As a small business starts to grow, organization and business management become major factors when making everyday business decisions. Resource management quickly turns into insight into new business opportunities but sometimes developing small businesses don’t have the resources to catch-up with their growth. Microsoft Dynamics is currently running a Business Challenge where they looking for three worthy businesses who are trying to gain more control over their growing companies with a giveaway of $45,000 toward new ERP software and implementation services.

In order to be considered for this giveaway you need to make a short video explaining how Microsoft Dynamics ERP could positively transform your business operations and increase your potential for future success. Once your video is complete, upload your video to the “Win To Grow” website and share it with as many friends and colleagues as possible to help you receive the most votes. There are currently only 4 videos uploaded so odds are in your favor! Three companies will then be awarded $45,000 toward their ERP systems. This money will be put toward licenses for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013, Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013, or Microsoft Dynamics SL 2013 and implementation services from a Microsoft Dynamics Partner. If this is something that interests you please read the full Terms & Conditions and upload your video today! This contest closes February 15^th 2013. Be sure to post your video entry in our comments so we can vote for your business!

CRM Integration, EDI Integration, Events, Integration, Uncategorized, Webstore Integration, eBRIDGE Blog Business Challenge, contest, Dynamics GP, Dynamics NAV, Dynamics SL, eBRIDGE Blog, ERP, erp integration, Grow To Win, Integration, Microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics Nav, Microsoft Dynamics SL

Recently I came across great article on B2B.com and I’m not sure if I should be surprised at the results.

In a poll within the B2B community, 28 percent of the respondents said they exchange data with their partners using an Excel spreadsheet. 28 percent! That’s a significant amount of work being done that has potential for costing you money, a few of which include:

• Human factor (data entry errors, misinterpretation of data, transposition errors, illness)
• Manually entering data into Excel that is stored somewhere else (inventory quantities from an ERP system, for example)
• Excel version incompatibilities
• Format/layout differences amongst partners
• Macro viruses

The article also outlines problems with Excel’s ugly cousin, paper-based communication, which is also widespread. To be fair, I can’t really be too hard on those businesses and individuals. Excel and paper are ubiquitous and Read more…

Integration B2B, Integration, Mike C

Hi Everyone,

As we continue to share integration information via our Blog, I thought I would highlight one of our most popular posts from the past : http://www.ebridgeconnections.com/blog/how-does-edi-work/

Let us know if you have questions regarding your EDI?  Leave comments below and we will respond.

Thanks,
Dave Malda.

Uncategorized Dynamics GP, edi, Integration, Sage, SAP Business One

Salesforce pioneered the Software-as-a-Service industry and is the leading CRM solution, which is why I am excited to announce exciting news regarding the eBridge integration connector for Salesforce.

We have enhanced the integration connection to allow greater flexibility, including:

• Access to any objects related to an “Opportunity”, including those that are one or more steps removed. For example, for Opportunity –> Account –> Case, the Case object is not linked directly to the Opportunity but we will be able to ‘tow’ it along when we pull the Opportunity.
• Access custom objects related to the Opportunity.  Salesforce is almost always customized to accommodate specific business processes or workflows and that means adding objects that are not native to the default Salesforce environment.  Now eBridge can access custom objects so we can accommodate your specific business usage of Salesforce!
• Access an unlimited number of user-created fields (maximum was previously 20) on the Opportunity and any of the objects that come down with the Opportunity.  This means we can support an unlimited number of custom fields on the Contacts object, for example, since Contacts is linked to the Opportunity.  Of course all of this true for custom objects as well.

Here is a diagram highlighting the Opportunity object in green and all the related standard objects we can access, in orange.  Don’t forget, if you create a custom object that is linked to any of these, we can access that as well!  Click the image to enlarge.

We are always looking for your feedback on how you would like to integrate Salesforce with your back-office systems so please leave your comments below or on The Core, the eBridge community forum.

CRM Integration accounting integration, CRM Integration, Integration, salesforce.com

As the Technical Sales Engineer at eBridge, one of my duties, along with the Account Rep, is to conduct a needs analysis with prospective clients to determine if the eBridge solution is a good fit.

This is done by:
1) Determining what systems we are to integrate
2) Clarifying what business documents / data / touchpoints need to flow between the systems and in which direction
3) Discussing the business process
4) Addressing a specific pain points and explaining how eBridge can handle it using expertise and technology
5) Putting together an integration solution that involves no or minimal changes to the business process
Read more…

Integration, Technology Corner best practices, Integration, Mike C

Real-time processing implies that processing of data happens upon the completion of an event (request for data for example) and is immediately handed off to the next system that processes immediately and so on. Here, I’m mainly referring to the flow of information through the supply chain and the speed at which that information travels, which helps orchestrate the flow of materials and resources. Access to information in real-time provides business intelligence that allows decisions to be made about any changes that may be needed for the orchestration.

An example always helps so let’s look at something I come across at least a few times a month:

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Integration, Integration as a Service, eCommerce eCommerce, factors, feedback, Integration, Mike C

Good Afternoon,

Despite all of the humidity and thunderstorms experienced today, the development team still pulled through with a strong finish. Below are the new and updated integration connections that were deployed to the ePortal during the week of July 19, 2010:

• Royal Bank Of Canada 4010

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EDI Integration, eCommerce Connections, eCommerce, ecommerce integration, edi, ePortal, Integration, shopping cart

Good Afternoon,

Even though we’re getting excited for the Annual eBridge Golf Tournament next week, the connections keep on coming! Below are the new and updated integration connections that were deployed to the ePortal during the week of July 12, 2010:

• Fresh And Easy 5010 VICS

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EDI Integration, eCommerce Connections, eCommerce, ecommerce integration, edi, ePortal, Integration, shopping cart

Good Afternoon,

What’s the best way to beat a heatwave like the one we had this week? Well, at eBridge it means staying in the air conditioned office pumping out updated integration connections of course! Below are the updated integration connections that were deployed to the ePortal during the week of July 5th, 2010:

• Read more…

EDI Integration, eCommerce Connections, eCommerce, ecommerce integration, edi, ePortal, Integration, shopping cart

Good Afternoon,

This week, we had the pleasure of celebrating the first day of summer. More importantly though, this week also saw an impressive list of updated connections make its way to the ePortal! Below are the new and updated integration connections that were deployed to the ePortal during the week of June 21, 2010:

• Navarre 4010
• Princess Auto 4010
• Transnet 4010
• Wix Filters 4010

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EDI Integration, eCommerce Connections, eCommerce, ecommerce integration, edi, ePortal, Integration, shopping cart