EDI: Fixed vs. Transaction Based Pricing

In today’s difficult economic climate where all companies are under pressure to reduce costs and improve efficiencies, organisations can benefit significantly by moving away from a transaction based pricing model. Whether you have an existing solution or you are embarking upon EDI for the first time the opportunity for significant cost savings should not be overlooked.

Many of our clients, prior to joining the Wesupply network, utilised traditional on-premise EDI software and VAN technology, and were charged a high premium per transaction. This approach was not only costly, it also caused difficulty in accurately forecasting EDI costs as transaction volumes fluctuated.

Equally, a number of our clients were embarking upon EDI for the first time and were looking for a simple, cost-effective approach to meet the varying EDI demands being placed upon them.

Having recognised the importance of cost control, Wesupply only offer a fixed annual pricing model. With no hidden or variable fees, our fully managed EDI solutions enable our clients to cut costs and manage their overhead budget more effectively. What’s more, as our solutions are outsourced and fully managed the burden and risk associated with IT purchases, maintenance costs and upgrade issues are greatly reduced or actually removed.

“By outsourcing our electronic trading to Wesupply we have been able to consolidate our EDI onto one platform, cut our VAN charges, and at the same time retain the focus on our aggressive E-commerce programme” says John Glanville, IT Director at Ideal Stelrad.

If you would like to find out how to reduce your existing EDI costs as well as having the ability to accurately forecast on-going EDI costs, please do not hesitate to contact us. Alternatively, further details on our fully managed, outsourced EDI solution, OneTime can be found here.