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April 18, 2024
How Frictionless Partner Onboarding Fuels B2B Growth: Why Your Company Needs a Better Partner Onboarding Process
Time is money in the fast-paced business-to-business (B2B) world. Each day a new B2B business …
April 4, 2024
Enabling an Era of Frictionless B2B Connectivity: PartnerLinQ’s Approach with Technology and High-Touch Services
Today’s business environment demands connected, fast, and efficient business systems. Here’s how to ensure your …
February 18, 2024
Market Compression in Transportation Markets for Shippers and Carriers
Price Compression is a financial term where the future prospect of an asset is priced …
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February 2, 2024
Leading the Future of Supply Chain Management Technology: Recognized as a Major Player by IDC
Modern platforms of the future are expected to create provisions for seamless and experiential integration …
January 5, 2024
Navigating the Future: Transforming Supply Chains with Advanced Visibility and Intelligence – what does this mean for Logistics and Transportation Providers in 2024?
In recent years, organizations have faced a series of disruptions, impacting their operational continuity, resulting …
December 11, 2023
Why do Most EDI Practices Struggle to Onboard new Trading Partners – Best Practices for Improving Onboarding
Why do Most EDI Practices Struggle to Onboard New Trading Partners Clearly one of the …
October 9, 2023
How Traceability Systems are Powered by Traceability Data
The Generative AI panacea is gaining momentum largely in part due to predecessor…
August 11, 2023
Unlocking the Power of Multi-Enterprise Supply Chain Business Networks with PartnerLinQ
“Plastics†was the single word of business advice from a guest from an older generation …
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May 11, 2023
Transform Your E-commerce Business with Supply Chain Excellence
The e-commerce landscape today looks vastly different from what it was even a few years ago.
April 13, 2023
Insights and Opportunities at the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpoâ„¢ Conference with PartnerLinQ
As a supply chain leader, you understand the challenges of navigating through disruptions while managing risk and maximizing rewards.
March 24, 2023
The Importance of Supply Chain Management in Retail: Building Resilience for the Future
The retail industry has been rapidly evolving, driven by changes in consumer preferences, technological advancements, and intense competition.
March 11, 2023
How Collaborative Planning Can Revolutionize Your Retail Supply Chain
In today’s rapidly changing retail landscape, the collaboration between retailers and their suppliers has become more critical than ever.
February 10, 2023
Mitigation and Recovery in the New Normal: A Pan-Industry Supply Chain Perspective
While the Great Disruption had a huge impact on health and daily lives, it also significantly influenced businesses.
January 14, 2023
A Quick Guide to Selecting the Right EDI Solution Provider
The global supply chains are becoming more volatile than ever. Customer expectations are shifting, triggering modern technology adoption for many enterprises.
January 13, 2023
A Data-Driven Approach to Raw Material Supply Chain Management
Raw materials are not only the building blocks of any product we consume but also the starting point. From consumer electronics to food products, manufacturers are involved in procuring, shipping, and storing massive volumes of raw material every day.
Nov 11, 2022
Integrated vs. Stand Alone EDI Solution
EDI is a simple electronic format that replaces paper-based documents and is used for intercompany communication in the standard form. Information sharing might occur within an organization or with third-party organizations or business partners.
Nov 11, 2022
10 Things You Should See in EDI Service Providers In 2023
Many businesses struggle to take their data management and exchange processes to the next level. They may be using an outdated Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) solution, or they may not be using EDI at all.
August 19, 2022
The Key Elements of Making Your Supply Chain Ecosystem More Resilient
Global disruptions have caused supply chains to undergo extensive and unprecedented changes. Since the onset of the pandemic, Gartner research shows that 21 percent of supply network leaders believe their process is highly resilient.
July 25, 2022
Identifying and Mitigating Supply Chain Pain Points
Supply chain disruptions are inevitable. Eventually, a problem will arise that threatens to create costly delays and unhappy customers.
May 27, 2022
How to Achieve Complete Visibility of Your Global Supply Chain
How to Achieve Complete Visibility of Your Global Supply Chain If you feel like your …
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May 27, 2022
Keeping a Check on the Growing Complexity of Your Supply Chain
Keeping a Check on the Growing Complexity of Your Supply Chain The Coronavirus pandemic is …
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May 20, 2022
Global Supply Chain Disruptions: Evolving with the Changing Paradigms
The post disruption New Normal brings with it valuable lessons as we begin the new year. The importance of flexibility, visibility, velocity, and resilience are
April 12, 2022
The Slow Recovery of Supply Chains: How to Overcome the Current Disruption
The post disruption New Normal brings with it valuable lessons as we begin the new year. The importance of flexibility, visibility, velocity, and resilience are
January 19, 2022
Exploring PartnerLinQ’s Native App Ecosystem
The post disruption New Normal brings with it valuable lessons as we begin the new year. The importance of flexibility, visibility, velocity, and resilience are
December 27, 2021
What’s new this holiday season?
