RKL eSolutions Blog Trends and Insights

Sage 100 with EDI helps Startup Grow

 

After selling their company, the founders of Annie Chun and her family decided to give it a go again and start a new company, GimMe Foods. Annie had the idea to take roasted seaweed and turn it into a healthy gourmet snack!

A new company was quickly born and they needed software to get it off the ground.  Since Annie had already used Sage 100 with her past company, and was familiar with it, she quickly saw that Sage 100 would be a good fit for this start-up company.

As GimMe scaled, the company began experiencing growing pains and needed to expand on their current Sage 100 solution.  GimMe realized that to keep up with demand and expand into additional big box stores, they would need a strong EDI solution.  They were looking for a solution that gave them ease of use for their warehouse and offered electronic plug-in vendor functionality.

They asked RKL eSolutions to be their trusted advisor on this project.  After looking at several options including SPS, they settled on TrueCommerce because of the seamless integration with Sage 100.  Other reasons why TrueCommerce was selected were because of the many successful Sage 100 customers using this solution as well as budget. By integrating TrueCommerce EDI with Sage 100, orders are now submitted electronically allowing GimMe to reduceorder errors and to keep up with the demanding EDI requirements from vendors.  A sample of common documents that EDI can automate are purchase orders, invoices and advance ship notices.   However, there are others that are available such as, bill of lading, customs documents, shipping status documents, payment documents and inventory documents.

 



Often times, companies find themselves at a point where their suppliers are requesting that they begin processing their transactions via EDI.  By implementing EDI, the stress of manually keeping up with demand was eliminated for GimMe and they can now focus on vendor and product growth.  It also allows for benefits such as reduced costs, increased processing speed, reduction in errors, and improved relationships with business partners.

With Sage 100 and TrueCommerce EDI, RKL eSoluitons has helped GimMe streamline their processes to meet the demands of larger business partners.

RKL Team

Written by RKL Team

Since 2001, RKL eSolutions has helped growing companies maximize their technology resources and investment. Over the years, we have helped hundreds of small and medium sized businesses as their strategic business partner. We specialize in the needs of Entertainment, Software & SaaS, Professional Services, Manufacturing, and Non Profit organizations. Our experienced consultants have a passion for making every facet of your business successful and are intent on building a long-term relationship with every client.