Ebridge Software Eportal Now Compatible With Blackberry Storm, Blackberry Bold And Apple Iphone

eBRIDGE Software, the leader in business software integration solutions for EDI, CRM, SCM and web store fronts, is pleased to announce that its web-based document management system ePortal has passed testing for compatibility with Apple’s iPhone and the Blackberry Storm and Bold mobile devices.

This compatibility will allow our eBridge customers to access their documents via their mobile devices anywhere, anytime. Blackberry and iPhone compatibility will provide users with a host of advantages including:

• Instantaneous review of non compliant documents: receive notification and immediately review and correct errors for non compliant EDI documents anywhere, anytime on your mobile device;
• Provide constant monitoring – continually monitor status of critical transactions with your mobile device while on the road or out of the office;
• Total control – remove the boundaries of the office; provide the ability to ensure the most important business transactions are smoothly sending and receiving to your trading partners anywhere, anytime.

Having the ePortal as a web-based software as a service (SaaS) solution enables eBridge to ensure a client can use the latest advances in mobile technology to access their mission critical business documents. “Extending the reach of integration as a service (IaaS) to the SME market is a critical component moving forward” explains Colin Brown, CEO at eBridge. “This enhancement of mobile functionality will allow our clients to leverage the software as a service model (SaaS) well beyond the capabilities of the traditional applications on the market today.”

About ePortal

The ePortal Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform has been proven a powerful business integration engine in the small to medium sized business (SMB) market, with its ease of use and short setup time required for vendors to implement. ePortal was designed with Web 2.0 architecture in mind and so, provides the ability to view inbound and outbound documents in a user-friendly format from any remote station that has access to the internet. Web-friendly interface forms are used to enter data for outbound documents, which are then sent to the trading partner in the required EDI format. Our ePortal software as a service solution uses flexible and soft-coded XML technology as well as support for numerous EDI formats (ANSI X12, EDIFACT, etc.), resulting in an independent and flexible Integration Solution that effectively integrates with your financial system while meeting your company’s unique internal business processes.

About eBRIDGE Software

eBRIDGE Software, founded in 1993, leads the small medium enterprise (SME) market in accounting software integration. Our powerful combination of Integration-as-a-Service (IaaS) ePortal—including over 250 predefined connectors, such as EDI, ecommerce, CRM, and warehouse management—and our eBRIDGE adapters for over 37 accounting packages, makes eBRIDGE Software the only last mile integration-as-a-service company to offer the widest range of integration possibilities in the market today. This complete and flexible integration solution streamlines your business processes, saving you time and money. For more information visit www.ebridgesoft.com an EDI | CRM | SCM and Web store front business software integration company.

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Trading Partner Series: EDI Integration for Target

If you manufacture or distribute consumer goods, then chances are you either deal with Target or you want to. And just like another other retail giant, Target prefers to use EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) to purchase goods from their vendors. Target’s EDI requirements are available by visiting Target’s Partners Online portal. This portal is used to communicate with partners and provide valuable information about the business. If you are going to be selling to Target, this is where you will find all the information you need to begin the process of setting up EDI with Target. Below is a list of the documents that are used most often with Target.

EDI 810 - Invoice

EDI 850 - Purchase order

EDI 855 - Purchase order acknowledgement

EDI 856 - Advance ship notice (ASN)

EDI 864 - Text message

EDI 875 - Grocery purchase order

EDI 880 - Grocery invoice

These documents are fairly straight forward and we have covered them in previous installments of this series so I am going to focus on something new this week - EDI communication methods. Target’s EDI specifications allow you to communicate with them via a two methods. They allow you to either communicate via AS2 (direct internet connection) or you have to go through a VAN network. Given the choice most companies will go done the route of AS2 communication. Most AS2 solutions will eliminate the transaction fees that a VAN network will bring to the table. There are some AS2 solutions out there that will still charge per document, fortunately eBRIDGE Software’s ePortal EDI Solution will allow you to connect to Target via AS2 or VAN without the kilo-character charges or transaction fees that may be associated with these methods. For more information on Target’s EDI requirements and our EDI solution for Target feel free to contact me with the information below.

