with the supplier’s ERP/Accounting software and 3PL, i.e. when an order is placed on an online site it will immediately be sent via EDI to the suppliers ERP system and 3PL for shipping. By using fully integrated EDI, there is no need for the supplier to re-key the data thus saving on human data entry errors and staff resources. Orders are encrypted for Internet transmission and then converted to EDI format for internal processing. Thus EDI has become an integral part of business which has evolved from transactions between businesses, to those between individuals and businesses.

For further information on how B2BGateway's cloud based EDI solutions can help your eCommerce transactions please visit www.B2BGateway.Net or email Sales@B2BGateway.Net

Top five reasons to switch to cloud based EDI solutions

Five great reasons to switch to cloud based EDI solutions:

1. Requires no further investment or outlay in hardware or software.
2. You do not have to have a large IT based staff or great EDI knowledge.
3. Cost reduction - costs are based on your usage and are not fixed.
4. Scalability - using the cloud allows you to scale resources on demand, i.e. spikes in a seasonal    
    market place.
5. Cloud based EDI solutions allow for multiple users in multiple locations.

Happy May 4th

Win a Kindle Fire in our 'Name our new App' Competition

B2BGateway has some exciting news and a chance for you to win a brand new Kindle Fire. We've just developed an exciting new web based 'Supplier Portal' that allows organizations to send orders and receive invoices from their suppliers electronically, removing the need for traditional paper and manual data processing.

The only problem is, we think 'Supplier Portal' is pretty boring - and that's where you come in. We’re in search of a new, cool and catchy brand name for the portal. To enter, click one of the links below and "like" us on Facebook or "follow" us on Twitter. The only thing you need to do now is post/tweet your submissions and wait for us to contact you! All entries must be submitted by May 31st 2012. The winner will be announced on Friday, June 15th. Terms & conditions apply.

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