EDGE

As the world of digital commerce evolves and grows, you'll be faced with important decisions on how to proceed with your new or existing eBusiness practice. As your company expands, so will your number of trading partners. Many of these partners may use EDI, and some will insist you do the same.

As your business gets larger, EDGE grows with you, able to handle all of your back-end integration needs, including EDI translation.

EDGE Suite Modules

EDGE Entry

EDGE Entry is the core EDI translation module of EDGE. Easy to use and cost effective, EDGE Entry provides a flexible EDI document handling system that allows you to translate any document to any EDI format. EDGE Entry provides for manually keyed entry, storage and retrieval of documents, transactional messaging to and from third-party networks or trading partners, and document printing.

EDGE Entry is ideal for small- to medium-sized businesses that need EDI or have less extensive translation needs. Its quick setup and short learning curve make EDGE Entry easy to use. The simplified data entry system and intuitive navigation make EDGE Entry user-friendly for even the most non-technical user. And as your eCommerce business grows, EDGE Entry allows you to add new trading partners, which helps protect your date and staff investments.

EDGE Entry Features

• Quick data entry capabilities

• Document archiving

• Communications scripts that allow you to communicate with most major value-added networks

•"Drop in" Partner Sets - Using our "EDGE Partner Sets" to build your own EDI program, you can - add an unlimited number of trading partners and/or transaction sets without altering your software, hardware, or staffing requirements

• The "Admin" user interface is the central point for administration and can be separately secured for restricted access. EDGE Batch

EDGE Batch

EDGE Batch works with EDGE Entry to provide import/export utilities for integrating EDI information into an existing host system. Batch provides front-end processing to other applications and allows you to schedule unattended communication sessions with your networks. Scheduling unattended communication during off peak hours dramatically reduces the cost of conducting EDI operations.

EDGE Developer

Developer is a feature-rich utility that allows EDGE users to generate their own transaction sets to meet trading partner specifications and file layouts for application integration. You can create your own customized data entry screens, EDI mapping templates, flat file mapping templates and print templates with EDGE Developer.

EDGE Developer Features

• Easy-to-use, drag-and-drop EDI mapping capability

• A "Quick Map" utility builds EDI map and data entry form screens instantly

• Flexible User Interface development. Create data entry screens to meet your specific business requirements, including data validation, field lookups, and auto-entry

• The flat-file template editor gives users the flexibility to map to existing data files in multiple formats (fixed-width or delimited)

• A Separate Print Template editor allows users to create customized print layouts

• To find out more about our EDGE product and services, please call us at 1 800-624-6354 or fill out the form to the right.