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- Sending IndiCater your catalogues and updating them when products and prices change (This is currently not an option for integration and is manually uploaded in the supplier portal)
- Receiving orders from customer’s outlets
- Sending an order response to advise customer’s if the order has been confirmed or modified
- Sending an ASN (Advanced Shipping Notice)
- Sending your invoices electronically
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For suppliers who wish to benefit from automating the above process and have the technical ability to create EDI in GS1 format, IndiCater also provide a chargeable full integration service with suppliers for one or more of the following three integrations:
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CATALOGUES
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ORDERS | Outlet purchase orders are transmitted direct to the supplier’s own ordering system using the default GS1 version 3.2 standard. The automatic acknowledgement response that we receive from the supplier will depend on the capability of each supplier, but normally this will trigger the updating of the Order Dashboard with a change of status to Acknowledged (or in some cases Modified or Rejected). |
ADVANCED SHIPPING NOTICE | Some integrated suppliers can also transmit an ASN (Advance Shipping Note) on the morning of delivery that will then update the order in the Application with any changes to the expected products to be delivered. Requires the supplier to transmit these to the application using the default GS1 version 3.2 standard. |
INVOICES | This relates to invoices AND credit notes and involves the supplier transmitting these transactions to the Application using the default GS1 version 3.2 standard. IndiCater audits the incoming invoices from the supplier’s system and matches them with live Purchase Orders in IndiCater and automates the approval process, saving the time in the supplier keying in manual invoices into the IndiCater platform. |
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There are many benefits to investing to an EDI integration with IndiCater for one or more of the above services.
- Reduced manual labour in uploading catalogues
- No telesales time re-imputing of orders into your own system
- Reduction of errors when manually entering orders into your own system
- Order response to customer’s outlets so they know if an order has been accepted, reducing calls to supplier support line
- Replacement of paper invoices with electronic invoices saving supplier time
- Enhanced customer experience
- Integration can be used for multiple mutual Indicater customers
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Charges to Supplier (subject to VAT)
Message Type | Description | ||
1. EDI Integration: Catalogues | Transmit catalogue using XML to FTP | 2. EDI Integration: Orders | Receive Orders in GS1 format including transmit Order Response in GS1 |
32. EDI Integration: ASN* | Transmit ASN in GS1 format | ||
43. EDI Integration: Invoices | Transmit Invoices & credits in GS1 format |
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