Marketing Communications

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Bringing Big Business to Small
Companies John Kachaylo Vice President,
Strategic Accounts Marketing TrueCommerce
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What are we solving for the customer?
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What are we solving for the customer?
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Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Electronic
(computer to computer) exchange of business
transactions
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Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Electronic
(computer to computer) exchange of business
transactions
With EDI
EDI provides a common language for a companys
computer system to talk to another companys
computer system
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Who needs EDI

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

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Why they need 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

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Common EDI Transactions

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

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Key Benefits of Using EDI

• Expedient transmissions
• Automated data entry
• Receipt verification
• Data validation
• Compliance

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The pain associated with EDI
Complexity and Cost


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Raw EDI

• Example of a typical transaction

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Traditional EDI Solution
Four Required Components


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The TrueCommerce Solution
Four Required Components


From One Source


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The TrueCommerce Solution
Four Required Components


From One Source


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The TrueCommerce Solution
Four Required Components


From One Source


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How TrueCommerce
Makes EDI Painless
Complexity Everything needed from one source in
a simple, user-friendly solution
Cost Total Cost of Ownership thats 30 to 60
less than traditional options
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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
TC.Net
Base monthly network
plan for processing transactions
49.95

• (includes 25 transactions, additional
  transactions 0.50 each)

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Pricing


Unlimited phone and e-mail technical and
implementation support for life of product
FREE
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Simple.
Affordable.
Painless.