While the Thanksgiving holiday has passed and we remain grateful for another wonderful year, we were treated to a visit from the technology elves on our return.
December 9, 2021
Beyond the Great Disruption: The Future of Supply Chain
The world is witnessing an unprecedented level of disruption beginning with COVID-19, followed by supply chain issues, and a growing disruption within the labor market.
October 20, 2021
Building a New Resilient Supply Chain
The global marketplace today can perhaps be described as volatile. Prices are on the rise, shortages are popping up unexpectedly and in
October 4 , 2021
5 Ways to Introduce Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML) into Supply Chain Initiatives
While the number and complexity of supply chain initiatives seem to grow season after season,
August 4, 2021
Reimagining the Consumer Electronics Supply Chain: The Three Key Challenges for 2021
Reimagining the Consumer Electronics Supply Chain: The Three Key Challenges for 2021 Disrupted Supplies In …
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June 18, 2021
The PartnerLinQ Advantage: 5 Key Value Adds for Food and Beverage Supply Chain Optimization
The PartnerLinQ Advantage: 5 Key Value Adds for Food and Beverage Supply Chain Optimization Foodservice …
June 15, 2021
Four Steps for CPG Supply Chain Network Optimization
Four Steps for CPG Supply Chain Network Optimization Businesses and individuals will struggle to associate …
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05-28-2021
Smarter B2B Integration: A Must-Have for Food & Beverages Supply Chain Networks
Smarter B2B Integration: A Must-Have for Food & Beverages Supply Chain Networks Consumer spending on …
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May 28, 2021
Digital Agility vs Cost-Push Inflation: Changing Priorities for CPG Supply Chains
Prepping Up for a Cost Push Inflation US food makers have been warning about impending …
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April 30, 2021
Imperatives for Modern Retail – Control, Visibility, Transparency
We’re not quite sure what’s going to happen with retail in the future and …
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April 30, 2021
Digital Supply Chain in the Amazon Age (Industry 4.0)
The last few decades were marked by widespread adoption of computers quickly followed by automation; …
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April 30, 2021
Are Value-Added Networks the Way to go for B2B Communication?
You are probably familiar with this ‘BIG VAN’ claim repeated early and often by the …
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April 30, 2021
PartnerLinQ: The Modern Approach to Retail
Modernizing the Retail industry through PartnerLinQ Introduction No-one could have imagined how our way of …
March 12, 2021
The Importance of a Connected Supply Chain
As we put the highly turbulent past year behind us, there is one lesson that businesses will take with them into 2021: be prepared for the unexpected. The chain of events which will forever define 2020 impacted businesses across industries and around the world. The pandemic took nearly every business by surprise, regardless of scale, sending waves of disruption across many supply chains. Supply chain in general nearly came to a grinding halt due to global lockdowns and subsequent changes in consumer behavior and demand. This consequently impacted factory output with nearly every warehousing and transportation company finding their operation, their business, themselves and their families, at risk.
June 25, 2020
How does EDI Help Manage Global Supply Chain Disruptions?
In football, good team chemistry between players is the key to gaining a winning advantage over the opposition. The opposition, on the other hand, will pull out all the stops to stand in between your team and victory. Football is a fast-paced game and involves a lot of movement on the field. The players are in a constant struggle of defence and counter-attack. Communication and collaboration are critical, and separate champions from mere contenders.
February 13, 2020
The Road from Dynamics AX to Dynamics 365 with Modern EDI
Dynamics AX is a legacy ERP solution that was offered by Microsoft for mid-sized to large organizations beginning in 2008. Mainstream support for Dynamics AX 2009, 2012, and 2012 R2 ended in 2018, and mainstream support for Dynamics AX 2012 R3 will end in 2021. When mainstream support ends, Microsoft will no longer accept support tickets or release feature updates. Once extended support ends in 2021, Microsoft will no longer release bug fixes or security patches! Upgrading to Microsoft Dynamics 365 appears to be the best course of action for businesses that still use Dynamics AX.
