Retail & Distribution

East of England Co-op Society, one of the largest consumer co-operatives in the UK, chose EDI PLUS  to roll out EDI across their entire supplier community. They focus on sourcing locally supporting over 140 smaller local suppliers in their region.

Not only do we provide the EDI capability required for the East of England Co-op’s larger suppliers, we also offer an EDI web portal for their smaller local suppliers that enables them to trade electronically as well.

Adopting the EDI PLUS Fully Managed Service, East of England Co-op have been able to take full advantage of all the benefits an outsourced solution provides, such as technical flexibility and an expert team to deliver and support the service.

East of England Co-op are one of the many independent Co-ops using the EDI PLUS service.

“Not only could EDI PLUS fulfil our technical requirements but their managed service approach also really impressed us. To have a delivery team available to support us during the rollout, managing the challenges of onboarding and ultimately be the first port of call for our suppliers when they are live was something we were very keen to take advantage of.”
John Dixey, Head of IT Development, East of England Co-op.

Formed in 2014, EVO Group is the largest multi-channel distributor of business supplies and services in the UK and Ireland. The recently merged Group boasts an industry leading final mile delivery service, an unmatched product range and in-depth market expertise.

EDI PLUS hosts, connects, transforms, validates and tracks every EDI document between EVO group and over 100 of their customer and supplier trading partners. Providing a complete managed service, we are an essential business partner to EVO Group, fully supporting their current and ever expanding business.

EDI PLUS are happy to report the completion of a successful integration project which exchanges Purchase Orders and Invoices between the City of Edinburgh Council and EVO Group, leaders of the Business Supplies and Services Industry across the UK and Ireland. Damon Wilkinson, Accountant with the City of Edinburgh Council, confirmed “This is one of the smoothest XML implementations I have worked on, which is entirely due to the level of expertise, availability and responsiveness.”

Other trading partners benefiting from the EDI PLUS Fully Managed Service include: