--- title: EDI pro tips, essential guides, expert advice - eZCom Software | Business Insights (9) description: Business Insights | Articles related to the supply chain industry and EDI education (9) --- [![eZCom Software](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Ezcomsoftware_july2022/images/eZCom-Logo.png?width=300&name=eZCom-Logo.png "eZCom Software")](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/) - Solutions - [EDI Software: Lingo](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/edi-software-lingo/) - [D2C / Drop Ship](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/d2c/) - [Integrations](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/integrations/) - [RESTful API](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/api/) - Connections - [Trading Partners](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/trading-partners/) - [Integrations](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/integrations/) - About - [Why eZCom](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/why-ezcom/#top) - [Testimonials](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/our-reviews/) - [Awards](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/awards/) - [Partnerships](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/partners/) - Resources - [Resources Home](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/resources/) - [Blog](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/articles/) - [Case Studies](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/case-studies/) - [What is EDI](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/edi-101/) - [FAQs](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/faq/) - [EDI Documents](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/edi-documents-and-transactions/) - [GS1 FAQ](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/gs1-faq/) - [In-House Vs. 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Sign up for the latest Supply Chain Industry Articles with EDI Education and Information delivered straight to your inbox. [![Doing Business with the Right Retailer](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/hubfs/Doing%20Business%20with%20the%20Right%20Retailer.png) Doing Business with the Right Retailer](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/doing-business-with-the-right-retailer) [Business Insights](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/tag/business-insights) [EDI and Major Retailers - Nordstrom, Target, Steinmart, Kohl's, and moreNordstrom, Target, Steinmart, Kohls, and more](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/doing-business-with-the-right-retailer) Which to pitch? Nordstrom or Target? Steinmart or Kohl’s? JC Penney or Bed Bath & Beyond? As much as you probably want your product in as many locations as possible — it’s an omnichannel world these days — it’s important to remember that you want your brand in the environment that offers a high probability of success. You’ve worked too hard for anything else. You also want to spend your time pitching to retailers who are seeking products like yours and not waste hours chasing a store that is unlikely to entertain what you sell. What’s more, you want to be able to satisfy the requirement of the retailers who carry your items — even a company with a white… [Read More](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/doing-business-with-the-right-retailer) July 9, 2018 [![Back-to-School Shopping Season is Second-Largest](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/hubfs/300x206-b2sch.png) Back-to-School Shopping Season is Second-Largest](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/back-to-school-shopping-season) [Business Insights](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/tag/business-insights) [Back-to-School Shopping Season is Second-Largest](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/back-to-school-shopping-season) Back-to-School is Much More than Staples and Target Even if it feels like you’ve just started enjoying summer and your kids are more interested in the pool than academics, don’t forget the back-to-school shopping season is just around the corner. And back-to-school is big business… [Read More](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/back-to-school-shopping-season) June 28, 2018 [![Growing Your eCommerce Revenue](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/hubfs/eZCom-EDI-1.png) Growing Your eCommerce Revenue](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/growing-your-e-commerce-revenues) [Business Insights](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/tag/business-insights) [Growing Your eCommerce Revenue](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/growing-your-e-commerce-revenues) Mind The Store - Your eCommerce Store Get More Sales at Your Favorite Store: Yours. Even when you have significant placements with brick-and-mortar retailers and online marketplaces, your own eCommerce store offers incredible potential. Even better, you get to set the prices, the margins, the policies — it’s all in your control. Since companies like Shopify and Magento making it easy to set up online stores, the real question is learning how to drive traffic and get sales from them. In the online space, you don’t fling open the doors of your store and wait for people to walk by and decide to stop in. While there is no street or window signage that people will notice as they walk… [Read More](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/growing-your-e-commerce-revenues) June 20, 2018 [![Amazon Seller Central vs. Amazon Vendor Central](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/hubfs/Amazon%20Seller%20Central%20vs.%20Amazon%20Vendor%20Central.png) Amazon Seller Central vs. Amazon Vendor Central](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/amazon-seller-central-vs-amazon-vendor-central) [Business Insights](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/tag/business-insights) [Amazon Seller Central vs. Amazon Vendor Central](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/amazon-seller-central-vs-amazon-vendor-central) Get our free Guide to Managing Amazon Orders. Selling on Amazon At some point, every supplier confronts the Amazon question, since not selling on this powerful platform eliminates millions of potential customers. But Amazon is a beast — a sales monster with all kinds of tentacles. So what is the best, most effective and profitable way for you to sell on it?… [Read More](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/amazon-seller-central-vs-amazon-vendor-central) June 19, 2018 [![How Smart Retailers Avoid the Fate of Toys R Us](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/hubfs/toys-r-us-liquidation_1518058099906_77275586_ver1.0_640_480.png) How Smart Retailers Avoid the Fate of Toys R Us](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/the-fate-of-toys-r-us) [Business Insights](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/tag/business-insights) [How Smart Retailers Avoid the Fate of Toys R Us](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/the-fate-of-toys-r-us) The fall of Toys R Us is a wake-up call. For decades, Toys R Us was a dominant player in retail. It was a go-to store, the destination for both the latest hot item and famous established brands. At some point in life, just about everyone was a Toys R Us kid… [Read More](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/the-fate-of-toys-r-us) April 13, 2018 [![EDI and Not Missing the Window](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/hubfs/resized-compliance-featured-image-1.png) EDI and Not Missing the Window](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/edi-and-not-missing-the-window) [Business Insights](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/tag/business-insights) [EDI and Not Missing the Window](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/edi-and-not-missing-the-window) OTIF. It means On Time In Full. Others call it DIFOT. Delivered In Full On Time. No matter what name you give it, for suppliers trying to meet delivery standards, it could mean something else. Like OMG. As in OMG, I need to deliver when? And how much? And how much does it cost me if I don’t meet the requirements? Standards are becoming tougher and tougher. Many retailers, trying to handle the rapid shifts in consumer demand, want goods to arrive within a very specific window of time. And that window is only getting smaller. Walmart Introduces New EDI Specifications In July of 2017, Walmart changed its EDI specifications, and now requires orders to arrive within a two-day window… [Read More](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/edi-and-not-missing-the-window) February 20, 2018 [![Orders are up. Way up. What now?](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/hubfs/Orders%20are%20up.