Advance Web Trader

EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) – exchanging orders, invoices and other business critical documents with customers and suppliers has been around for nearly 20 years.

If, however, one looks at the profile of usage in a typical company you will see that the Pareto principle holds true i.e. most companies are (in the case of a first tier supplier to a retailer or manufacturer) only trading via electronic means with the 20% of customers that make up 80% of the order volume. Typically also they will only be receiving orders and sending invoices.

Today there is still very little electronic trading undertaken further up the supply chain with a company’s own second tier suppliers.

Why is this still the case 20 years on when it needn’t be? The reasons are fairly simple: Cost and Complexity! Trying to get a multitude of smaller suppliers (or indeed customers in some cases) to implement full EDI is either not cost effective or too complex for the smaller companies to implement.

Advance Web Trader – now available as a hosted service through AMOS (Advance Managed Outsourced Solutions) is designed to overcome these two problems by providing the trading hub with a tailored secure website into which it deposits orders for typically small to medium sized suppliers. This website can be hosted either by yourselves or as an outsourced solution from AdvanceFirst via AMOS.

These suppliers can then utilise any standard PC with a web browser to access the website and download trading documents such as orders and remittance advices, whilst at the same time creating other trading documents such as invoices, or advance shipping notifications to their customer.

Cost – this issue is overcome by the supplier not needing any specialist software and the use of the Web Trader system can be minimal depending on the wishes of the customer.

Complexity - is overcome very easily as the supplier only needs a PC and a web browser to access the secure website.

Advance Web Trader

• The tailored and cost effective solution for Small to Medium sized (SME) suppliers or customers…
• Orders and invoices exchanged through secure website
• Trading partner access is via a pc and a browser
• Low cost solution
• Fast and easy to implement
• Provides 100% electronic trading reach
• Order / Invoice spin capability
  
• All Structured EDI documents catered for (Remittances, ASN’s etc)

For more information and a presentation on Advance Web Trader please go to: -

http://www.advancefirst.com/Advance_Web_Trader.html

If your company has a trading community it would like to trade with electronically, gaining all the associated benefits, such as reduced cost, simplified trading processes and an improved, more responsive supply chain, then you should be talking to AdvanceFirst Technologies.