Covisint Connect - Supplier Connection
A Web-based EDI service to economically exchange
information with smaller and emerging market suppliers
Overview
PSA, Magna and Lear are all using
The Supplier Connection option of Covisint Connect
Supplier Connection to exchange EDI
provides a compliment to traditional EDI methods.
Supplier Connection will help you to gain participation documents, barcode labels and
from smaller suppliers or suppliers in emerging shipping documentation with their
markets that are typically hindered by economic suppliers that do not have traditional
barriers. Supplier Connection will enable you to gain EDI capabilities.
participation from your entire supply base in
electronic communications; initiatives permitting
better supply decisions and greater working capital
efficiency. Getting started is easy
By establishing a connection to the Covisint hub,
Supplier Connection is web based to reduce
economic and technical barriers that often prevent Supplier Connection will enable you to send
participation from smaller suppliers in traditional EDI forecasts and/or shipping schedules to non-EDI
suppliers -- directly from your legacy systems. There
initiatives. Greater participation from your suppliers
will produce previously unavailable information that will be a reduction of manual processes and
can be used to make more informed decisions. administrative costs associated with sending and
receiving critical supply chain data to these suppliers.
Supplier Connection is available in six languages to
reach your global supply base -- English, French, Supplier Connection can be precisely configured to
German, Italian, Spanish and Simplified Chinese. facilitate your specific data requirements and
business rules to ensure information integrity for you
and your suppliers. Covisint will work with your
suppliers to establish security and prepare them to
quickly begin exchanging data with your company.
Supplier Connection has powerful configuration
capabilities to customize it around your specific
business needs. Inbound transactions, ASN forms,
shipping documents and bar code labels can all be
customized for your company.
Covisint, a subsidiary of Compuware Corporation 1-888-222-1700 www.covisint.com
Since it is easy for your suppliers, they will more Supplier Connection Features
eagerly participate
• Send forecasts and/or shipping schedules to non-
Supplier Connection is a web-based solution that EDI suppliers, directly from legacy systems
requires only an Internet connection, Web browser and resulting in a reduction of manual processes and
a laser printer that will be easy for your suppliers to administrative costs associated with sending and
use. Although Supplier Connection can be customized, receiving critical supply chain data.
the screen organization and functional operation
remain consistent for your suppliers across all of their • Receive an acknowledgement of document receipt
customers that use Covisint Supplier Connection. A to support automated communications tracking
consistent, multi-lingual user interface supported by including the ability to track supplier "read" of
customer specific editing tools enables your suppliers received documents.
to readily understand and adapt to customer variations.
• Receive a ship notice (ASN) or invoice directly into
Plus, ASN data is used to create and print bar code legacy systems to create improved data integrity.
shipping labels that meet customer specific label
specifications. • Email Notifications and Alerting – each registered
user can elect to receive an email notification when
new documents are received.
• Flexibility to integrate with your systems – many
connectivity options and formats including
EDIFACT, Odette, X12, XML, CSV or proprietary
formats.
• Send bulletins to your suppliers – Important
information can be prominently displayed in front of
your suppliers and their response tracked.
• Customized User Interface - Each user can specify
his time zone and language preference for viewing
information. User privileges can be designated for
specific company locations and system functions.
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