Full deployment of EDI at a large retail network
Client:
Swiss branch of a large retail chain.
Situation before starting the project:
- very slow and limited deployment of EDI: after 3 years, only 5 suppliers were deployed to EDI,
- several failed attempts to create an internal job position in charge of EDI deployment,
- EDI provider unable to help with organizational support.
Results:
- 50 suppliers deployed to EDI during the first 12 months,
- 4 types of electronic documents (purchase order, order confirmation, delivery note, invoice),
- total 150 suppliers deployed in EDI (380 data flows),
- 90% of purchase order’s lines are sent by EDI,
- 75% of delivery notes and commercial invoices are received by EDI.
Work done by our team:
- quick implementation of EDI purchase order for the largest suppliers,
- help with adaptation of the ERP system to enable reception of inbound EDI documents: functional specifications, supervision of software development, tests and go-live support,
- employees training: purchasing department, accounting and warehouses,
- coordination of all activities related to EDI: internal teams, service providers and business partners (business and IT departments, external subcontractors),
- coordination with over 30 EDI service providers from all over Europe.
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