UK Government Commends Transalis OpenEDI
Posted 1st September, 2010
Transalis commended by the UK Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS).
The BIS worked with Transalis to develop OpenEDI into a secure and reliable platform for the UK’s business community.
The UK Government’s Business Minister said “Transalis OpenEDI is a tremendous product, this is great news for any UK business & typical of the innovation the BIS are delighted to support.”
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is building a dynamic and competitive UK economy by: creating the conditions for business success; promoting innovation, enterprise and science; and giving everyone the skills and opportunities to succeed. To achieve this it will foster world-class solutions and promote an open global economy. BIS – Investing in our future.
Transalis Enjoys High Customer Satisfaction
Posted 1st September, 2010
Transalis enjoys extremely high customer satisfaction rates – the key success criterion, which is constantly monitored by Transalis management.
Transalis considers customer satisfaction and continuity of service of utmost importance. Our thousands of customers regularly exchange millions of EDI documents with their trading partners through OpenEDI. OpenEDI is the Transalis flagship application service; certified, tested and in production use for electronic enablement with the major brands, retailers and department stores in the UK. Since inception of OpenEDI not a single order or invoice has been lost and service availability is in excess of 99% including scheduled times for maintenance and upgrades outside normal business hours.
In addition, Transalis is commended by the UK Department for Innovation, Business and Skills (BIS) as a secure and reliable electronic platform for the UK’s business community. The UK Government’s Business Minister said “Transalis OpenEDI is a tremendous product, this is great news for any UK business & typical of the innovation the BIS are delighted to support.”
Transalis servers and networks are hosted in secure, purpose built multi-million pound data centres in London Docklands with further secure fail over data centres around the UK. Servers are subject to constant monitoring, online and offline archiving whilst backup of all data is performed on a regular basis. OpenEDI and related EDI services are further based on a state of the art infrastructure with extended secure facilities located in the USA to assure our customers of secure EDI communication.
This infrastructure provides multiple points of data recovery, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), redundant power feeders and generators, redundant halon fire detection and suppression systems, and multiple communications entry points are just some of the inherent secure infrastructure characteristics which our services are based on.
The Transalis Continuity of Service has proved invaluable to all our larger customers with turnover of between £100m – £200m and we look forward to welcoming your organisation, whatever its size, to our rapidly growing OpenEDI community.
Microsoft Extends Transalis OpenEDI Contract
Posted 1st September, 2010
Microsoft Ireland Operations extends Transalis European EDI Contract.
The Microsoft development team based in Dublin have extended its vendor services contract with Transalis for EDI enablement of its European trading partners.
Transalis currently provides its OpenEDI integration services for Microsoft Ireland Operations Entertainment and Devises Systems group, with a range of Microsoft’s European trading partners including Argos & John Lewis in the UK, Fnac in Belgium and Mediamarkt in Germany.
The Transalis OpenEDI integration services for Microsoft include:
Provision of partner integration and electronic message translation services for the Microsoft E&D Systems group. Transalis sits between Microsoft and Microsoft’s trading partners. Transalis receives multiple message formats from Microsoft partners and reformats and translates these messages into the format required by Microsoft. This alleviates the need for Microsoft to build internal solutions.
Amazon Commends Transalis OpenEDI Integration
Posted 1st September, 2010
Amazon the global online retailer commends Transalis OpenEDI integration.
Amazon.com., EDI Team “We would be happy to provide a few comments to you on the Transalis OpenEDI™ integration process with Amazon. It was a pleasure to work with your team. The quick response to emails and quick turnaround of documents was greatly appreciated. Amazon expects vendors to be integrated within 4 weeks. Some take much longer than that. The integration for our supplier Underground Toys took just two weeks from start to finish and included AS2 testing which tends to take other vendors much longer. Even with having 2-3 test files per transaction before passing the Amazon validations, the speed at which the requested changes were made, was very commendable. Thank you”.
PLAY.com Rolls Out Transalis Web-based OpenEDI
Posted 1st September, 2010
PLAY.com the online retailer rolls out Transalis web-based OpenEDI.
Transalis has rolled out its web-based OpenEDI service for 200 PLAY.com suppliers. The new web-based EDI service was developed specifically to meet PLAY’s updated business processes for the complete EDI order-to-invoice cycle.
The new PLAY OpenEDI service is provided to PLAY’s suppliers at no charge to the supplier and allows every PLAY supplier to gain the benefits of trading by EDI with PLAY.
Play EDI Team, OpenEDI is one of the easiest & most flexible EDI solutions available. Suppliers are trading with Play using the new Play OpenEDI Portal within 24hrs. And, suppliers can integrate with their back-office or retail systems. The new Play OpenEDI Portal has been specifically developed for ALL Play suppliers. Option 1. The online version, our suppliers benefit by viewing EDI documents securely & easily online. Options 2. All the online benefits of Option 1 plus the added benefits of a Data Link for suppliers to integrate EDI documents with any existing EDI, accounting or retail systems.
Argos Rolls Out Transalis OpenEDI To All Suppliers
Posted 1st September, 2010
Argos the UK’s “favourite” store & online catalogue retailer rolls out Transalis OpenEDI.
Transalis has rolled out its OpenEDI service for 600 Argos suppliers. The new Argos OpenEDI service was developed specifically to improve Argos business processes for the complete EDI order-to-invoice cycle.
The new Argos OpenEDI service allows all Argos suppliers to gain the benefits of trading by EDI with Argos.
