Alibaba and Chinese E-Commerce Comparison
Presently in China (driven by a lack of trust.) you do not pay for an item until it is received and inspected by you. The culture that created this may be mistrust but it has the potential to upset...
View ArticleEDI 830 Release Provides for More Accurate Inventory Management
The Challenge Nott Company, an industrial distributor, engages in assembly, component kitting and distribution of a wide range of industrial products throughout the Midwest and Canada. They needed to...
View ArticleGSI Connect 2015–Innovate•Collaborate•Transform
Data Communication Solutions is excited to be exhibiting at the upcoming GS1 Connect Conference, June 2-4, Austin, TX providing us the opportunity to collaborate directly with GS1 partners to help you...
View ArticleOmni-Channel and Shipment Notices: Part 3
With the rapidly changing retail landscape there are more and more demands for more information about products and options to purchase. It has become critical for retailers to have a Fulfillment...
View ArticleOmni-Channel and Invoices: Part 4
As omni-channel increasingly defines the future of retail, businesses are finding they must adopt new standards and technologies or risk losing sales, their stores, and their customers. Mobile shopping...
View ArticleOmni-Channel– What your 3PL Must Do: Part 6
When you consider that today’s consumer is looking for an always-on, always-opens shopping experience, it follows that fulfillment options need to be robust. Ship-to-Home is becoming more and more...
View ArticleBe Ready for Amazon Mexico
The roll out is getting to be pretty fast for vendors who supply Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, and Amazon.uk and now need to do Amazon.mx. Amazon’s expectations are high. You should be able to make the...
View ArticleFood Service Customers Demand More
Re-use the GTIN, GDSN, and 128 Changes Made for Walmart and Others Margins are thin and competition is fierce in the food service industry. Consumer demands for transparency and product information are...
View ArticleMoving to Epicor 10?
Move Your EDI System and Avoid Buying a New EDI System An Indiana Tier III vendor needed to improve performance and cap cost. Since they used Epicor’s Vantage™ the choice was easy: move to Epicor ERP...
View ArticleAmazon Now Requires Apparel Vendors Sending Samples for Photography to Use EDI
Amazon has been targeting the fashion industry for the past few years, and now as an apparel vendor doing business with Amazon, you will be required to use EDI to send your samples. You will receive a...
View Article25,000 Orders per Day! EDI Improvements Needed Now
A Data Communication Solutions (DCS) customer in late November was happily surprised to receive about 25,000 orders daily from Walmart.com. This seasonal spike exceeded normal volume by a factor of...
View ArticleTired of Bad Store Addresses?
Mass merchants recognized the need for ensuring Ship-To addresses were always current and in one location for all through Global Location Numbers (GLN). By using GLN, your system receives updates daily...
View ArticleCase Study – Mölnlycke
DCS Makes International Medical Products Company’s EDI More Efficient The EDI Challenge Mölnlycke is a Swedish company that manufactures and sells medical products. They needed help to carefully...
View ArticleDCS Helps Food Producer with Cost-Efficient EDI
Business Need Wholesome is a Texas-based importer of fair trade and organic sweeteners. They were expiring their old EDI translator, on SYSPRO™’s EDI and shipping system, and wanted to move to more...
View ArticleOmni-Channel– What your 3PL Must Do: Part 6
When you consider that today’s consumer is looking for an always-on, always-opens shopping experience, it follows that fulfillment options need to be robust. Ship-to-Home is becoming more and more...
View ArticleBe Ready for Amazon Mexico
The roll out is getting to be pretty fast for vendors who supply Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, and Amazon.uk and now need to do Amazon.mx. Amazon’s expectations are high. You should be able to make the...
View ArticleFood Service Customers Demand More
Re-use the GTIN, GDSN, and 128 Changes Made for Walmart and Others Margins are thin and competition is fierce in the food service industry. Consumer demands for transparency and product information are...
View ArticleMoving to Epicor 10?
Move Your EDI System and Avoid Buying a New EDI System An Indiana Tier III vendor needed to improve performance and cap cost. Since they used Epicor’s Vantage™ the choice was easy: move to Epicor ERP...
View ArticleAmazon Now Requires Apparel Vendors Sending Samples for Photography to Use EDI
Amazon has been targeting the fashion industry for the past few years, and now as an apparel vendor doing business with Amazon, you will be required to use EDI to send your samples. You will receive a...
View Article25,000 Orders per Day! EDI Improvements Needed Now
A Data Communication Solutions (DCS) customer in late November was happily surprised to receive about 25,000 orders daily from Walmart.com. This seasonal spike exceeded normal volume by a factor of...
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