Connect to Boots via EDI

Connecting you to Boots via EDI

Boots, an iconic name in the world of retail and pharmacy, stands as a symbol of quality healthcare, beauty products, and wellness offerings. With a rich heritage dating back to 1849, Boots has grown into a trusted household brand, known for its commitment to providing accessible healthcare solutions and an extensive range of beauty and personal care products.

Many major retailers, especially those with large supply chains, including Boots, are adopting the use of electronic data interchange (EDI) in order to streamline their processes and improve efficiency across their business ecosystem. Meaning that in order to trade with Boots, you will have to adhere to their EDI specifications. Here’s everything you’ll need to know.

Boots’ Onboarding Process

In order to trade with Boots, you’ll first need to become an official supplier. If you haven’t secured your trading relationship with Boots yet, you’ll need to sign up to the RangeMe platform, this is how Boots discover and source new products to stock in their stores. Take a look at the process for becoming one of their new suppliers.

Once you have agreed on your relationship with Boots, filled out any necessary documentation and confirmed the message types you will be exchanging, they will send you information which will include your Supplier ID. In order for the EDI process to be triggered on Boots’ end, you will also need to create a vendor account. Please ensure you keep both of these on hand.

Our Onboarding Process

To get you connected to Boots, we can set you up to use either Netix One or Netix Flow, our dependable and durable EDI solutions. Both of these make the communication of EDI documents easier to transmit and receive.

The best fit for small businesses who may be starting their EDI journeys and are wishing to simply connect with their trading partners is Netix One, an intuitive web solution. Netix Flow expands capabilities by integrating with your current ERP, e-commerce, inventory, or WMS systems to remove manual input and automate essential activities. Following your selection of the best solution for your company’s requirements, it’s crucial to present our team with your:

• Supplier ID (sometimes referred to as a vendor number)

This data makes it possible for us to quickly establish a Value-Added Network (VAN) mailbox for you. A VAN is a secure and private network where all of your EDI messages will be transmitted and received. Boots trade utilising TRADACOMS. You must embrace the TRADACOMS EDI standard to exchange messages through their VAN network. However, our experience equips us with the capability to convert EDI messages into any format that is best suited to how your business operates.

The common message we set up for trading with Boots:

• Purchase Orders
• Invoices

Like with many of our trading partners, we use pre-configured maps to make the EDI onboarding process as smooth and easy as possible, ensuring that you can start trading with Boots as soon as possible. These pre-constructed maps for Boots mean a part of your connection is already set up and waiting for your solution to be linked.

Once all the necessary information has been provided to the project team, we will initiate the testing phase. During this phase, our installation team will work alongside Boots’ EDI team to test the messages that you will be exchanging within your Netix system. We will manage the installation and testing on your behalf to ensure that everything is set up and functioning correctly, ensuring a smooth start for when your system is live.

We are committed to the success of your business, therefore ahead of the launch of your connection, we will arrange training for every member of your team that would use Netix. These classes are designed to provide in-depth training, making sure that your staff are completely comfortable using the platform and are ready to take advantage of Netix and its potential.

Once the testing and training have been completed we’ll set the date for your ‘Go Live’.  You’ll then be set up and have everything you need to start trading with Boots via EDI.

Benefits of using any Netix system with Boots:

• Become EDI compliant in order to exchange necessary messages with Boots.
• Decrease manual data entry, which will save you time and lower the risk of mistakes.
• Prompt payments ensured by a quicker transaction processing time.
• The ability to connect to and add additional trading partners to one solution.

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Why you should choose Cegedim e-business

We are here to make digital trading as simple as possible for you as we recognise that EDI can be a challenging process. You will have a Netix expert at your side who will always have your best interests and those of your company in mind. They know what is necessary to set you up to trade via EDI with Boots in order to ensure a quick and easy onboarding.

We’ve created our pricing strategy to be scalable and future-proof. As your business develops and grows, so will your EDI requirements and our pricing model adapts to support this. In the past year, we have seen several industry-leading companies also make adjustments to their EDI requirements. Whether changing standards or mandating the exchange of documents like ASNs, you wouldn’t pay for the extra development cost to rewrite your entire entire connection under our pricing model, making for a more cost-effective solution.

When you’re ready to begin your EDI journey with Boots, we’re here to offer knowledgeable direction and specially designed solutions that fit your specific business requirements.

Reach out today and let’s embark on this transformative journey together.

Enquire about ED with Boots today!