Get more out of WooCommerce with EDI integration

What is Woocommerce

Launched in 2011, WooCommerce is a popular open-source e-commerce platform for WordPress. It is used by small to large-sized online merchants. Woocommerce enables creating and managing an online store simply, with reasonable levels of flexibility and several vital features such as inventory management, secure payments, and shipping integration. Individuals or companies of all sizes use woocommerce platforms to sell their products online to their B2B or B2C customer base.

What does EDI have to do with Woocommerce?

Retailers are all always trying to improve business efficiency and customer service in a very well connected digital world. Major retailers also adopted the top delivery model Drop-ship concept for accessing a large inventory of goods, delivered directly from the manufacturer. This is secure, convenient and comfortable and provides a smooth shopping experience.

EDI integration between WooCommerce and the manufacturers is one of the best options to accomplish the above objectives. EDI helps streamline the Supply-chain management and improve efficiency. EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is a set of standards and processes to transfer business documents electronically between Business Partners. Purchase Orders, Invoices, ASNs (Advance Ship Notice), Inventory Inquiry are common business documents.

Selling products on internet with Woocommerce as well as with the introduction of drop-shipping, EDI comes into play for several reasons;

• Most big manufacturing and distribution companies will need a system-to-system integration with EDI for speedy processes and greater efficiency in partner communication.
• Shipping companies also ask for EDI integration.
• Today, consumers require the status of their orders at every step of the way during the shipping process.

Reasons Why you Need EDI Integration with Woocommerce

• If you are selling products through big retailers like Amazon, Wal-Mart, Cabela’s or Target, These retailers will impose certain rules and ask to become EDI compliant.
• If you are selling products online through your own store via Woocommerce, and your clients expect to get updated of their orders at any given moment, you should have EDI integrated with your Woocommerce platform.
• If you are dealing with shipping companies with a high volume of shipments on a daily basis, then you need to integrate your systems AND Woocommerce with EDI.

EDI Integration with Woocommerce

Infocon Systems has implemented many real-time customized EDI (Electronic Document Interchange) systems for Woocommerce -based manufacturers and their trading partners.

To provide the best value and cost-effective price for customers, Infocon Systems has developed a proprietary EDI solution that includes a seamless integration framework. This framework allows easy assembly of the relevant components needed to create the best end-to-end experience for your EDI order processing cycle.

Through integration and automation, the EDI process is made easy:

• Purchase Orders (EDI 850) from your trading partner are displayed directly in your Woocommerce system
• Advanced Shipment Notices (EDI 856) are automatically created and sent to your trading partner once your order is fulfilled
• Labels and packing slips are created for you to use to ship the order
• Invoices (EDI 810) created in Woocommerce are automatically sent to your trading partners

To learn more on how we can implement EDI for your Woocommerce EDI integration, and integrate with any of your internal systems, please contact Infocon Systems at +1 888-339-0722 or email at sales@infoconn.com. We’d love to help.