eBusiness EDI VAN

EDI VAN Solutions - The GXS Difference

By serving businesses ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with next-generation EDI value-added network (VAN) and inventory management solutions, GXS is transforming the way companies communicate with their suppliers. Whatever your business size or budget, you too can join our extended family of more than 40,000 customers and 500,000 trading relationships worldwide, and discover why GXS is the industry leader in business-to-business (B2B) integration services.

What does your business really need to get ahead?

You can start by saving time and money when you communicate with trade partners via a completely scalable EDI VAN. Eliminate tedious data conversion processes, exchange EDI data with a variety of networks, increase productivity and reduce errors with an EDI VAN that's scalable to your unique needs.

Let GXS be your single connection for all of your business-to-business communications. Contact us about our EDI VAN solutions today to learn more about how we can help transform the way your company does business.

Whether you need simple EDI mapping software services or full integration with your accounting systems, our suite of extended EDI VAN solutions include:

• Edisoft® Merchant™— Designed for mid- to high-level EDI and ASN, Edisoft® Merchant™ is a desktop EDI VAN that includes seamless back-office integration with your accounting systems. Communicate with your trade partners while eliminating time-consuming data conversion processes.
• Edisoft® Merchant eXpress™—Similar to regular EdiSoft® Merchant™ but designed for low- to mid-level EDI and ASN, Edisoft® Merchant eXpress™ also provides a complete desktop EDI VAN with full back-office accounting integration.
• Desktop EDI™—Our Desktop EDI VAN is an economical EDI solution for everyday business communications. It allows you to easily create and convert documents using a variety of protocols, including ANSI, EDIFACT, Tradacoms and EANCOM.
• Intelligent Web Forms—Intelligent Web Forms is a web-based EDI VAN that allows you to access documentation via an Internet browser. This subscription-based service is ideal for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) who aren't ready to make a costly up-front software investment.
• Service Bureau Solutions—Also ideal for SMBs, our Service Bureau EDI VAN performs all EDI translation services off-site. You provide us with the data, and we'll take care of the rest.

Additional Accelerator Services

GXS also offers these related accelerator services to help complement and strengthen any EDI VAN:

• Network-Based Translation—Our network-based translation services provide convenient EDI mapping for simple integration with your in-house systems. You and your trading partners can communicate via a variety of protocols.

Inventory Management Solutions

A reliable EDI VAN is just one part of the comprehensive inventory management solutions that GXS can provide. GXS offers a comprehensive suite of solutions that help businesses in all industries improve their supply chain management, including:

• Merchandising—Whether you're using our Product Information Manager (PIM) to integrate supplier product data with your back-office inventory management systems, or taking advantage of our national and global data synchronization services, GXS offers a variety of merchandising and inventory management solutions for e-business.
• Supply Chain Management—Effective supply chain management is the key to any e-commerce operation, affecting everything from inventory management to your e-business EDI solution. Choose GXS Order Lifecycle Visibility to automate your order tracking, or explore the GXS Trading Grid® Messaging Services solution which provides seamless messaging to your suppliers. All of our inventory management solutions and services let you share accurate information in the real-time environment that today's economy demands.
• Vendor Relations—From community management solutions to supply chain collaboration, vendor relations services from GXS help build effective partnerships with your suppliers. We also offer small supplier enablement for SMBs.
• Information Technology—Our IT solutions can reduce your B2B integration costs by as much as 20 percent! Available services range from comprehensive integration solutions to outsourcing IT issues to our managed services department. Let us do the IT legwork for you while you focus on your core business objectives.

GXS - Your B2B Integrations Partner

Benefit from partnering with a company that has a global leadership presence, unrivalled industry experience, and cutting-edge systems that expand the boundaries of B2B communications. From e-business EDI VAN services to inventory management solutions, GXS offers a variety of software packages to revolutionize your business operations.

Efficient inventory management solutions are essential in today's competitive e-business environment. Improving communication is key to improving customer loyalty, and that's where award-winning, best-of-breed solutions from GXS can help your business. B2B integration services from GXS are a hosted e-business EDI solution that helps you address the needs of your business, preventing stock overages, stock shortages, and all those painful areas in-between.

Innovative EDI VAN Solutions

You deserve to be able to transact with partners anywhere, anytime, no matter what their size or inherent capabilities. Let us expand your trading possibilities. Whether you're a trusted Fortune 500 company or an up-and-coming SMB, please contact us today to learn more about how we can help transform the way you do business with innovative EDI VAN solutions.