Retail Solutions For Less Experienced Customers
For less experienced companies in the retail industry.
Read a more detailed description of AdvanceFirst Network Connect and AdvanceFirst Networks Application suite that supports less experienced companies in the retail industry.
AdvanceFirst Network Connect
Connectivity for maximum digitalisation
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a structured, fully automated exchange of business information between trading partners and plays a significant role in digitalising the supply chain.
Today, EDI is more a matter of survival than an option. It makes you attractive in the market. EDI generates better business with your customers and suppliers and opens up a potential for higher revenue. Whether it is a requirement from your new customers and future business partners, or if it is your own demand towards your suppliers, to exchange business messages electronically through EDI, AdvanceFirst has the solutions that help you.
AdvanceFirst support your needs from scratch. The cloud-based service has full support for your growth, and you only pay based on usage. This means that you can be a small, medium sized or a big company. All sorts suite us! We will support your requirements from day one after go-live. AdvanceFirst Networks, together with ERP’s around the world, can supply a solution for the above different set-ups, where you can choose which is the best one for you.
Since the 1990s, AdvanceFirst has been closely involved in the EDI development. Today, the scope is broader and is usually related to “supply chain digitalisation”. Partner up with AdvanceFirst, and get connected, stay connected, and be constantly updated on what’s 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.
- We start by gathering information that supports decision-makers to start up an EDI project.
- Together, we identify important customers and suppliers.
- Then we connect your ERP to AdvanceFirst’s cloud-based EDI Network.
- If you have a limited ERP solution, we connect you anyway with our Networks Applications suite.
- Becoming part of AdvanceFirst’s Network, gives you access to additional process support from our Network Applications suite.
The functionality of Network Connect covers the following main areas:
- Integration of business transactions system-to-system
- Format conversions & pre-set standard formats
- Communication & pre-set standard protocols
- Data management & monitoring
The service, which is cloud-based, is usually referred to as “a black box”, since it´s the brain behind the scenes, enabling you to connect to all your trading partners irrespective of character or technical prerequisites. Leave the details to AdvanceFirst and focus on attracting your trading partner to join your digitalisation efforts.
Network Connect handles all kinds of sophisticated communication protocols.
FTP (sFTP/FTPS)/OFTP/OFTP2/AS2/HTTP/Peppol/API’s & more
Network Connect converts any-to-any file format.
EDIFACT/VDA/X12/Odette/XML/Peppol/CVS & more
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)
If you have customers requiring you to digitalise through EDI connectivity, or thinking about connecting your own suppliers, you realize that you need to know how to handle EDI (Electronic Data Interchange). Today, EDI is more a matter of business survival than an option. EDI generates better business with customers and suppliers and opens-up a potential for higher revenue. Why wait, give us a call!
- We start by gathering information that support decision-makers to start up an EDI project.
- Together, we identify important customers and suppliers.
- Then we connect your ERP to AdvanceFirst’s cloud-based EDI Network.
- Becoming part of AdvanceFirst’s Network, gives you access to additional process support from our Network Applications Suite.
AdvanceFirst Networks supports your need to start from scratch. The cloud-based service has full support for your growth – you only pay based on usage. This means that you can be a small, medium-sized or a big company. All sort suits us! We will support your requirements from day one after go-live. AdvanceFirst Networks, together with ERP´s around the world, can supply a solution for the above different set-ups, where you can choose which is the best one for you.
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
- Delivery schedule / Forecast management
- Order management
- Labeling and ASN management
- Securing outbound deliveries with handheld devices
- Full control of VIA deliveries (e.g. surface treatment or logistic service provider)
- Supplier portal
- Full connectivity with ERP’s (API’s or file-based EDI)