Bringing Big Business to Small Companies

John KachayloVice President, Strategic Accounts & MarketingTrueCommerce

My large customers dictate how we do business

They want me to adopt EDI for receiving orders and

sending invoices

Of course I’ll do it… but what is EDI and where

do I go to get started?

What are we solving for the customer?

My large customers dictate how we do business

They want me to adopt EDI for receiving orders and

sending invoices

Of course I’ll do it… but what is EDI and where

do I go to get started?

I can’t handle this if it is too complex to use & maintain!

I don’t want to have to perform double entry of data

This better not be too expensive to setup and use!

What are we solving for the customer?

Without EDI:

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)Electronic (computer to computer) exchange

of business transactions

With EDI:

EDI provides a common “language” for a company’s computer system to “talk” to another company’s computer system

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)Electronic (computer to computer) exchange

of business transactions

Manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors Selling to large accounts Focused on growth

Who needs EDI

EDI is often a requirement of doing business Fines may apply to non-EDI transactions Manually entering data is expensive Data entry errors are costly

Why they need EDI

Common EDI Transactions Purchase Order (850) Invoice (810) Advance Ship Notice or ASN (856) Functional Acknowledgement (997)

Key Benefits of Using EDI

Expedient transmissions Automated data entry Receipt verification Data validation Compliance

The pain associated with EDI:Complexity and Cost

Traditional EDI Solution

Support & Maintenance

Support & Maintenance

Support & Maintenance

Four Required Components

QuickBooksQuickBooks

The TrueCommerce Solution

TranslationMapping Network

Support & Maintenance

Support & Maintenance

Support & Maintenance

Four Required Components

From One Source

QuickBooksQuickBooks

The TrueCommerce Solution

BSP EPPTransaction Manager TC.Net

Professional Services Team

Four Required Components

From One Source

QuickBooksQuickBooks

The TrueCommerce Solution

Four Required Components

From One Source

QuickBooksQuickBooks

BSP EPPTransaction Manager TC.Net

Professional Services Team

How TrueCommerce Makes EDI Painless:

Complexity:Everything needed from one source in a simple, user-friendly solution

Cost:Total Cost of Ownership that’s 30% to 60% less than traditional options

Pricing TrueCommerce Transaction Manager Software required to send and receive EDI transactions with one trading partner (includes one EPP)

$795

Electronic Partner Plug-in (EPP) Mapping software required per additional trading partner

$300

(includes 25 transactions, additional transactions: $0.50 each)

TC.Net Base monthly network plan for processing transactions $49.95

Pricing Unlimited phone and e-mail technical and implementation support for life of product FREE

Annual software maintenance and mapping updates as required FREE

Annual network contract and fee None

Early network cancellation fee None

Simple. Affordable. Painless.