The ePortal EDI Integration Solution from eBRIDGE

The eBridge ePortal is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that enables for the remote exchange and viewing of EDI business documents with a webfriendly interface.

Available at a low monthly subscription fee per trading partner, ePortal provides you with the ability to view inbound and outbound EDI documents from any remote station that accesses the internet. Documents are displayed in a user-friendly format for quick and easy viewing. And with print capability in ePortal, these documents can be printed in either the userfriendly or raw format.

ePortal provides web-friendly interface forms to enter data for the EDI documents, which are then sent to your trading partner in the required EDI format. With an ePortal account, setting up a trading partner to exchange documents with involves only making an online purchase of the Trading Partner Kit on the eBridge web site. Once subscribed, all trading partner maps residing on the remote ePortal platform are associated with your company to allow for the immediate exchange, viewing and printing of documents.

Any upgrades to a new EDI version by the trading partner will be automatically reflected in the maps on ePortal, which is covered as part of the Trading Partner Kit subscription fee.

Benefits
• Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform for document exchange and tracking
• Low monthly subscription fee per trading partner
• Handles translator, mapping, and communication functions
• View and print documents in user-friendly or raw formats
• Web forms for data entry and "on-the-fly" corrections/modifications
• Reprocessing capability
• Buy "off-the-shelf" trading partner kits for quick setup
• Upgrades to new EDI versions automatically reflected in maps
• Large volume document storage
• Storage and viewing of non-compliant business documents
• E-mail notification of received documents
• E-mail notification of unacknowledged outbound documents

Translator functions and communication responsibilities through the established and secure
channel with the Trading Partner are also assumed by ePortal, thereby negating the need to install and maintain on-premise communication and translator software. E-mail notifications are sent upon acceptance of documents or when an outbound document has not been acknowledged within a specified time.

ePortal stores inbound and outbound documents that have not passed EDI compliancy checking. The noncompliant error(s) for these documents can be viewed to enable the document to be corrected "on-the-fly" using web forms, and then reprocessed.

Archiving of documents is also offered with ePortal, providing less clutter on the screen and allowing for easier navigation.

ePortal utilizes the powerful Microsoft® BizTalk® Server 2006 R2 to orchestrate and optimize the document exchange process. With its capacity to process and store large volumes of document transactions, BizTalk Server offers enterprise features to smaller organizations and is the ideal platform for B2B document exchange.

About eBRIDGE Software

eBRIDGE: Corporate Profile

Founded in 1993, eBRIDGE Software specializes in delivering powerful solutions that streamline the flow of critical data between business systems and the back-office accounting application.

eBridge solutions are available for over 35 accounting applications and move data from a variety of systems involved in everyday business operations, such as EDI, CRM, Webstore, SCM, logistics and warehouse management.

An eBridge Solution provides for the automatic and bi-directional movement of data between systems, eliminating manual and duplicate data entry and the resulting errors that occur from such a process. Employee resources are freed up and redirected, while costly trading partner chargebacks are prevented with the exchange of accurate data.

As an organization’s requirements grow with its needs, additional solutions are simply added to the eBridge software package to connect with the backoffice accounting application.

By providing accurate and timely exchange of data, eBRIDGE Software enables an organization to save time and money, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve its relationships with trading partners and customers.

Partners

eBRIDGE maintains partnerships with leaders in the e-business industry, including all major accounting software vendors, traditional VANs, Internet VANs, and CRM application developers. With these strong relationships, eBRIDGE delivers the solutions required for the timely and accurate exchange of critical information between business systems.

eBRIDGE Difference

• eBRIDGE Software is the leader in application-to-application integration and data-to-application integration in the small to mid-sized (SMB) market space.

• eBRIDGE is the only integration provider in the SMB accounting package market to provide a "universal" solution - one core bridge with several options for integration.

• Supporting over 35 accounting software packages from all the majorsoftware publishers.

• eBRIDGE does not resell accounting applications—this allows our sales staff to offer expert integration advise without conflict of interest or pressure to change accounting applications.

"Connecting your accounting software to a world of opportunity."