%20Way%20up.%20What%20now.png) Orders are up. Way up. What now?](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/orders-are-up-what-now) [Business Insights](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/tag/business-insights) [Orders are up. Way up. What now?](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/orders-are-up-what-now) An online video featured your product — and it just went viral. A genuine celebrity gave your brand an impromptu shout-out during an interview. A blogger with a massive audience gushed about one of your items in a recent post… [Read More](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/orders-are-up-what-now) February 15, 2018 [![Omnichannel Retailing for Suppliers](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/hubfs/resized-omni-featured-image-1.png) Omnichannel Retailing for Suppliers](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/order-management) [Business Insights](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/tag/business-insights) [Omnichannel Retailing for Suppliers](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/order-management) Turning Order Management into a Strategic Business Tool Omnichannel retail calls for seamlessly and efficiently meeting the needs of customers at every stage and every touchpoint in the retail process. As this paradigm becomes increasingly entrenched as the dominant way retailers do business, suppliers must adapt to remain competitive. Efficiency is the name of the game. The key is to find ways to dramatically streamline all order management processes while still remaining agile, compliant and keeping costs down. This is a tall order, but suppliers who succeed will not only maintain their trading partnerships, but can expect closer relationships with their current retail partners, opportunities with new partners, and an overall increase in business… [Read More](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/order-management) December 22, 2017 [![Omnichannel Retailing for Suppliers](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/hubfs/resized-omni2-featured-image-1.png) Omnichannel Retailing for Suppliers](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/omnichannel-retailing-for-suppliers-successful-drop-ship-fulfillment-update) [Business Insights](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/tag/business-insights) [Omnichannel Retailing for Suppliers](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/omnichannel-retailing-for-suppliers-successful-drop-ship-fulfillment-update) Successful Drop Ship Fulfillment Giant e-tailers like Amazon and Zappos have forever changed the retailing landscape. Consumers expect and demand maximum convenience, lower prices, a wide array of merchandise to choose from, and the ability to get products quickly. With the increasing pressure and fight for market share, more and more traditional retailers are implementing the ‘omnichannel’ model to provide customers the best of all worlds. As these retailers endeavor to seamlessly and efficiently meet the needs of customers at every stage and every touchpoint in the retail process, their supplier partners must support them in order to remain competitive… [Read More](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/omnichannel-retailing-for-suppliers-successful-drop-ship-fulfillment-update) December 22, 2017 [Prev](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/tag/business-insights/page/8) [5](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/tag/business-insights/page/5) [6](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/tag/business-insights/page/6) [7](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/tag/business-insights/page/7) [8](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/tag/business-insights/page/8) [9](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/tag/business-insights/page/9) Next - Solutions - [Connect to Retailers](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/retailers/) - [Connect to Consumers](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/d2c/) - [Integrate Business Systems](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/integrations/) - [Customize Integrations with our API](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/api/) - Lingo Platform - [Get Started](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/new-to-edi/) - [Ready to Switch?](https://ezcomsoftware.com/edi-change/) - Integrations - [ERP](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/integrations/#erperp) - [Accounting](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/integrations/#accounting) - [Inventory](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/integrations/#inventory) - [Shipping](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/integrations/#shipping) - [3PL/WMS](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/integrations/#3plwms) - [Online Commerce](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/integrations/#ecommerce) - About - [Why eZCom](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/why-ezcom/) - [Testimonials](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/our-reviews/) - [Resources](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/resources/) - [Becoming a Partner](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/partner-program/) - [Partners](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/partners/) - [Retailers](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/retailers/) - [Blog](https://blog.ezcomsoftware.com/) - [Contact Us](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/contact-2/) - [Request A Demo](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/demo/) - [Lingo Log In](https://myweborders.com/) ### Contact Sales [201-731-1800](tel:201-731-1800), Option 1 [877-765-3564](tel:877-765-3564) [sales@ezcomsoftware.com](mailto:sales@ezcomsoftware.com) ### Contact Support [201-731-1800,](tel:201-731-1800,) Option 2 [support@ezcomsoftware.com](mailto:support@ezcomsoftware.com) Monday – Friday 8:30 AM – 8:00 PM Eastern Time [25 Rockwood Place, Suite 420](https://goo.gl/maps/Lu5ggu1uJPuFMmR56) [Englewood, New Jersey 07631](https://goo.gl/maps/Lu5ggu1uJPuFMmR56) © 2026 eZCom Software Inc. **[Terms & Conditions](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/terms-and-conditions/)|[Privacy Policy](https://www.ezcomsoftware.com/privacy-policy/)** - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ezcom-software-inc-) - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/ezcomsoftware?lang=en) - [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNdWAzIOUWo-PMAWhPJQutw) - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ezcomsoftwareinc/) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ezcomsoftware/)