EDI technology has been in existence for over 20 years, yet less than 20 percent of retailers are using it. Rather than incur the costs of buying EDI software and supporting an EDI VAN, not to mention the hassles of mapping to each and every manufacturer, most retailers continue to conduct business manually via phone and fax. This means that even if the manufacturer has made an investment in EDI, they cannot realize the full benefits of electronic document exchange with most of their customers.

The Rapid Adoption Program is designed to expedite the adoption of EDI by retailers who are trading with EDI-enabled manufacturers but not using EDI themselves. By leveraging the manufacturers' existing EDI infrastructures, FurnishNet's Rapid Adoption Program allows both retailers and manufacturers to enjoy greater operational efficiencies and cost reductions. It also hastens the goal of universal EDI adoption or direct integration with existing MRP/ERP systems.

FURNISHNET QUICKLY CONNECTS YOUR
BUSINESS PARTNERS
By implementing FurnishNet, retailers gain all the advantages of electronic data exchange without the high costs of EDI. FurnishNet supports more than 300 standard transaction sets. Orders sent to FurnishNet are translated into the manufacturer's preferred format then transmitted to the manufacturer's EDI VAN. Acknowledgments, advance ship notices, and invoices pass back over the EDI VAN, are translated into the retailer's preferred format, and delivered. Furthermore, FurnishNet only requires one data map standard from each participant, instead of a separate map for every business partner and transaction.

FURNISHNET HANDLES ALL MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT
FurnishNet is a totally outsourced solution. We install, configure, and test the software. We do the mapping. We take care of all the maintenance and support. There are no costs for software or upgrades, and no additional staffing costs to set up and maintain a network. This is a strong motivator for your retailers to make the move to electronic data exchange.

FURNISHNET PROVIDES TARGETED MARKETING
FOR RAPID ADOPTION
Manufacturers participating in the Rapid Adoption Program are asked to identify the priority retailers with whom they would like VAN or MRP/ERP system-to-system integration. FurnishNet then targets sales and marketing efforts to that list to encourage those retailers to get connected via FurnishNet to the manufacturer. Participation in the Rapid Adoption Program also qualifies the manufacturer for priority implementation with FurnishNet-enabled retailers, which further accelerates the delivery of increased business automation.