Introduction
Readysell is the preferred ERP provider for the Office Brands buying group and has implemented its software in many Office Brands members across Australia. We also integrate with a number of stationery industry suppliers and wholesalers via EDI (Electronic Data Interchange). We are very interested in extending our existing EDI footprint to even more suppliers in the stationery industry.
Available integration points
We currently support a number of integration points of message formats.
Ordering
EDI ordering enables customers to seamlessly and accurately place orders. This increases convenience of ordering on the customer side and reduces manual work at the supplier side.
There are currently two supported methods that Readysell uses for integration that incur no charge for the customer or supplier (this includes no development or integration fee and no ongoing fees).
Alternatively, Readysell can develop a custom integration (either peer-to-peer or via a value-added network), but these will normally incur an additional charge for development, testing and integration.
Invoicing/Confirmation
The invoice/confirmation enables suppliers to respond to a customer order with information such as delivery dates and quantities. This increases convenience to the customer as they are apprised of when to expect. It also has the additional benefit of improving product file data (as we can correct incorrect codes once they are confirmed at the supplier side).
There are currently two supported methods that Readysell uses for integration that incur no charge for the customer or supplier (this includes no development or integration fee and no ongoing fees).
Alternatively, Readysell can develop a custom integration (either peer-to-peer or via a value-added network), but these will normally incur an additional charge for development, testing and integration.
Live stock feeds
Live stock feeds enable customers to check the levels of stock at the supplier before an order is placed.
Stock data is provided via a Readysell “Supplier Stock Service” (RS3) which is refreshed on a periodic (normally hourly) basis from the suppliers. Stock levels provided can be “massaged” before they are provided to Readysell, or at the Readysell side before they are transmitted to customers – massaging can be used to obscure cases where there are large or small stock holdings (for example show “Low Stock” if stock falls below a certain quantity or show “> 50” if there’s more than 50 units).
There are currently four supported methods for providing this data to Readysell.
Method 1: Web Service Hosted at Supplier
The supplier hosts a REST, SOAP or OData web service that returns the Product Code, Quantity on Hand (massaged or actual) and (if necessary) branch/warehouse. Readysell will poll the service once per hour.
Method 2: CSV or XML file over HTTP
The supplier hosts a CSV or XML file on a web server. The file contains the Product Code, Quantity on Hand (massaged or actual) and (if necessary) branch/warehouse. Readysell will poll the file once per hour.
Method 3: CSV or XML file over FTP (Pull)
The supplier hosts a CSV or XML file on an FTP server. The file contains the Product Code, Quantity on Hand (massaged or actual) and (if necessary) branch/warehouse. Readysell will poll the file once per hour.
Method 4: CSV or XML file over FTP (Push)
The supplier uploads a CSV or XML file to a Readysell hosted FTP server. The file contains the Product Code, Quantity on Hand (massaged or actual) and (if necessary) branch/warehouse. Readysell will import the updated file.