The ideal time to change your EDI system
I’ve met many 3PLs who operate very complex and expensive EDI systems. They purchased software, hired IT personnel and pay antiquated VAN fees. Or, they outsourced EDI and pay excessive setup fees every time a new customer asks for EDI. Often I will ask a 3PL provider this rhetorical question “Are you in the EDI business or the 3PL business?”
The answer is clear but some 3PLs spend far too much time and money on EDI. Those resources should be allocated for warehousing and distribution services, not EDI. You still need EDI because customers demand it, but you might feel trapped and stuck with what you started many years ago.
Don't pay unnecessary EDI fees.
If you’re using the same EDI system or service for more than five years, now’s the time for a change. You may have replaced your WMS when it stopped working for you; so why not your EDI system? Things have changed in the EDI industry since you started, especially pricing. These days you shouldn’t be paying VAN fees nor should you be paying for mapping. EDI outsourcing is even more popular as an alternative for 3PLs who don’t want to run an EDI department. This is the ideal time to consider outsourcing.
This is the point where I get to bestow to virtues of outsourcing your EDI to Integral Group. We charge 3PLs a flat monthly fee based on the number of connections and transactions anticipated each month. We don’t charge trading partner setup fees, mapping fees, VAN fees or transaction fees of any kind. Since you already paid for trading partner mapping in the beginning, you shouldn’t have to pay for it again. It will cost you $0 to switch your current EDI connections to our service. The only one-time cost you face is for us to integrate EDI with your WMS. You pay this once for each document type like an 850 or 856 and it covers all your current and future customers.
We’ve been in the EDI business for 30 years and provide excellent customer service. We are leading the marketplace with our simple, flat fee pricing model. As you contemplate outsourcing EDI and contact other service providers, I encourage you to ask them this one question, “Exactly how much is EDI going to cost us each month?” and listen while they dance around an answer.
To see how much EDI outsourcing with Integral Group will cost, have a look at our plans.
The answer is clear but some 3PLs spend far too much time and money on EDI. Those resources should be allocated for warehousing and distribution services, not EDI. You still need EDI because customers demand it, but you might feel trapped and stuck with what you started many years ago.
Don't pay unnecessary EDI fees.
If you’re using the same EDI system or service for more than five years, now’s the time for a change. You may have replaced your WMS when it stopped working for you; so why not your EDI system? Things have changed in the EDI industry since you started, especially pricing. These days you shouldn’t be paying VAN fees nor should you be paying for mapping. EDI outsourcing is even more popular as an alternative for 3PLs who don’t want to run an EDI department. This is the ideal time to consider outsourcing.
This is the point where I get to bestow to virtues of outsourcing your EDI to Integral Group. We charge 3PLs a flat monthly fee based on the number of connections and transactions anticipated each month. We don’t charge trading partner setup fees, mapping fees, VAN fees or transaction fees of any kind. Since you already paid for trading partner mapping in the beginning, you shouldn’t have to pay for it again. It will cost you $0 to switch your current EDI connections to our service. The only one-time cost you face is for us to integrate EDI with your WMS. You pay this once for each document type like an 850 or 856 and it covers all your current and future customers.
We’ve been in the EDI business for 30 years and provide excellent customer service. We are leading the marketplace with our simple, flat fee pricing model. As you contemplate outsourcing EDI and contact other service providers, I encourage you to ask them this one question, “Exactly how much is EDI going to cost us each month?” and listen while they dance around an answer.
To see how much EDI outsourcing with Integral Group will cost, have a look at our plans.