Sourcing & Procurement

Negotiating favorable contracts with suppliers is a critical step that can have a tremendous impact on your bottom line. Direct Commerce software encourages your suppliers to accept discounts for faster payments, while making it easy to set up one-time and recurring offers to accelerate their money.

Direct Commerce can help you put an end to paper orders. With our automated system, you can manage the entire purchase order delivery process from start to finish, so you can reduce errors, eliminate mismatches, streamline workflow, and cut costs.

Orders are guaranteed to get to the right people in the right departments, and supplier billings can be completed according to your specifications.

Automated purchase order acknowledgements (POAs) can help you avoid complications with inventory, brand reputation, and workflow. As part of our complete EDI integration solution, you can receive electronic purchase order responses from your suppliers, which let you know they received your POs, and, even more importantly, whether or not they can fulfill your orders to your satisfaction. 

Let’s say a supplier only has half the amount of an item you need. Instead of surprising you with delivery of the wrong amount, a POA can give you enough time to change the PO so you don’t have to reconcile things later or make other plans with additional suppliers. 

The advanced ship notice (ASN) is another important document that can help you prepare the resources you need to receive your order (such as receiving personnel and shelf space) and manage inventory through the use of barcodes. When sent to you electronically, you’ll quickly have information related to estimated arrival date, what’s in the shipment, and how everything is packed.