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eCommerce  Integra-on  Mistakes  

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Who  we  are?  

Samantha  Hornby  Marke-ng  Coordinator  

David  Silva  Marke-ng  Manager  

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Poll  •  How  many  people  here  work  for  or  own  a  start-­‐up?  

•  How  many  companies  here  use  a  3rd  party  warehouse?  

•  How  many  years  have  you  been  involved  with  eCommerce?  – 1  or  less  – 2  or  3  – 4  or  more  

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“My  current  order  volume  is  manageable,  why  do  I  need  to  worry  about  integra-ng  my  

backend  system?”  

•  Increased  order  volume  requires  an  appropriate  back-­‐end  system  with  proper  integra-on  

•  A  realis-c  -meline  for  geLng  a      new  system  is  not  overnight  

•  Realis-c  -meline  =      3  months  for  backend      implementa-on  +      -me  searching  

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“I  just  need  order  informa-on  pulled  down  from  my  eCommerce  store”  

•  Orders  •  Credit  card  authoriza-on  •  Customer  informa-on:  

Shipping  address,  billing  info  etc.  

•  Inventory  availability  •  Order  status  •  Pricing  •  Product  informa-on:  

descrip-ons,  images,  aUributes  

 

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“I  can  just  pass  info  to  my  3rd  party  warehouse,  right?”  

3PL  Warehouse   Back-­‐end  Inventory  &  Accoun-ng  System  

Front-­‐end  eCommerce  

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Summary  

•  Be  proac-ve  in  finding  an  appropriate  system  •  There’s  more  to  integra-on  than  just  order  info  

•  Your  backend  system  should  be  the  founda-on  of  eCommerce  integra-on  – ERP  is  the  rela-onship  – eCommerce  is  the  sex  

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Problems  with  no  integra-on  

•  Selling  an  item  that  you  don’t  have  in  stock  –  Now  you  have  to  call  the  customer  and  explain  the  situa-on  

•  Delay  in  received  product  being  reflected  on  the  site  –  Now  you  have  lost  sales  because  they  are  s-ll    “out  of  stock”  

•  Manually  update  product  informa-on  –  pricing,  descrip-ons  etc.  

•  Maintaining  customer  informa-on  

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Ques-ons?  

•  Any  other  integra-on  issues  that  we  haven’t  discussed  today?  

•  What  major  changes  have  seen  with  eCommerce  integra-on  in  the  last  several  years?