Benefits of EDI for Retail

Explore the benefits of EDI in retail. Get the data you need from your trading partners to strengthen your supply chain and better serve customers. Learn how retail EDI helps you overcome common supply chain challenges.

Experiencing supply chain disruption? Retail EDI can help.

Collaborating with your trading partners using EDI can help your retail business navigate disruptions, such as:

Workforce Changes

Improve communication in virtual or hybrid work environments within your company and with your suppliers using EDI.

Staffing Shortages

Reduce manual work with EDI automation and improve capacity planning with better visibility into orders.

Unpredictable Supply or Demand

Tap into more than 500,000 pre-built EDI connections to quickly set up new suppliers in key categories.
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Expand Your Fulfillment Models

Support eCommerce growth and create a seamless consumer experience across channels using standardized EDI transactions.

Benefits of EDI in Retail

EDI allows you and your trading partners to speak the same language. In your research, you discovered how the technical aspects of EDI in retail work (if not, check out this resource). Now let’s talk about the ROI benefits across your business.

Automate supplier communication

If you’re still using phone calls, emails, and faxes to send orders to suppliers, it’s time to automate. Onboard your suppliers to EDI to enable a consistent order fulfillment process.

Simplify order management

Understand order status by getting EDI order information from your suppliers. Gain visibility into whether suppliers can fulfill orders in full and on time, so you can confidently make decisions.

Improve warehouse efficiency

Move inventory efficiently through your supply chain with automated EDI notices of shipments coming into your distribution centers. Optimize staffing levels and get products on the shelf or to consumers faster.

Streamline invoice reconciliation

Get the EDI data needed from suppliers to automate reconciliation between orders, goods received and invoices. Reduce manual work and take advantage of early payment discounts.

Getting started with retail EDI

New to EDI? Rely on the SPS experts to help you and your suppliers become EDI-capable fast. Our hands-on, personal approach takes the burden off your shoulders.

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Improve profitability with a modern, collaborative supply chain

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Eliminate human error and reduce labor costs

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Gain full visibility into transactions between trading partners

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Save time by auto-sourcing information into EDI documents

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Consolidate information in one location for multiple users

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No EDI experience required. We manage it all for you!

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Learn how other companies benefit from retail EDI

“Having merchandising, supply chain and IT all part of the initiative was critical to its success. SPS provided the program, staffing and best practices. But we also needed to provide the internal resources, alignment, and collaboration. Together, this made our EDI transition and implementations initiative a success. I would recommend this type of approach to any brand or retailer looking to implement an EDI solution.”

– Sr. Director, Supply Chain & Integrated Planning, Thrive Market

Learn how other companies benefit from retail EDI

“Having merchandising, supply chain and IT all part of the initiative was critical to its success. SPS provided the program, staffing and best practices. But we also needed to provide the internal resources, alignment, and collaboration. Together, this made our EDI transition and implementations initiative a success. I would recommend this type of approach to any brand or retailer looking to implement an EDI solution.”

– Sr. Director, Supply Chain & Integrated Planning, Thrive Market

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