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Distribution; Manufacturing; Retail; Electrical; Industrial; HVAC; Plumbing; Medical; and Government.
Operating System: Windows, Linux, UNIX, AIX
Database: MS SQL Server or SQL Azure
Presentation: Web Browser, GUI
Delivery: OnPremise, Hosted, SaaS (On-Demand), Web-based
IDEA’s solutions seamlessly integrate with these ERP systems: Epicor, Infor, JD Edwards, Oracle, SAP, Ximple Solutions, and many more.
Entry Price Point: Solutions start as low as $100/month.
Contact sales for more information.
Sales Channel: Direct in North America
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Whether you’re in the market for a new business system, or just planning to make an upgrade, IDEA can help power your ERP with robust and accurate product information, and automate B2B communications with suppliers via electronic data interchange (EDI).
IDEA’s deep category knowledge was born in the electrical industry in 1998. We were founded through a partnership rooted in the collective leadership of the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) members. IDEA has since expanded to serve the industrial, HVAC, plumbing, medical, consumer packaged goods and government verticals.
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| IDEA provides the industry with educational resources online through our eNewsletter and social outreach on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and more. IDEA also hosts an annual event, the IDEA E-Biz Forum, where B2B distribution leaders can discover how to utilize the latest eBusiness strategies and technologies. |
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Industry Data Exchange (IDX)—Exchange electronic documents confidently and affordably with this EDI solution. IDX provides a premium service, offering valuable and practical perks that other VANs routinely charge extra for such as an online application to track and analyze B2B communications. |
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EDI Managed Services—Conduct EDI without the need to hire additional staff or purchase software. Our service can include: EDI set-up, mapping, and maintaining trading partner relationships. |
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Text-to-EDI Conversion—Automate business communications and transactions with trading partners that aren’t EDI-capable. |
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Advanced Search Engine, CMS, and Web Storefront— Manage catalog content and publish multiple versions of this content to one or more mediums (e.g. ERP system, web storefront) to differentiate yourself from other distributors and help customers find you online. |
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Industry Data Warehouse (IDW)—IDEA works with nearly 300 manufacturers to populate the IDW, the official data synchronization platform of the electrical industry, with product information such as transactional, packaging, and marketing data for over 1500 brands. |
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Data Management Platform (DMP)—Manipulate and validate the product information you receive from various sources (e.g. the IDW or directly from manufacturers) in one location before importing it into your ERP system and web storefront. With DMP, you can communicate your specific product data needs to suppliers down to the item level. |
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eCatalog and Estimating Module—ElectricSmarts integrates IDW product data into estimating systems accessed by contractors and specifiers and through their eCatalog, which you can embed on your website. |
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| IDEA is the official eCommerce standards creating and setting body for the electrical industry, and many of these standards translate to the other industries. IDEA partners with GS1 US in developing United Nations Standard Products and Services Codes (UNSPSC®). |
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Electrical Attribute Schema—Based on the UNSPSC® product categorization system, this template standardizes product marketing descriptors, so that it’s easier for you to develop product drill-downs for your website. |
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EDIPro Standards—IDEA helps implement EDI in the electrical industry and facilitates trading partner set-up, so that you can automate more business processes. EDIPro provides a detailed subset of the ANSI X12 specification, one of the largest EDI standards available. |
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Net Cost Synchronization—IDEA supplies standardized net price exchange methods, so that you can receive your net costs from manufacturers in a secure and consistent format, and reduce manual processes. |
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With over 22 years of 
