Retail EDI

RetailEDI.com was formed by a collective group of people within the Retail industry to address common interests.  All of us have been involved within the industry for between 10-20 years doing everything from helping companies get integrated, selling software, designing process and strategic approaches to help suppliers, retailers, 3PLs and many others. 

The consumer walking into a retail location never realizes how many companies, processes and how much technology were brought to bear to insure there is a shirt hanging on a rack that fits - that the price ticket reflects the correct price - or the person at the counter is able to check to see when their next shipment of a particular size/style of shoe is coming in.  We could have called the site Retailprocesses or something.  We chose RetailEDI, because so many of the systems in retail are or can be managed within the common understanding of the term "EDI"  For us, we don't care if you look at EDI as including XML, or trading other flavors of file format back and forth.  The point is a supply chain integrated up and downstream electronically for the benefit of both suppliers & retailers (And everyone else :).

Our value propositions:

1. We provide a place where people can come learn about how processes within the industry can be interconnected and efficiency brought to bear through measured, well thought out plans.
2. We are unique as a media source in that we actively reach out to the supplier and retailer community to learn how we can help them - what solutions we can talk to them about, refer them to.  To date we have provided (And are currently providing) counseling to several U.S. retailers and dozens of retail manufacturers.  This is going to increase in 2010 dramatically.
3. We are the only collaborative media source in Retail.  While we are helping the community, we are also referring business (Real leads) to product and service providers within the industry.  We are, as far as we know the only media group actively building relationships.

Hopefully readers will be impressed with the diversity of contributors.  People writing include every applicable discipline and position with the industry.  Vendor relations and EDI folks from retailers, EDI consultants, management at 3PL organizations and so on.  One of the unique points about our process is we allow anyone to post (All registrants are *Authors*) - provided they understand some key rules:

1. We don't degrade other people's solutions/methods
2. We don't sell in our articles - when an article is from a solution/service provider - it will state it clearly!
3. We are geared to be a knowledge portal - a resourceful site where people can be informed.  We are not an editorial board for random blogging.

Please let us know where we need to improve and by all means let us know when we 'hit' the mark!

Find us!  You can find us in the following places:

  Twiiter = http://twitter.com/RetailEDI

  Linkedin = http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=1939456&trk=anet_ug_grppro

  Facebook = http://www.facebook.com/pages/Retail-Supply-Demand-Chain-EDI/163607989633

  Skype = retail.edi