The Crisp Blog

EDI
June 11, 2024

Closing the retail data gap: Where EDI meets analytics

With Crisp, CPG suppliers now have a single-source vendor for both their daily data sales analytics and an EDI compliance platform, extending supply chain visibility from order to consumer and back again.

author: Lee Mrkonjic

EDI
January 26, 2024

Is EDI a pain point for your 3PL company? Turn it into your competitive edge instead

For today’s 3PL, keeping customers happy and growing the business isn’t just a matter of fulfilling orders on time and avoiding chargebacks for customers. It also requires meeting increasingly complex and dynamic data and documentation needs, which makes EDI an essential business function.

author: Lee Mrkonjic

Business Insights EDI
December 14, 2023

The holiday season is a stress test for EDI systems — how’s yours holding up?

Whether your internal teams manage your EDI systems or you outsource to an EDI vendor, the deluge of the holiday season will expose any weaknesses in your supply chain workflows, making the post-holiday period the ideal opportunity to address them. Here are some tips for creating an end-of-year EDI report card.

author: Lee Mrkonjic

EDI
October 2, 2023

Dropshipping – trends & managing the process

The dropshipping market size is on the rise, and suppliers need to include it in their offerings to be competitive. But there’s a lot of work that goes into processing those orders. Crisp can make that process streamlined, easy to manage and efficient.

author: Debra Rimmer

EDI
September 6, 2023

Insights on EDI & Sales Data Analytics

We recently sat down to talk with our Director of Sales, Lee Mrkonjic. On the surface, EDI and Sales Data Analytics might seem disparate technologies with little connection, but Lee provides insights showing the value to clients in leveraging both. It was a fascinating conversation that we’re excited to share with our readers.

author: Debra Rimmer

EDI
July 20, 2023

5 Tips to know before integrating your ERP with EDI

Adopting an ERP system, or changing from one to another, and then integrating it with their EDI isn't something companies frequently do. As a result, most don't know what to expect or how to prepare. In this piece, we discuss why it's imperative to start planning your EDI in conjunction with the ERP.

author: Debra Rimmer

EDI
June 15, 2023

How to succeed at EDI integration

Integrating your EDI with your ERP (or other systems) realizes many long-term benefits: saving time and money, increasing accuracy, and improving client relationships.

author: Debra Rimmer

Customer Stories EDI
April 13, 2023

EDI case study: Vanilla Studio

With Integral Group’s Crisp EDI Portal, Vanilla Studio can simultaneously share live inventory data with customers including Home Depot, Lowes, and Wayfair, leading to higher service levels while streamlining the team's clerical workload.

author: Debra Rimmer

Business Insights EDI
March 9, 2023

Weathering the storm: Recession-proof with EDI + API

In January 2023, Crisp announced its acquisition of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) platform Integral Group. Here, our new EDI team discusses how automated order management can be a cost-saving initiative that will help weather the impact of an economic downturn.

author: Debra Rimmer