Technology Solutions

We can help you save time and money by consolidating purchases online, automating processes, lowering costs and increasing procurement control. We offer a wide range of solutions to help you run your business efficiently and cost-effectively.

	Third Party Procurement Partners	Ferguson Direct Integration
FREE website offers advanced features to help you find and order products fast: Check account details Search for products & specs Get product availability Create and access quotes Review purchase history Print statements	Use Ferguson procurement solutions to manage your procurement process Receive custom pricing Browse custom catalog Route orders online	Integrate existing technology to reduce costs and speed processing: Order, invoice & pay online Automate purchases/invoicing Manage inventory
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A FREE web site that gives you real-time 24/7 access to account information, product details and availability, and the ability to create quotes and orders. Click here for more details or to register.

• eCatalog Partnerships
• Electronic Catalog Solutions & portals provide data to support customer-specific electronic catalogs
• Third Party Vendors:
• Ariba, Perfect Commerce, GSA Advantage, Ketera and SciQuest.

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• EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
• Electronic exchange of information between two businesses via any electronic messaging service, such as network or the internet.
• The data is transferred electronically, quickly and efficiently. EDI offers advantages that can help a business operate and keep ahead of its competition.
• Over 10 years of EDI experience
• We use EDI with over 523 trading partners of which include vendors, customers, carriers and banks.
• We exchange Purchase Orders, invoices and more.

• ESB (Enterprise Service Bus)
• Allows customers to trade electronic documents (purchase orders, acknowledgements, invoices, etc.) with Ferguson associates.
• Customers can submit purchase orders to Ferguson from their system and Ferguson can then create the order.
• Typically uses XML

• CIM (Customer Inventory/Order Management Services)
• Software uses customized handheld scanners (i.e., Palm) to scan bar-coded bin labels and enter order quantities or cycle counts.
• A customer Software uses customized handheld scanners (i.e., Palm) to scan bar-coded bin labels and enter order quantities or cycle counts.
• The Ferguson sales associate transfers the order data via a cradle device or modem. Once the data is transferred, it is used to replenish the customer’s inventory.

FAST is no longer available as of January 11, 2010. You can continue to place orders online, check inventory plus more using a faster, more robust tool – Ferguson Online. Learn more.

For more information on any of these solutions, please contact Technology.Solutions@ferguson.com.