With Datanational’s eConnect Supplier Portal, you will deliver on-line visilbility of open purchase orders to your suppliers. In addition to a web-based Purchase Order Inquiry, your authorized suppliers can also electronically acknowledge purchase orders, update scheduled delivery times, update product lead times and report shipments against their scheduled purchase orders or even the individual PO lines.

eConnect Supplier Portal includes extensive event messaging and communication functions with all of the parties involved, including planners, buyers, and supplier’s users. Requests for changes in delivery times, quantities, or product lead times are e-mailed to an easily maintainable e-mail distribution list, based on everyones assigned roles. Select accepted changes will automatically update your ERP system, eliminating secondary transaction entry and efficiently closing the workflow loop automatically.

As shipments are reported on the Portal, a unique transaction number (ASN) is generated and barcoded on the shipping paperwork. When the shipment is received at your door, the ASN# can be scanned at your receiving dock with a barcode scanner... directly into your ERP system. This is done via a streamlined PO receiving program for a simple, one-scan receipt process.