eZCom Software Blog

An API for EDI and eCommerce connects everything. The controversy surrounding Facebook and the information it shares has made API part of many news stories. That’s because the API is how developers get information from the social media site…

Zappos or Whole Foods, Wegmans or Bed Bath & Beyond — building a brand means building solid retail relationships. When you have a nascent brand, your focus is squarely on creating something that has unique and enduring appeal. As it grows, however, the strength of your retail relationships becomes almost as important as the qualities of your product or line…

EDI Purchase Order Acknowledgement Did you know that Target DVS recently changed their requirements for sending the EDI Purchase Order Acknowledgement (855)? And guess what? If you’re a supplier, you now have even less time to get it to them. In fact, their new requirements demand that you send it — and they receive it — within 30 minutes…

Tomorrow‘s Digital Trends and Today’s Challenges Technology has forever disrupted traditional retail models, and the emergence of the ‘digital store’ dominates today’s industry discussion. Most presentations at the upcoming NRF Big Show center on the topic, headlines proclaim it, analysts debate it, companies mandate it, and retail executives lose sleep over it…

ASN/EDI 856. GS1-128/UCC-128. Confused yet? And we haven’t even mentioned the EDI 810. Or the EDI 850. Or the EDI 753 and 754. And on and on and on it goes. After all, there’s no shortage of acronym overload or complexity when it comes to EDI and order management. When so much of the discussion about EDI focuses on specific technical documents or the intricacies of seamless system integration, it’s easy to forget that even the most powerful software needs to be backed by great people. While the right solution will automate as many tasks as possible, it often falls to an actual human being when it comes time to solve a problem or create clarity out of confusion. If…