Vendor Community Solutions for the Grocery Industry

DiCentral provides supply chain management solutions that leverage software, services, and focused vendor communications to assist buying organizations with their trading partner compliance initiatives, resulting in a reduction of supply chain related costs.

DiCentral understands the types of vendors and methods used to communicate in your supply chain:
  • Warehouse
  • Direct Store Delivery
    • DEX-Direct Exchange
    • NEX-Network Exchange
  • Scan-Based Trading
  • VMI/CRP
  • Data Synchronization
  • RFID
As a grocer, DiCentral’s enhanced collaboration with your vendor community might include:
    Vendor Enablement
  • Rollout program identifies target vendors and prioritizes EDI needs
  • Rapid messaging properly informs and advises vendors on your requirements
  • Online status reports available with 24/7 accessibility
  • Customized website designed for your specific EDI initiative
  • Maximum vendor visibility through web-hosted solution
  • Tailored EDI testing through our network
    Testing
  • Private label testing environment
  • Rapid and accurate deployment of vendor community members
  • Scheduled testing meets production timelines
  • Unique EDI guidelines hosted via an easy-to-access web page
  • Communication alerts to your vendors
  • Reporting tools for complete visibility
  • Comprehensive testing environment for EDI data
  • Multiple shipping/packing options specific to
    Managed Services
  • Document mapping and translation
  • Communication and connectivity evaluation, setup, and testing
  • QA system testing
  • Vendor portal design
  • Production set-up
  • Migration to production server
    Metrics
  • Exception management
  • Event management
  • Net needs reporting
  • On-demand alerts and reporting
  • Chargeback tracking and documentation
  • Order and inventory tracking
  • Scheduled sales analysis reporting
  • Supplier and carrier metrics
 

Ask DiCentral how our products and services address industry-specific technology within the grocery industry in order to keep you up-to-date and able to communicate efficiently with your supply chain.