EDI for Supply Chain Management
When it comes to transactions with suppliers, many organizations today recognize the need to replace inefficient and costly paper-based processes with electronic based connectivity. The barrier, in a large number of instances, is the dissimilar technologies - software and/or hardware - between organizations and their trading partners.
Lawson EDI for Supply Chain Management can help you bridge the gap. This Lawson Supply Chain Management application equips you for two-way electronic transfer of essential documents, such as purchase orders, invoices, and catalogs.
The net potential impact: faster processing, fewer errors and exceptions, improved vendor relations, and freed-up time which can be devoted to more strategic activities.
Key Features
Whether you select Lawson EDI for Supply Chain Management or EDI Professional for Supply Chain Management, you stand to realize the rewards of numerous outstanding features and benefits, including:
- Dozens of ready-to-deploy EDI "maps" delivered in formats used by leading suppliers, so you can begin trading more quickly with your preferred vendors
- The tools to create customized new maps to other vendors
- The flexibility to link to your trading partners via standard dial-up connection through a value-added network (VAN) or over the internet
- Connections to industry-based exchanges to reach multiple trading partners through a single connection
- Use Lawson-delivered communication server or your preferred third-party communication software
- In addition to supporting ANSI (American National Standards Institute) standards, EDI Professional adds support for United Nations EDIFACT (EDI for Administration, Commerce, and Transport) standards
- End-to-end transaction audit tracking and logging capabilities, enabling you to more easily identify and resolve issues
- Allows you to map and automatically convert data from Lawson applications into the format of another enterprise system and vice-versa