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Jay

Trading Partner Series: EDI Integration for Costco with MS Dynamics GP and SL

Costco Wholesale is a chain of retail warehouses that operate internationally with 53 million members spread across 5 million businesses. In order to open up your products to their clientele you will need to meet the following EDI requirements:

810 Invoice

820 Payment Order/Remittance Advice

824 Application Advice

850 Purchase Order

860 Purchase Order Change/Cancel

864 Text Message

875 Grocery Purchase Order

880 Grocery Invoice

997 Acknowledgment Document

Here is some info on a few of the EDI documents that are new to the series. An EDI 820 document advises the payee of the details of the payment including any adjustments that have been made. The EDI 860 informs the vendor of any changes / cancellations that need to be made a purchase order by the customer. The EDI 875 is a purchase order for grocery products and the 880 is the accompanying invoice.

eBRIDGE Software has successfully supplied both integrated and non integrated EDI solutions for both Costco Wholesale and Costco Wholesale Canada. We have helped many small and medium sized businesses become EDI compliant. If you are looking for an EDI solution for Costco then give us a call. We can help you out by providing you with 15 years of knowledge and experience when it comes to EDI and how it actually reduces costs and increases productivity and sales!

Trading Partner Series: EDI Integration for Bed Bath and Beyond with MS Dynamics GP and SL

Bed Bath and Beyond was started back in 1971. BBB focuses on selling domestic merchandise and home furnishings. With over 800 stores BBB has quite a large footprint in the retail market. Below are the documents that BBB trades with their vendors via EDI. For information on their implementation guides you can go to the Bed Bath and Beyond Vendor Support Site.

850 - Purchase Order
816 - Organizational Relationships
860 – Purchase Order Change
864 - Text Message
810 - Invoice
856 - Advance Ship Notice
UCC 128 Shipping Label

The two documents above that have not been covered in the previous editions of the trading partner series are the 816 and 864. The 816 (organizational relationships) provides the address of all the locations that you may need to bill or ship to along with the code that both BBB and you will use to reference these locations on a PO, invoice or ASN. The 864 is a text message. This document will provide you just basic information about the stores like the holidays they are closed.

eBRIDGE Software has helped many client become EDI compliant with Bed Bath and Beyond. We have mapped and tested against their EDI specs to ensure that all situations are covered. If you are currently dealing with Bed Bath and Beyond and looking for an EDI solution (web forms or integrated) then give me a call and I can explain eBRIDGE Software’s EDI solution for Bed Bath and Beyond.

Thanks,
Jay

eBRIDGE ePortal Reaches Milestone of 500,000 Active Transactions

eBRIDGE Software announced today that its powerful ePortal platform continues to lead in the SMB integration market byreaching the milestone of 500,000 active and concurrent transactions in just eight short months.

With its unique model of hundreds of pre-configured connections and the only ubiquitous end-to-end integration solution, the eBridge ePortal continues to be a leader of technology integration in the SMB space. Using next generation .NET components the ePortal has been updated with a host of additional features to process documents faster and keep up with the demand of the thousands of transactions crossing the eBRIDGE ePortal each day.Transactions average well under a minute to traverse ePortal while undergoing transformations, validation and translations into a vast array of standards and unique document types.

ePortal, powered by Microsoft's BizTalk Server 2006 R2, connects a business to its customers, external business systems (Webstore, CRM, WMS, etc.) and EDI trading partners to allow for both fully integrated and online management of business transactions using a web-friendly interface.

"As the eBRIDGE ePortal grows, we've been listening to our customers and have adopted the functionality and capabilities they have requested," said Alex Stewart, VP Operations of eBRIDGE. "With the ePortal architecture it is easy to enhance the ePortal so that all users benefit from any one specific customer requirement."

With an architectural design based on the Web 2.0 revolution, ePortal provides the ability to manage transactions in a user-friendly format from anywhere in the world that accesses the internet. Web-friendly interface forms are used to enter data for manual transactions, which are then sent tobusiness partners or integrated into the ERP/Accounting system.

