As of 2009, SAP was the largest enterprise software company in the world. Headquartered in Germany, their flagship product, SAP ERP, is a powerful and popular B2B application suite. Since the mid-1970s, SAP has grown to be one of the dominant ERP vendors in the world. For many years, Focused E-Commerce has been helping companies of all sizes implement EDI for SAP to build an effective, productive and scalable trading network. They have an experienced project team capable of EDI Idocs mapping, supplier integration and other important EDI for SAP tasks.
Focused E-Commerce realizes the importance your supplier network and getting quality data into your ERP system is absolutely vital to the success of your SAP ERP system. SAP Idocs are structured ASCII files and is the exclusive format used by SAP to exchange data. Although these are basic flat files, their structure can be complex. Known as messages, the data in an EDI Idoc can be a new customer, a single sales order or represent hundreds of hierarchical purchase orders from a vendor. Small or large, EDI Idocs are the main vehicle for getting data through your EDI for SAP integration.
EDI Idoc Mappings
Because suppliers all have different systems, getting EDI Idoc mappings properly programmed is one of the most important tasks in any EDI for SAP project. Each Idoc has a specific format designating parent-child records, data fields and the starting and stopping position of each message. The consultants at Focused E-Commerce are very familiar with each Idoc and have helped many Fortune 100 companies configure hundreds of Idocs. Using years of proven EDI mapping techniques, their project team can bring a new EDI for SAP supplier into your network quickly, effectively and affordably.
Focused E-Commerce can help you establish your own EDI managed services or integrate into their custom EDI Hosting solution. Regardless, they understand the value of completing an EDI project on-time and under budget. The core values of their business are based on lowering your implementation costs while raising ROI. Rest assured any solution Focused E-Commerce develops will be flexible, durable and effective. The success of your supply chain depends on a supplier network that can feed your SAP ERP system with accurate and timely information. Establishing tried and true EDI Idoc mappings is a task that Focused E-Commerce is intimately familiar with. Their project team consists of individuals with years of experience in the field helping suppliers of all sizes realize the value of EDI for SAP.