Retail Solutions For Experienced Customers
For experienced companies in the retail industry.
Read the detailed description of AdvanceFirst Network Connect and AdvanceFirst Networks Application suite that supports experienced companies in the retail industry.
AdvanceFirst Network Connect
Future-proof, highly automated system-to-system integration service
The retail sector has been at the forefront of using EDI to drive efficiency in exchanging business information. As in the Automotive industry, there is an established standard for how to communicate with your trading partners.
Since the 1990s, AdvanceFirst has been closely involved in the EDI development within the industry. Today, the scope is broader and is usually related to as “supply chain digitalisation”. Partner up with AdvanceFirst, and get connected, stay connected, and be constantly updated on whats going on in the industry.
AdvanceFirst Network Connect is the core of communication and message format handling for the digitalisation era – a modern future-proof system-to-system integration service in the cloud.
Organisations like GS1 and Peppol have standardised ways of exchanging business critical information electronically and making information transformation easier to understand.
Naturally, AdvanceFirst Networks is a driving force in the industry standardisation.
Functionality
The functionality of Network Connect covers the following main areas:
- Integration of business transaction system-to-system
- Format conversions & pre-set standard formats
- Communication & pre-set standard protocols
- Data management & monitoring
Network Connect handles all kinds of sophisticated communication protocols.
FTP (sFTP/FTPS)/OFPT/OFPT2/AS2/HTTP/Peppol/API’s and more.
Network Connect converts any-to-any file format.
EDIFACT/VDA/X12/Odette/XML/Peppol/CVS & more
Customer EDI processes, examples:
- Delivery Schedule (Forecast)
- Order, Order Change and Order Confirmation
- Delivery & Packing
- Transport Booking & Status
- Invoice
Supplier EDI processes (including outsourced processes to 3rd parties), examples:
- Delivery Schedule (Forecast)
- Order, Order Change and Order Confirmation
- Delivery & Packing
- Transport Booking & Status
- Invoice
AdvanceFirst Networks Application
EDI-supporting tools and artificial intelligence (AI)
AdvanceFirst’s Network Applications suite supports our Retail customers in adapting to the industry’s requirements as well as in decision-making based on the customers’ demand.
- Receive orders electronically via EDI in EDIFACT, X12 or Peppol
- Response on the order electronically VIA EDI in EDIFACT, X12 or Peppol.
- You will need the ability to label all goods with various labels and send an ASN (advanced shipping note) with the corresponding information about the goods.
- You will also need the ability to send an EDI invoice in EDIFACT , X12 or Peppol.
- Have a full traceability backwards on information within e.g. the food and beverage industry.
In addition, AdvanceFirst Networks’ AI-supported application suite supports the analysis and assessment of large volumes of forecast data. The AI tool help our customers to understand and focus on important changes in their customers’ forecast data, better estimate forthcoming customer order volumes, and clearly identify the underlying trend in customer demand.
Process
- Dashboard overview
- AI-based demand management and decision support
- Delivery schedule management
- JIS (Just in sequence) and JIT (Just in time)
- Labeling and ASN management
- Securing outbound deliveries with handheld devices
- Full control of VIA deliveries (e.g. surface treatment)
- Keep track of OEM owned package material
- Transport booking
- Full connectivity with ERP’s (API’s or file-based EDI)