"Our customers need to focus on their primary business, so having the eBRIDGE ePortal solution take care of the integration of their various external business channels just makes sense," said Mr. Stewart. "With the second generation of ePortal enhancements combined with the next generation of capabilities from Web stores, CRM systems and on-line business tools the ePortal is set to provide all the capabilities of traditional Value-added Network providers."

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eBRIDGE ePortal Connects with Amazon

eBRIDGE Software, the leader in accounting software integration solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of its ePortal service for Amazon. The launch of this service delivers on the eBRIDGE commitment to continually advance ecommerce integration solutions for the SMB market.

Through eBRIDGE’s web-based ePortal service, we connect a company’s Amazon Storefront to their accounting or ERP system. Customer order information from Amazon is automatically integrated between your Amazon store and your accounting software. This completely eliminates any need for manual data entry.

HandStands was one of the first companies to connect Amazon and Microsoft Dynamics GP using this eBRIDGE technology. The decision has paid dividends for HandStands in their ability to market with eBay, Amazon and their traditional trading partners.

“We were happy to hear eBRIDGE had a solution for us,” stated Jade Hansen of HandStands. “Because its ePortal service constantly communicates with our Amazon store and allows for the instant integration of sales data to our Dynamics GP system, we’re saving valuable time with administrative tasks.”

The release of the ePortal service for Amazon delivers a flexible solution for customers using Amazon. This release follows the launch of the ePortal service for PayPal in August and eBay earlier this year. These launches support eBRIDGE’s commitment to provide complete and streamlined integration for the most popular ecommerce providers.

“The ability to now exchange and integrate order information from Amazon is another example of the powerful capability of the ePortal,” stated Colin Brown, President and CEO of eBRIDGE Software. “Through our commitment to continually advance our eBRIDGE ecommerce solutions, we align ourselves with our customers to solve their biggest integration challenges.”

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EDI Integration for MS Dynamics GP

I get a lot of questions about our ePortal offering and the features and benefits that it provides for MS Dynamics GP 10 EDI integration so I thought this would be a good time to explain the solution and what it can do for your company.

The ePortal solution from eBRIDGE Software is a web based product that eliminates the need to manage and maintain the software that is required for EDI. With the ePortal you receive the benefits of having a translator and mapper without the headaches.

ePortal not only takes care of the software that is required for EDI but it allows removes the need for 3rd party communications. ePortal has the ability to connect to any trading partner using the method that is requested by that trading partner. All communication methods are supported, whether the trading partner requires AS2, FTP or VAN communication.

When dealing in the EDI world, communications are always followed by charges to use those forms of communication. ePortal gets rid of all transaction fees, kilo-character charges and interconnect costs while allowing clients to send unlimited transactions for a low annual fee. That annual fee not only includes transactions but it also includes unlimited data storage.

Through ePortal documents can be viewed and printed at anytime from any PC in the world that has internet and web browser access. Not only does logging into ePortal give you the ability to print documents that you receive but it allows provides web forms that allow you to manually create outbound invoices, advance ship notices and purchase orders. The web forms are provided as a back up solution in case of technical issues with MS Dynamics GP.

eBridge for MS Dynamics GP 10 is a client application that handles the import and export of the EDI documents to and from MS Dynamics GP 10. eBridge is scheduled to monitor ePortal for new EDI documents and, when received, the documents will be transmitted via secure FTP and integrated into MS Dynamics GP 10.

The adapter for MS Dynamics GP 10 follows the same business rules and logic that is included in MS Dynamics GP 10. For example, the adapter will verify customers exist, customer balances and terms, products and pricing. Once a document has been imported into MS Dynamics GP a log file will be emailed stating what occurred.

The bridge will also be scheduled to monitor MS Dynamics GP 10 for any new invoices or purchase order acknowledgements and send the documents to ePortal to be sent off to the trading partner.

Features Snapshot
· Unlimited transactions
· No transaction fees or kilo-character charges
· Includes all map edits and changes by the trading partner
· Hosted EDI software (document mapper and translator)
· Includes all communication methods (AS2, VAN, FTP, SFTP, ETC)
· Unlimited data storage
· Web forms for creating and sending outbound EDI documents when needed