January 31, 2020
The cooperative advantage of EDI integration
ollowing transportation and transformation, integration is the final step in the EDI process. Whereas transportation provides a pathway for business data, and transformation converts data into a format that the recipient’s system can consume or otherwise accommodate, integration brings the transformed data into the internal or host system. The end-to-end process is always a cooperative affair. This cooperation between endpoint applications enables data transfer between them, improving relationships in a seamless coordination across systems, departments, trading partners, transportation networks, and across oceans.
January 29, 2020
How EDI can Automate your Procure-to-Pay Cycle
An EDI-automated procure-to-pay cycle requires much less human intervention, works extremely efficiently, and is much less susceptible to human error. The total processing time is 1-3 days compared to 7-10 days for the manual P2P cycle.
November 19, 2019
The truth behind the “competitive advantage†of value-added networks
On the surface, this statement seems to make sense of the eternal value-added network (VAN) claim that the advantage of their network is their network. While stated as fact, “the advantage of the network is the network†is only relatively true, depending on who you’re connecting with and whether the network is where you can find your trading partners (or at least some of them). What does that mean for the rest of your trading partners?
July 23, 2019
VAN Independence: How Does a Trading Partner Break from Its VAN?
Independence Day is now behind us and summer is nearing its end. The 4th of July holiday encourages reflections, reflections that include independence and country. It also includes independence in financial, personal, and business matters. Returning to work following the mid-summer holiday this year, I began to think about systemic independence, specifically the independence of trading partners now more willing than ever to declare themselves independent from the VAN.
July 17, 2019
What EDI can mean for your business processes
Businesses turn to EDI solutions because EDI has proven to improve business efficiency and reduce costs. Compared to manual business processes, EDI helps reduce costs and inefficiencies up to 35%.
January 10, 2019
Why is EDI integration important to your business?
Electronic data interchange (EDI) enables the smooth, rapid, and structured exchange of important data between businesses. However, businesses have come to realize that manually entering data to be sent via a third-party EDI solution is still fairly time and labor-intensive. To further enhance business growth, companies that use EDI solutions can automatically synchronize all inbound and outbound partner data with their ERP system.
December 20, 2018
5 ways of achieving flawless EDI integration with Microsoft Dynamics 365
EDI is the most widely used structured electronic data exchange between organizations. However, not all EDI solutions are created equal. Instead of operating as stand-alone applications that require manual entry and their own maintenance regime, leading EDI platforms integrate seamlessly with ERP software and other business applications to eliminate manual rekeying and duplication of business information.
November 27, 2018
Improving your eCommerce experience with an EDI solution
ECommerce is on the rise. Buyers want access to everything from the comfort of their laptop or phone, and customer journeys that span multiple channels have become the new norm. Because of these and other complexities, success in digital commerce depends heavily on a smoothly functioning supply chain.
July 20, 2018
Improving your supply chain efficiency with ERP-integrated EDI
In an environment of ever-changing consumer demand, your retail or manufacturing business needs to leverage every competitive advantage it has at its disposal. Modern global businesses rely on electronic data interchange (EDI) solutions to maximize operational efficiency and maintain market competitiveness. Businesses are using EDI technology to improve their operational strategy, enhance supply chain management, and improve operational performance.
July 11, 2018
Solving common supply chain communication issues with specialized digital solutions
The success of your business is inextricably linked to the performance of your supply chain. Even intermittent hiccups in replenishment schedules or minor inaccuracies in demand forecasting can quickly become sources of uncertainty, fulfillment delays, and major business risk. Keeping in constant contact with your suppliers and other vendors is the simplest way to avoid these issues.
May 25, 2018
The Importance of Delivery Model in Today’s EDI Campaigns
For many enterprises EDI is the main source of how revenue flows into the business. It’s often considered the lifeblood of a company. If not done well there can be a great deal of risk and hardship.
May 25, 2018
Build your digital partner ecosystem with a powerful cloud solution for EDI and Real-Time APIs
PartnerLink is an innovative, process-centric B2B integration solution that enables progressive organizations to build their digital partner ecosystem leveraging APIs and robust EDI capabilities.
June 4, 2017
Scalable and centralized end-to-end EDI transaction management
Traditional EDI platforms have multiple limitations. Partner onboarding can be time-consuming and frustrating, and communicating with partners that don’t use EDI requires expensive, difficult-to-maintain customization. Complicated error tracking, poor transaction visibility, and vendor rule management lead to expensive chargebacks that can severely impact your margins.
June 4, 2017
EDI Solutions for Dynamics 365
Standalone EDI systems need to be maintained separately from ERP platforms and create a disconnect between EDI processing and other business processes.
