Revitalize your supply chain

Revitalize your supply chain

Consumers have more choices than ever, with an enormous number of channels to shop from and an endless stream of products. With so much choice and flexibility, how do you stay relevant and profitable? According to the 2022 MHI Annual Report, a survey of over 1,000...

Gain sales with improved product data

Gain sales with improved product data

If you’ve ever purchased anything online, you know how important it is to have comprehensive, accurate item descriptions. The attributes of an item, like color and size, can influence your decision whether or not to make a purchase. Item data gives you the confidence...

Acumatica Summit 2023: A Recap

Acumatica Summit 2023: A Recap

A big thanks to Acumatica for bringing the community together in Las Vegas! Seeing one another in person, connecting with customers, and meeting new partners face to face made each of us say “it’s great to be back!” While there were many conference highlights, here...

Traceability in the Healthcare Supply Chain

Traceability in the Healthcare Supply Chain

Traceability in Healthcare Traceability is the watchword in the pharmaceutical industry due to the opioid crisis and the new laws and regulations created in response. Now, healthcare companies are required to increase the traceability of all pharmaceuticals and...

Why Grocers Should Use EDI – Grocery Wholesale EDI

Why Grocers Should Use EDI – Grocery Wholesale EDI

How the food industry has evolved with grocery EDI In the history of grocery operations, electronic data interchange (EDI) may have been one of the game-changing developments in the last 30 years. Of course, we’re a little biased, but we’ve seen how EDI has greatly...

More suppliers consider selling direct to consumer

More suppliers consider selling direct to consumer

When it comes to online sales and distribution channels, shipping pallets and cases of products off to retailers isn’t the only option for suppliers anymore. Vendors normally send their products to a retailer for in-store and online sales, but more and more, suppliers will handle the fulfillment on their behalf and drop ship the item to the consumer.

Capture buyer’s attention with retail sell-through data

Capture buyer’s attention with retail sell-through data

Vendors know that buyers are busy people. They’re buying thousands of products for a single store or focusing on one department across a regional or national chain of stores. And, unfortunately, they don’t have a lot of time to converse with individual vendors, especially those who fall in their second or third tier according to sales volume.

How EDI Shipping Can Declutter Your Day

How EDI Shipping Can Declutter Your Day

As the pace of retail quickens, so does the need to have better visibility to products and shipments in transit. This is what makes EDI and transportation a perfect match. When suppliers (aka shippers) and carriers want to know answers to the following questions, EDI...

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