Supply Chain Integration for Microsoft Great Plains

SPS Commerce for Microsoft Great Plains is an integrated, service based solution that allows your organization to seamlessly exchange business information such as purchase orders and invoices, directly into and out of Microsoft Great Plains. The service is ideal for companies that need to trade data using Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), eXtensible Markup Language (XML) or any similar format with one or more of its trading partners or customers. The result is a solution that can process hundreds or thousands of transactions per month and eliminate the need to manually key data into Microsoft Great Plains.


SPSCommerce.net: The EDI Software Alternative

For years, large companies have been reaping the benefits of exchanging fast, accurate order information with their customers and suppliers utilizing EDI software. However, the costs of purchasing EDI software licenses, hardware and network services as well as paying internal staff or consultants to implement, monitor, support and maintain the system put technology out of reach for most small and mid-sized companies. Until Now!

SPSCommerce.net provides everything your company needs to trade EDI with customers and other trading partners – without the expense and hassle associated with software implementations. Instead, SPS Commerce’s world-class data center hosts an EDI translator and mapping software, hardware, and networking / communications infrastructure along with an experienced team to implement, support and maintain your environment all for a predictable, low, monthly fee.

Microsoft Great Plains EDI diagram

SPS Commerce provides an “out of the box” connection between Microsoft Great Plains and your customers, allowing you to automate the process of receiving and sending order information by taking advantage of the benefits of EDI without incurring the costs and effort of associated with traditional EDI software.


Works for All of Your Customers

SPSCommerce.net has the largest network of connected retailers in the industry. With over 400 retailers currently connected, you will most likely find that your customers are already available. If you have a customer that isn’t already on SPSCommerce.net, you simply need to ask your SPS Commerce account manager for an additional connection and we will connect that retailer to you within 2-4 weeks.


Open Data Transport

SPS Commerce’s service is based on modern, open network platforms rather than proprietary Value Added Networks (VANs) to transport data from your company to SPSCommerce.net. In addition, SPSCommerce.net can communicate with your trading partners via their preferred method such as VAN, AS2, VPN, SecureFTP, HTTPS, etc.


Extensive Document Library

Our flexible technology allows SPS Commerce to easily support existing EDI documents, as well as new XML-based documents so your SPSCommerce.net solution can grow with the ongoing demands of your customers and trading community. SPSCommerce.net supports the following documents and more.

  • P.O. w/ Multiple Ship To
  • Product Activity Data
  • Blanket P.O. w/ P.O. Releases
  • Price Tags/ Tickets
  • ASN w/ Multiple P.O.s
  • Private Label Packing Slip
  • Organization Relationship w/ Cross Dock (Location Name & Addresses)
  • Standalone Credit Invoice
  • Planning Schedule w/Release
  • Free Form Text Messaging
  • Remittance Advice
  • Order Inquiry
  • Credit/ Debit Adjustment
  • And many more.

 

One Service Provider for all Your Needs

Even if a single customer’s compliance requirements initially brought you to SPS, you will quickly discover that you can extend your investment in SPS Commerce for additional supply chain needs with:

  • UPC Catalog: SPSCommerce.net’s Item Synchronization Service is specifically designed to help small and mid-sized companies satisfy their customer’s electronic compliance requirements for the electronic delivery of UPC item information, pricing data, and more.
  • Online Ordering: SPS’s Online Ordering Service is designed to help manufacturers and distributors lower their dependency on customer support representatives, thereby reducing costs from errors introduced by manual order entry. At the same time, it increases customer satisfaction by providing customers a 24X7 accessible, self-service web site for placing orders.


Features and Benefits

  • Leverages Existing Investments: Seamless integration with Microsoft Great Plains.
  • Outsourced: Allows you to focus on your core competencies while SPS Commerce takes responsibility for your EDI resources.
  • Available anytime: As a member of SPSCommerce.net, you have a self-service environment available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
  • Supported: If you have any problems, SPS Commerce’s customer representatives provide one-on-one support via phone, web chat, or email.
  • Real-Time, Document Router guarantees each document is delivered to the correct destination without waiting for overnight batch updates.
  • Any-to-Any Transformation Engine ensures interoperability between any buyer and supplier regardless of their own unique I.T. standards – including EDI, XML, and Flat File formats.
  • Sophisticated Business Rules metadata to capture, represent and enforce the unique business processes of each buyer’s supply chain – at a level far beyond the syntax capabilities of traditional EDI.
  • Centralized Document Repository to archive each transaction and its data content for dispute resolution, exception reporting, and supply chain performance analysis.


Tell Me More

For detailed product information or pricing, please contact SPS Commerce at 866-245-8100 or info@spscommerce.com.