Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Technology Data Mapping Inbound Order
Visionet's Robust & Reliable EDI Technology Software Solution & Services |
Visionet Systems can assist you in building a secure EDI foundation which is robust, configurable and manageable. EDI should lower manual involvement and mistakes instead of increasing them. |
EDI technology implementation and EDI technology solution setup once within your IT infrastructure with ease, EDI technology operations minimal support, no technical help required |
EDI Technology provides cost effective IT support services |
| We can assist you in building a secure EDI foundation which is robust, configurable and manageable. Electronic Data Interchange should lower manual involvement and mistakes instead of increasing them. |
EDI Inbound Order Management Optimized and Enhanced to Increase Productivity
Visionet understands various EDI technology inbound & outbound transactions including order processing (850,860), ASN (856), Product Catalog (832) and Invoicing (810). We have reengineered EDI order processing for two multi-billion dollar companies for efficiency and featuring dynamic trends in supply chain infrastructure.
Whether it is Inbound or Outbound EDI transaction we have the solid understanding of EDI technology standards (like ANSI X12, EDIFACT) as well as mappers / Integrators (like GEIS, Harbinger etc). We also excel in building rules based EDI engines for processing logic.
We reengineer EDI at two logical levels:
- EDI Data Mapping layers:
Data Mapping layer takes care of raw to structure conversion and mailbox handling
- EDI Data Processing Layer:
Data Processing layer takes care of business logic
Please click here to see a clearer EDI inbount & outbound diagram
Casestudy
CLIENT: A multi-billion dollar marketer of apparel and
recreational camping products, and a leading
developer of branded products and proprietary
brand programs for major retailers.
CHALLENGE: The company’s current EDI process, running
on its ERP system, was becoming slower and less
robust for increased volume of transactions
from variety of business partners. Unless scalability
and agility is improved, the company was not
able to meet its growth projections.
Visionet Systems was asked to optimize and enhance
the EDI technology architecture based on the company’s:
- In-depth experience with ERP and SCM
systems for apparel industry
Knowledge of the EDI standards and transaction processes
EDI technical expertise
SOLUTION: Visionet team analyzed the EDI inbound architecture and engineered a solution that leverages of all of the features, security and functionality of an existing EDI processes and improved them with the speed, convenience and flexibility. The new EDI architecture was designed for parallel processing of queued transactions with no user intervention to advance productivity. Functionality is incorporated to handle organization’s critical business requirements like:
- Automatic Prepack determination and
best fit matching
Deterministic evaluation of shipping dates based on customers routing setup
Real time inventory updates for prepacks
Regional product pricing & shipping preference
Archiving order transmissions and logs
Improved EDI order maintenance capabilities
RESULTS: The solution came up with improved edi performance in order processing and the ability to access information more conveniently. This led to the following benefits for the client:
- Ability to service more number of transactions
per unit time
Improved accuracy of reporting to EDI services for inbound transactions
Reduced business process maintenance and operational hardware costs
Respond to trading partners needs of having the right products in their stores at the right time
ROI: 6 month payback on the investment
