ECRS and United Natural Foods Sign Agreement to Drive Growth and Efficiency for Grocery Retailers
United Natural Foods, Inc. (NYSE: UNFI) announced a partnership with ECRS to enhance its Professional Services suite for CATAPULT retail users. This collaboration focuses on improving Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) capabilities, aiming to streamline operations and customer experiences for grocery retailers. UNFI's customizable services aim to lower costs and boost sales by integrating technologies like digital coupons and delivery services. With over 2,000 EDI accounts active, the partnership is expected to process over 500,000 electronic transmissions in 2023, simplifying ordering and enhancing supply chain efficiency.
- Partnership with ECRS enhances Professional Services suite for grocery retailers.
- Integration of EDI capabilities expected to improve operational efficiency.
- Over 2,000 EDI accounts to process 500,000 electronic transmissions in 2023.
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UNFI Professional Services' customizable suite of business solutions help independent grocery retailers increase sales, lower costs, and enhance their customers' experience. The CATAPULT retail automation solution connects inventory and supply chain, customer loyalty, point-of-sale, self-service, online ordering, and other critical retail operations technologies in real time. UNFI customers already using CATAPULT will experience an elevated customer experience in a seamless, cost-saving solution.
"UNFI retail customers utilize our scale, insights, and innovative offerings to deliver a differentiated value proposition and our agreement with ECRS will help these retailers continue to grow and thrive," said UNFI President
With ECRS' subscription-based supply chain software, ECRS Gateway®, and UNFI's Data Exchange program, UNFI retail customers can easily automate supply chain processes and simplify the ordering experience. CATAPULT users can electronically submit a variety of documents, including purchase orders and receive invoices, promotional files, and catalog data.
"UNFI provides a great deal of technological services at a scale that can give our mutual retail customers tremendous leverage in the marketplace," said
Currently, ECRS Gateway hosts over 2,000 EDI accounts across UNFI's retail customer network. Using ECRS Gateway, these retailer accounts are expected to process over 500,000 electronic transmissions in 2023, in the form of purchasing and receiving documents to and from UNFI. Not only are these orders automatically transmitted to UNFI, but many of them are also created automatically, through CATAPULT's advanced scheduling and computer-assisted replenishment models. This reduces the need for manual entry and puts products on the floor faster.
Retailers interested in learning more about this program can reach out to UNFI's Professional Services or visit the ECRS booth #1137 at the NGA Show in
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