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Benefits of using ASNs (Advanced Shipment Notices)

Benefits of using ASNs (Advanced Shipment Notices)

I continue to be surprised by at how many companies are still not requiring Advanced Shipment Notices (ASNs) from their suppliers.  Advanced shipment notices provide…

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What Are The 4 Best B2B Models For Your Business?

What Are The 4 Best B2B Models For Your Business?

When your company exchanges business documents electronically with your trading partners – your customers, suppliers, logistics providers and/or banks – one of the decisions you…

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To Drop Ship or Not to Drop Ship? That is the Question (to ask Your Suppliers)

To Drop Ship or Not to Drop Ship? That is the Question (to ask Your Suppliers)

For retailers, meeting customer demand no longer relies on how much free space is in your back room. Online shopping has helped retailers open up…

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After Abandoning Commerce One, SAP Ends Up Acquiring Ariba

After Abandoning Commerce One, SAP Ends Up Acquiring Ariba

Yesterday, SAP announced its intention to acquire B2B e-commerce vendor, Ariba for $4.3 billion. In addition to its suite of spend management and procure-to-pay applications,…

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Why Pay Suppliers on Time?

Why Pay Suppliers on Time?

It is not news that buying on credit (open-account) dominates global trade. The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) generally acknowledged that at least 80-85% of…

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EDI Invoices are e-Invoices. Right..?

EDI Invoices are e-Invoices. Right..?

It probably goes without saying that electronic invoicing has been around for some time now, but for different reasons it is only just beginning to…

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Top 5 Tips for Successfully Deploying ERP/B2B Integration Projects

Top 5 Tips for Successfully Deploying ERP/B2B Integration Projects

Today’s ERP environments are at the centre of many enterprise IT infrastructures, from managing employee or customer related information through to delivering information required to…

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5 Considerations When Choosing between AS2 and FTP

5 Considerations When Choosing between AS2 and FTP

AS2 and FTP are the most popular Internet Protocols used for B2B communications, but which is better for your community of business partners? What are…

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Do you want to win with the Advance Ship Notice (ASN)? Then follow these ten best practices!

Do you want to win with the Advance Ship Notice (ASN)? Then follow these ten best practices!

The Advance Ship Notice (ASN) continues to get a bad rap within the B2B community. I agree that is a difficult document to implement, but largely…

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AS2 and Internet EDI – Nine Years Later

AS2 and Internet EDI – Nine Years Later

On September 9th, 2002 Walmart announced its intention to shift to a new Internet-based EDI system using technology from a small software company called iSoft….

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What Zappos.com can Teach us About the Supply Chain

What Zappos.com can Teach us About the Supply Chain

Over the holidays I read Tony Hseih’s excellent book Delivering Happiness. Tony, of course, is the CEO of the fast growing on-line footwear retailer Zappos.com….

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Four Examples of Industries Using Self-Billing

Four Examples of Industries Using Self-Billing

In a post earlier this week I outlined the reasons why suppliers should stop invoicing their customers in many circumstances. Instead, the buyer should self-generate the invoice based…

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