Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Streamline ordering with Seco's EDI integration. Automated procurement for faster, more accurate tool purchasing.Automize and digitalize your order management
Create efficient and paperless workflows
What is EDI?
The transmission of information between people can be fraught with delays, errors, misinterpretations, and security breaches. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the computer-to-computer exchange of documents, offering a secure, encrypted alternative to manual paper processing and supply chain tracking.
EDI allows for secure, paperless and fast document exchange
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the virtual exchange of data or business documents in electronic format between trading partners, particularly buyers and their suppliers. By transferring purchase orders, invoices, payments, shipping notices and various other documents via an EDI, users eliminate paper waste, improve operational efficiency and enhance virtual exchanges with new trading partners around the world.
How is EDI used?
Created to ease the management and flow of transaction information, Electronic Data Interchange systems can handle and transmit any business document data such as:
- Purchase orders
- Order acknowledgement
- Shipping notices
- Invoices
4 reasons to implement EDI with Seco
1. Speed up and simplify your document flow
- EDI allows businesses to automate and speed up the order-to-invoice process.
- Reduced time delays related to manual data entry and file management.
- You can use your own ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system.
- EDI is able to handle most type of formats and communication methods.
2. Become paperless to save costs and our environment
- Expenses associated with paper, printing, reproduction, storage, filing, postage and document retrieval are reduced or eliminated.
- Lowering your transaction costs from 35% to 90% is possible using EDI.
- Savings can be exponential through a reduction in time spent submitting orders (manually or entering through a portal).
3. Handle your order management efficiently and securely
- The fewer times an order in handled manually the less likely errors will be introduced.
- Less manual work, automation can free up staff time as much as 65% for more value adding work.
- Delivery times can improve through the quick processing of EDI (reducing delays due to manual processing).
- Reduce the order-to-cash cycle time. EDI invoicing from Seco allows resellers to quickly create invoices to their customers.
- Highly secure solutions using encryption and receipts.
- Audit trails, possible to trace all transactions.
- Archives, everything sent and received archived.
4. Your long-term effect
- Enables real-time visibility into transaction status.
- Allows you to grow your business volume, without necessarily increasing your overhead cost.
- Supports corporate social responsibility and sustainability.
SECO DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE FOR SETTING UP EDI.
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Contact your responsible sales person or send us a general request for further information about EDI. You can also send us your detailed EDI information directly.
I want more information on EDI
I have a detailed question on how to set up EDI with Seco
Did you know?
In the 1960s, the U.S. transportation industry developed EDI to enable accurate communications between multiple companies' computer systems. Its objective was to standardize electronic transactions between customers and vendors.
