281: Solve Onboarding with EDI Software from Orderful
Erik Kiser is the founder of Orderful, an EDI software provider. He began his career as a consultant building supply chain integrations, where he was struck by the inefficient processes companies used to trade data. This experience led him to start his own EDI integration consulting firm, which he grew to 50 people before founding Orderful. Kiser's core insight was the need for a modern, API-first platform to level the playing field between large enterprises and smaller suppliers. He is focused on helping the 80% of the market that lacks sophisticated EDI solutions to connect and trade more efficiently.
Today I’m joined by Orderful, a forward-thinking EDI software provider, that is on a mission to modernize contemporary supply chains.
Orderful is a complete cloud EDI platform for manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and technology companies. With an API that enables companies to connect once and trade EDI data with their supply chain, Orderful customers are able to consolidate their EDI software integration complexity and quickly enable trading partners as self-service to reduce costs.
Today Erik Kiser, founder and CEO at Orderful, joins me to chat all about the company: what they do; why it’s so important to help the small guys get to market; why existing EDI software infrastructures can’t keep up; and Orderful’s mission to create a world where data trading is not a barrier.
Erik’s founder story, and the journey that led him to “experience the tension between small suppliers and giant buyers” first hand, and establish Orderful.
A closer look at the challenges businesses face as they trade data, why most EDI software providers on the market don’t adequately address these challenges, and why offering custom software isn’t enough.
An overview of Orderful – what they do, and how they help their customers.
From real-time feedback to quickly resolving problems and validating data, a closer look at all the ways Orderful can help businesses save time.
How the pandemic has changed the way businesses think about data, how they relate to it and move it around their networks.
How Orderful’s EDI software works for logistics.
The onboarding process with Orderful, and what they mean by the phrase ‘self-service.’
How Orderful can help to better support supplier diversity.
The ideal client for Orderful.
A case study showing how Orderful helped Coke Industries to define its onboarding process, through automation, reduction of back and forth and the creation of a more efficient team – ultimately helping them to reduce a typical eight week onboarding to five days.
The future for Orderful, after securing an extra $19 million in series B funding in 2021.
Resources & Links Mentioned
- Head over to Orderful’s website now to find out more and discover how they could help you too. You can also connect with Orderful and keep up to date with the latest over on LinkedIn, Twitter or YouTube, or you can connect with Erik on LinkedIn.
- If you enjoyed this episode and want to hear more from Orderful, check out their blog A New Cloud EDI Platform: 5 Ways to Simplify EDI, or watch Erik on a special live episode of Thoughts and Coffee, where Erik and Sarah dive into more issues around EDI and trending industry news.
- You might also enjoy episode 1 of LogTech Live with Eric Johnson, where he talks everything logistics and technology, or episode 5 of No Bullshipping with Hope White, where she talks all about putting diverse suppliers in front of big corporations.
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