
SUCCESS STORY
Paul Sunny | MerchSource LLC
Location
California, USA
Industry
Markets and distributes consumer products to the Retail sector.
Business Challenge
Needed to automate the matching of remittance advice notes to invoices in NetSuite.
Solution
B2BGateway.Net developed a cash / remittance advice application to automate the entire process for MerchSource.
Results
The solution saved MerchSource a huge amount of time, company resources and eliminated costly errors associated with the re-keying of EDI data.

CUSTOMER PROFILE
Based in Foothill Ranch, California, MerchSource LLC markets and distributes consumer products to the retail sector and consumers. The company offers multiple product categories such as electronic goods, toys, pet products, household accessories, and gift items. Its clientele include CVS, JCPenney, Macy’s, Kohls, Rite Aid, Mervyns, Target, Overstock.com, etc.
BUSINESS CHALLENGE
When MerchSource sends an invoice to a customer, the customer will send back a payment that must be entered into NetSuite and applied against the open invoice. MerchSource receives checks valued at multiple millions of dollars per month that must be applied against thousands of specific invoices. This is very time consuming when handled manually due to restrictions within the NetSuite user interface. MerchSource had to hire temporary staff and borrow staff from other departments to help accounting enter and apply these checks. It is a nightmare for the organization and takes up valuable days every month.
SOLUTION
MerchSource contacted B2BGateway, their NetSuite EDI partner, looking for solution to their ongoing payment remittance advice needs. B2BGateway was able to create a web-services integration that took a spreadsheet listing the various open invoices, the amounts to apply, the check number from the customer and various other relevant fields to automate this entire process. B2BGateway can now import the customer payment transactions and automatically apply these payments to the invoices MerchSource specifies. This has saved MerchSource many days’ worth of manual labor and saved them from having to hire temporary staff specifically for this task.
BUSINESS BENEFITS
The solution saved MerchSource LLC a huge amount of manual entry and freed up much needed company resources and time. It also eliminated costly errors associated with the re-keying of data. B2BGateway, NetSuite’s EDI Solution Partner since 2001, has provided an easy, fully integrated and automated cash / remittance advice solution for MerchSource.
ABOUT B2BGATEWAY
Since 2001, B2BGateway has been providing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) & API Connectivity Solutions for NetSuite users. B2BGateway’s cloud-based EDI & API Connectivity solutions allow the NetSuite user to communicate seamlessly with their customers and 3PL’s. We offer both web based and fully integrated EDI & API Connectivity solutions to cater for all market needs and wants (e.g. X12, EDIFACT, Tradacoms, Eancom, Odette, oioUBL, XML, VAN, AS2, FTP, etc.). Our Cloud/SaaS based fully integrated EDI & API Connectivity solutions will integrate seamlessly with all NetSuite ERP Solutions.
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