EDI Warehouse & EDI Order Processing Service
Electronic Data Interchange (E.D.I.) Fulfillment with Coast to Coast Fulfillment, Inc.
Why choose Coast to Coast Fulfilment as your premier EDI partner?
- Gain Seamless Integration & Total Visibility
Elevate your order processing with our fully integrated EDI system and team of EDI professionals. Unlike most other order-fulfillment operations, we have a proprietary direct-connect EDI software system, giving you the option to bypass EDI service bureaus, to seamlessly connect our warehouse (as the virtual vendor) to your trading partner. Simultaneously, your ERP or accounting system is updated with every EDI communication, so you have total visibility of every state stage of the progress of every order.
- Achieve Real-Time Accuracy & Eliminate Manual Errors
Say goodbye to delays and manual errors! From your client’s purchase order (EDI 850) and your Advance Shipping Notice (EDI 856) for wholesale buyers, to your invoice (EDI 810) and the processing of returns, Coast to Coast Fulfillment automatically handles all aspects of order fulfillment via EDI from A-to-Z. Since order information does not have to be key punched into the computer, human errors are virtually eliminated. Our EDI order-processing system is always on —24/7 — to instantly acknowledge (EDI 855) a purchase order‚ and to keep you in virtually instant communication with your clients.
- Improve Order Compliance, Efficiency, and Speed
Most major retail chain stores require suppliers to communicate with EDI protocols for both bulk wholesale shipments and for orders drop-shipped to consumers. Coast to Coast Fulfillment has over 20 years of EDI experience as a 3PL (third-party logistics) company, warehousing merchandise and processing orders, handling all the picking, packaging, labeling, scheduling, and shipping details according to the exacting EDI specifications of retail chain stores (EDI Trading Partners) Coast to Coast Fulfillment works with its manufacturer-clients, EDI service bureaus, and EDI value added networks (VANs), to seamlessly handle all aspects of EDI order-processing from retail stores.
- Get Tailored Physical Handling of Each EDI Order
Every EDI order receives close supervision to ensure compliance with specific SKU unit, preparation, packaging, and routing requirements. From distribution to pre-distribution, drop-shipping to stores, and direct-to-consumer shipments, we specialize in handling all four principal categories of EDI orders.
- Save Money, Improve Security
With EDI, there is not manual order entry, and since all purchase order data is already mapped into our system, you save money. Also, Coast to Coast is an EDI service provide, so you do not need an outside EDI service bureau. With EDI, your information is sent computer-to-computer and is encrypted, offering you much greater protection than email or internet protocols. With EDI at Coast to Coast Fulfillment, you will have more security at less expense.
More about EDI and Why You Should Choose Coast to Coast as Integrated Fulfillment Partner
Electronic Data Interchange EDI) is a standardized global electronic communication system for transmitting and receiving data between trading partners according to mutually-agreed-upon Message Implementation Guidelines (MIG). EDI information is transmitted computer-to-computer, with data received, processed, and acknowledged by computers without human intervention. Documents transmitted via EDI include purchase orders, order acknowledgements, Advance Shipping Notices (ASNs), bills of lading, receiving advice, invoices, and more. Because information pertaining to orders in processed 24/7 without human action, transactional information is instantaneous, without manual data-entry errors.
EDI has been proven to be the fastest, most-secure mechanism for exchanging transactional data between organizations throughout the globe. Though EDI is a standardized system, the data within specific documents can have different sets of information from each trading partner. Furthermore, data mapping and data translation are often required to make external EDI data compatible with internal inventory and order processing systems and software, while many different incompatible versions of EDI software are used by various trading partners. Coast to Coast maintains versions of all relevant EDI software, while working closely with EDI service providers, whenever necessary, to ensure that all information from every trading partner and client is accurate, secure, and can be acted upon by our warehouse personnel.
How does Coast to Coast Fulfillment physically handle the orders? While EDI orders are almost exclusively wholesale orders, how and where they are shipped can vary greatly by the trading partner. Each order requires close supervision by the fulfillment house to ensure complete compliance.
Even if your company isn’t using Electronic Data Interchange, many of your competitors and trading partners probably are. To get started with A-to-Z hassle-free third-party handling of all your products under EDI protocols, contact Coast to Coast Fulfillment now.
Contact us now to find out more about how we can help you with your EDI and Order Fulfilment, to get:
- Get Seamless Integration & Total Visibility
- Achieve Real-Time Accuracy & Eliminate Manual Errors
- Improve Order Compliance, Efficiency, and Speed
- Get Tailored Physical Handling of Each EDI Order
- Save Money, Improve Security
EDI Process:
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