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B2BGATEWAY – drop stop case study B2BGateway EDI solutions help Drop Stop trade with Wal-Mart “As a client of B2B Gateway, the transition to working with retailer Wal-Mart Drop Stop – At a glance has been seamless. Using B2B's solutions and applications have allowed us to work efficiently with our fulfillment company making sure Wal-Mart’s needs Customer: are met on a daily basis. Thank you B2B for your help and being there when Drop Stop we needed you most." Location: Jeffrey Simon, Co-Inventor | Drop Stop Los Angeles, CA, USA Industry: Consumer goods specializing in the Customer Profile accounting software solution. automotive accessories sector. Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, This removed the need for Drop Drop Stop is a patented device Stop’s staff to re-key data when Business Challenge: designed to prevent items from falling processing orders, invoices and After winning an investment on down in between a car's front seats shipping notices to Wal-Mart and popular TV show, Shark Tank, Drop and center console. Drop Stop was MFALS. The B2BGateway Warehouse Stop won a contract to supply Wal- invented by Marc Newburger and Support Site (WSS) also allowed Mart stores. A condition of trading Jeffrey Simon after Marc found himself Drop Stop to produce their own GS1- with Wal-Mart is that suppliers in a near collision when he dropped his 128 labels and Advance Ship Notices must be EDI compliant. Drop Stop cell phone while driving. The product in-house. also wished to communicate was later featured on the popular through EDI with their 3PL television program, Shark Tank, where Business Benefits Motivational Fulfillment and the co-founders secured an Now, Drop Stop has an EDI solution Logistics Services. investment of $300,000. that is fully-integrated with QuickBooks and thus allows them to Solution: Business Challenge receive EDI 850 (Purchase Order) B2BGateway’s Fully-integrated EDI After securing the Shark Tank transaction sets from Wal-Mart and solutions for QuickBooks. investment, Drop Stop won a contract return EDI 810 (Invoices) and EDI 856 to supply Wal-Mart, where suppliers (Advance Ship Notices). Drop Stop Results: are mandated to become EDI also communicates through EDI with Achieved Wal-Mart supplier compliant for the exchange of their 3PL, Motivational Fulfillment compliance, greater supply chain standard business documents. Drop and Logistics Services, sending EDI efficiencies with outsourced 3PL Stop also wished to exchange shipping 940 (Warehouse Shipping Orders) provider. Drop Stop now has the orders and shipping advices and receiving EDI 945 (Warehouse ability to win other large retail electronically with their 3PL Shipping Advice), which allows them contracts by being EDI compliant. Motivational Fulfillment and Logistics to fulfill the order and invoice Wal- Services (MFALS). Mart. B2BGateway’s fully-integrated For more information about B2BGateway +1 401-491-9595 // Main Office EDI solutions have greatly improved http://www.B2BGateway.Net // Web Address Solution Drop Stop’s supply chain efficiencies, [email protected] // Email Address On the recommendation of MFALS, reduced errors and drastically cut © 2014 B2BGateway.Net. All rights reserved. Drop Stop contacted B2BGateway to down on costs. Being EDI compliant This case study is for informational purposes only. provide them with EDI connections to also opens up other doors for B2BGATEWAY.NET MAKES NO WARRANTIES both Wal-Mart and MFALS. negotiating new contracts with other EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN THIS DOCUMENT. B2BGateway, a QuickBooks Gold large scale box store and online Developer since 2003, was able to retailers. fully-integrate Drop Stop’s EDI needs with their QuickBooks January 2014 [email protected] | +1 401-491-9595 1 .