Advanced Shipping Notice Solution
Advanced Shipping Notice: More Efficient Notifications
Advanced Shipping Notice (ASN) provides an additional layer of visibility and credibility within B2B transactions by notifying a buyer that their order has been shipped. The ASN contains details such as an order number, order date, tracking number, shipment method, shipping address and items included.
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Common Challenges
- Lack of visibility into order shipments can leave buyers in the dark
- Insufficient information can lead to time-consuming calls and emails that tie up resources for both buyers and suppliers
- Regulatory requirements for publicly traded companies require proof of accurate financial reporting, including invoice reconciliation
What is eQuote?
Advanced Shipping Notices improve the overall efficiency of the supply chain by keeping buyers informed about when an order is shipped and can be expected to arrive. Some buyers require an ASN prior to accepting an invoices.
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Benefits for Both Sides of the Transaction - Buyers
Insights into shipments are crucial to maintaining smooth operations and production continuity — particularly those related to direct material spend.
- Ensure certainty of order shipment and arrival
- Improve inventory planning and supply chain transparency
- ASN can replace the need for goods receipt to facilitate automated 3-way matching, accelerating and reducing the cost of invoice reconciliation
Benefits for Both Sides of the Transaction - Suppliers
Provide transparency into shipped order information and use ASN as a proxy for an order receipt to get paid quicker.
- Provide enhanced order visibility for customers to better understand and track inventory in real time
- Position to grow revenue from existing customers and win new business by offering ASN
- When combined with Purchase Order and Invoice Automation, ASN facilities 3-way matching to support more efficient invoice reconciliation
The Role of Advanced Shipping Notice in the B2B Transaction Process
PunchOut
Buyer selects a supplier within the eProcurement solution, is routed to the supplier’s eCommerce site to shop, then transfers the cart data back to their purchasing system.
Purchase Order (PO) Automation
A PO is generated in the eProcurement solution, then the buyer sends the PO from the eProcurement solution to the supplier.
Purchase Order Acknowledgment (POA)
Once the request is received by the supplier, a POA is generated with order details confirming that the PO was received.
Advanced Shipping Notice (ASN)
The supplier’s eCommerce system will send the buyer an ASN containing additional shipment and tracking information.
Invoice Automation
After the products ship, the supplier’s system will generate an invoice to send to the buyer.
eQuote
Buyer accesses a quote in an intuitive interface and then transfers the quote to their eProcurement solution.
Support for All Common Data Protocols
TradeCentric provides support for all electronically readable data formats.
What you can expect from us
Accountability
We’re your team the entire way from onboarding to customer success—no third party involved.
Cost Management
We control your IT expenses with a predictable, fixed rate for growing trading partner connections.
Domain Expertise
We’ve seen it all with 3,000+ businesses trading on our platform, and we bring that expertise to you.
Risk Reduction
We do everything we can to limit risk with application management, data security and availability.
3,000
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Global Enterprises
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Trading Connections
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99.99
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Uptime for SaaS
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95
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Annual Customer
Retention