Argos EDI Team, OpenEDI is one of the most flexible & user-friendly EDI solutions available. Suppliers are trading with Argos using the new web-based system within 48hrs. And, suppliers can integrate with their back-office or retail systems. The new Argos OpenEDI system has been specifically developed for ALL Argos suppliers. Option 1. The online version, our suppliers benefit by viewing EDI documents securely & easily online. Options 2. All the online benefits of Option 1 plus the added benefits of a Data Link for suppliers to integrate EDI documents with any existing EDI, accounting or retail systems.
Supply Chain Technology: Are you making the most of it?
Posted 21st August, 2010
Gartner’s recently published “Supply Chain Survey 2010” has stated that in order for Supply Chain leaders to gain competitive advantage they must first understand the software delivery models that are available on the market.
No longer is traditional in house licensed software seen as the solution to supply chain demands. With the emergence of SaaS cloud computing the playing field has been levelled, with Gartner quoting “because SAAS is priced by user or transaction, small and medium-sized businesses can access capabilities previously available only to larger enterprises that could afford multimillion-dollar on-premises licences and implementations”
Transalis has seen a sharp rise in the work it is doing for its more innovative customers who now have the opportunity to create and control business processes that previously were not seen as reality helping to improving the way they exchange and analyse data.
Alternative delivery models for supply chain solutions can, however, provide new or improved capabilities to all users several months or even years sooner than the traditional, on-premises licence, Transalis expects the trend it is seeing in the small to medium sized businesses to continue as we deliver the tools needed to take advantage of Supply Chain Technology and drive business forward.
Transalis welcomes new ideas and opportunities so please speak with us directly to find out how we are “Changing the way companies communicate”
Full article available: http://www.supplymanagement.com/news/2010/understanding-of-web-based-software-needs-to-keep-up-with-increase-in-use/
Contact
Adam Swanson
Business Development
TRANSALIS Ltd
0845 123 3746
+44 (0) 1978 369 343
aswanson@transalis.com
Retail Technology Magazine Reviews FreeVAN
Posted 7th August, 2010
New Transalis service targets supply chain comms cost
EDI vendor delivers freeVAN EDI service to remove VAN traffic operational overheads
Transalis, a global solution provider for electronic data interchange (EDI) managed service solutions, announced the launch of its freeVAN EDI Supply Chain service, at the GS1 UK Annual Conference .
The provider said its freeVAN EDI service will allow large businesses and organisations (hubs) to securely transmit EDI documents with zero value-added network (VAN) traffic costs for the first time.
The service will enable business-to-business (B2B) electronic document exchange between any trading organisations, from the largest retailer to the smallest, independent supplier, according to the provider.
Putting real-world expertise to work
Transalis added that it has worked closely with large retail brands to develop the freeVAN service enabling companies of all sizes to trade electronically. The new service allows large businesses, which have previously had to pay for VAN traffic, to take advantage of the freeVAN service to remove supply chain VAN traffic costs.
The vendor has also bundled its OpenEDI functionality with the freeVAN service to enable businesses to exchange information electronically, regardless of file formats, size of organisation or technical capabilities, it said. Integrating OpenEDI technology could allow any business to comply with any other’s EDI requirements, where the bundled offering is designed to allow hubs to reduce EDI costs and complexity and EDI enable their whole supply chain.
Linking up supply chain networks
Adam Swanson, business development at Transalis, commented: “The combination of freeVAN and OpenEDI allows large companies to trade electronically with all suppliers. FreeVAN offers 100% supply chain EDI enablement with considerably reduced costs, higher productivity and optimised processes plus managed services for web, integrated and supply chain EDI. And, you can remove outdated EDI translation software for seamless EDI integration with your internal systems using Transalis OpenEDI managed services.”
The provider said Argos, Play.com, Microsoft, Tetley, and other hubs use Transalis for their complete order-to-invoice cycle. By working with hubs, Transalis has developed components that deliver better EDI solutions for their trading partners.
Swanson added: “Transalis has incorporated many years experience of this industry, coupled with our retail partners expertise, to develop a bundled solution that meets modern EDI requirements to reduce costs and complexity and to maximise our customers’ existing technology investments.”
Contact
Adam Swanson
Business Development
TRANSALIS Ltd
+44 (0) 1978 369 343
aswanson@transalis.com
Pentax UK Choose Transalis OpenEDI
Posted 1st August, 2010
With over 80 year’s experience of optical and technological innovation and a truly global presence, PENTAX is internationally renowned for setting new standards with its products. With a wide range of products that are specifically designed to meet the demands of today’s customers.
Pentax UK use Transalis OpenEDI with its UK trading partners including; Amazon, Argos, ASDA, Best Buy UK, Boots, Comet, Dixons, Makro and Tesco.
PENTAX continues to be at the forefront of product design and technology.
British Design Company Gtech Choose Transalis
Posted 1st August, 2010
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Over the past 9 years, Gtech’s team of experts have been pushing the boundaries of innovation
in floorcare and garden products making Gtech the successful company it is today.
Globally, Gtech has sold over 16 million sweepers through international partners making them experts in their field. The V- technology vacuum range was launched in 2009 and Gtech continue to have success in the cordless garden sector.
Gtech are very proud of their powerful retail presence throughout the nation and use Transalis OpenEDI for stores including ASDA, Currys, Comet, John Lewis, House of Fraser, Debenhams, Robert Dyas, Tesco and The Range.