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No Longer Sustainable: The Unraveling of Direct-to-Consumer

Spurred largely by the pandemic, the direct-to-consumer (DTC) business model experienced exponential growth, enabling brands to establish a direct connection with consumers, bypassing traditional retail channels. However, the landscape is shifting, and signs suggest that the once seemingly invincible DTC model may no longer be sustainable in its current form.…

Enhancing Integration Between ERP Resellers & EDI Providers

In the ever-evolving landscape of business technology, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) solutions play pivotal roles in streamlining operations and facilitating seamless communication. While ERP systems manage diverse business processes, EDI acts as the digital bridge for efficient data exchange between trading partners. The symbiosis…

Acumatica Summit 2023: Review from an Acumatica ISV

A few weeks ago, we made the trek out to Las Vegas to attend the Acumatica Summit 2023 at the Wynn Resort and Casino. Having been an Acumatica ISV (independent software vendor) for quite a while now, it was a great opportunity to be able to meet and mingle with…

B2C & B2B Technology Perspectives

It’s almost unheard of in 2023 for a business to not accept credit cards. According to Insiderintelligence.com, in 2022 US companies transacted $3.089 trillion in credit card sales. When you factor in the 2.5% average credit card processing fee, US companies are spending $75B on credit card processing – and…

How EDI for Acumatica Can Benefit Your Business

For decades, organizations have been moving from communicating on paper to electronic data interchange (EDI). It is a concept that involves exchanging information electronically. Companies that embrace this concept can send and receive documents such as invoices and orders electronically. The benefits of this form of business communication cannot be…

How to Fix These 6 EDI Integration Challenges

Eliminating manual processes will improve supply chain efficiency, reduce your order-to-cash cycle and increase profits. Integrated Electronic Data Interchange, or EDI, replaces those manual processes and allows organizations to exchange transactional business documents from disparate systems. While EDI has been around for decades, EDI integration challenges are still often encountered.…

Dashboard Dreams

Our company serves supply chain clients who operate their own on premises systems for handling EDI activity as well as clients who rely on our managed services for handling some or all such B2B activity. We’ve been exploring how best to leverage the latest technology to deliver useful, actionable information…

How Liaison’s Delta/ECS Solves Integration Challenges

Photo appears courtesy of Lensman.Official. We all know that integrating your EDI is the holy grail of being EDI capable. But why doesn’t everyone take advantage of integration? We can talk about expense or lack of staff or any number of issues but the integration itself what I want to focus on…

Ace the EDI Application Upgrade Process

Updated July 7, 2023 A Little Planning Goes a Long Way Photo appears courtesy of brownpau. How many times have you scheduled an EDI application upgrade, only to find out at the last minute that you haven’t met all of the requirements or that users weren’t informed that the system…

Purchase Order Confirmation Rates: Navigating Amazon’s New Chargebacks

Photo appears courtesy of Wendy. Amazon recently announced a new type of chargeback that will initially impact Hardlines’ Vendor Central suppliers. While this might not seem to apply to you or your other trading relationships today, Amazon more and more (like Walmart in the past) is a bellwether when it…

Why Your EDI Processes Should Be Automated

Photo appears courtesy of Phill Dolby. We spend a lot of time each summer trying to streamline and automate as many of our processes and procedures as we can. It saves time and, if done correctly, makes our data more accurate and timely. Taking the time to do this is…

EDI Consulting: All in a Week’s Work

Picture appears courtesy of Wicker Paradise. Whether you are an EDI Coordinator or Consultant it takes a lot of talent, patience and determination to do a good job. When you’re consulting with clients in a variety of industries, a good consultant has to wear many hats. We were thinking over…

Quibids.com Harnesses the Power of Delta/ECS

Photo appears courtesy of Ronca-WW. Last year we had the pleasure of with working with both Quibids.com and fellow Liaison reseller, Virtual Logistics, on a large integration project using Liaison’s Delta/ECS integration package. This is a great case study and truly illustrates the flexibility, efficiency, and automation that Delta/ECS can…

EDI Processing Should be Nimble

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candle stick. Jumping over the candle stick without extinguishing the flame from this famous 19th century nursery rhyme was just a form of fortune telling, sport and good luck. With EDI processing being the majority of a business’ important order…

Common Misconceptions about On-Premise EDI Software

Photo appears courtesy of William Warby. I have a customer using a web-based EDI solution and they are just too big for it. They are currently weighing their options. But it got me thinking, how many organizations are out there using a solution that is really not working for them? Reasons why…