Solomon eCommerce Altara

e-Commerce Gateway–EDI Edition provides you the path to solidify your position in the value chain by integrating and automating your business transactions with your customers, vendors, and remote warehouses. This advanced module provides these benefits through its integration with Order Management, which is a pre-requisite for EDI Edition. Together, they give you a competitive edge by integrating with your customers and suppliers who are increasingly taking advantage of the benefits of conducting business electronically.

Electronic data interchange (EDI) is the globally accepted method for exchanging standard business documents using industry-defined standards and public data communications networks. A fast and efficient alternative to traditional paper-based communications, EDI saves time, reduces errors, eliminates paperwork, and helps companies compete in today's time-critical global marketplace.

EDI Edition extends the benefits of EDI to companies using Solomon. This advanced module provides EDI data processing automatically, accurately, and seamlessly. For example, EDI Purchase Orders become Sales Orders, then Invoices are sent out via EDI.

Processing your data via EDI means you can save the time it takes to receive, enter, and error-check orders. And, you can transmit a paperless EDI invoice back to your customer's computer, promptly and ready for payment. The time saved can translate into faster fulfillment and shipping, for a streamlined sales cycle and increased customer satisfaction.

Automate Your Business to Business Transactions
e-Commerce Gateway–EDI Edition dials your customer or commercial EDI network hours before your staff arrives at work and retrieves the EDI data waiting in the mailboxes. The module verifies the data and creates the appropriate Solomon transaction for processing—all without any manual intervention or data entry. Once the transaction processing is completed in Solomon, EDI Edition retrieves the transaction information, creates the outbound EDI documents and transmits them electronically to the appropriate destination.

Flexible Translator Options
e-Commerce Gateway–EDI Edition maps raw EDI data into meaningful business transactions, provides the necessary screen and database updates, and includes an essential tool kit to manage inventory, customer, and order data effectively. EDI Edition includes EDI/EDGE from DNS Worldwide, an easy-to-use EDI translation product that provides scheduled dial-up, data communications, EDI compliance checking, and EDI data translation. If you prefer, you can use EDI Edition with your choice of EDI translation software.

Easy to Use
The real advantage is the tight integration between Order Management, Inventory and Purchasing with EDI Edition. There are no additional software programs for users to learn, or new screens to work with.

A Proven EDI Solution
EDI Edition is a customer-proven solution. Many companies are using EDI Edition every day for business-critical communications with their trading partners. What's more, EDI Edition supports a comprehensive set of EDI transactions.

eCommerce EDI Edition delivers these features:

Automatically convert EDI purchase orders into sales orders—and convert your processed sales orders into EDI invoices and advance ship notices
Transmit transfer orders and shipping documents between inventory sites
Do business electronically with other companies, regardless of the systems or data communications they use
Eliminate the time delays, potential errors and clerical costs associated with manual processing of business transactions
Speed turnaround on orders and enhance cash flow
Communicate the way you want with customers and trading partners around the world
Handle a wide range of inbound and outbound EDI transaction sets (see tables)
Receive and access important customer information such as address changes, PO changes, and sales numbers
Create individual sales orders to handle "multi-store" or "spread" orders
Control EDI data processing—trading partner level settings for Solomon processes

Key Benefits:

Easily customizable and highly scalable

Supports connectivity with customers, vendors, business partners and employees

Robust, comprehensive functionality all-in-one source

Supports operations across countries, sites, languages and currencies

Key Features:

Microsoft Solomon SCM supports your entire business and delivers these key functions:

Advanced Shipment Management

Bill of Materials

e-Commerce Gateway - EDI Edition

Inventory

Landed Cost

Order Management

Order to Purchase

Purchasing

Web Order

Work Order

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