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Benefits for Companies -- DISTRIBUTORS
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Distributors have unique situations regarding bar code and
electronic commerce issues. The countless demands from manufacturers and
customers force far too many options at the distributor. Sometimes, these
options become brick walls of frustration. IBCA is ready to help distributors
tackle many technology challenges.
In addition to the support provided below, IBCA provides pier
to pier contact, inexpensive education and a place to address problems or
concerns.
 | Telephone support. For answers to
questions related to the bar code guidelines and other topics. Call
215-489-1722 for answers to your questions about:
 | Bar Code, EDI, Electronic Commerce. |
| Application-related questions; i.e. inventory control
& warehouse management, time & attendance, asset
tracking, job tracking, etc. |
| Technology providers; who should you contact? |
|
| Tele-Consulting. Your company is entitled to a
one-hour, one-on-one, tele-consulting phone call each year ($250 value).
This is an excellent time to consider new implementations or to review
progress on EDI, e-commerce or bar code projects. You can have your whole
project team in on the call. |
| Telephone Seminars. Participate in any of the
regularly scheduled Tele-Net sessions FREE. This is an
$89 value for
each event! You can use these sessions to introduce new ideas or bring new
employees up to speed. |
| Technology Review Newsletter. Once each quarter, we
will provide a newsletter specifically edited to provide you useful
information about technology in layman’s terms. |
| Supply Chain Compliance Overview on the Internet. We
will provide you a company-specific Supply Chain Compliance Overview web
page that outlines what your company is doing relative to bar code,
e-commerce and EDI. The web page can be resident on your server or IBCA’s. |
| Bar Code Policy. IBCA provides assistance in
developing a company specific Bar Code Policy to make sure that customers
understand what you intend to provide. |
| Trading Partner Policy. We will help you develop a
program to communicate bar code policy to your trading partners. |
| EC Task Force. Detailed information about EC
and Bar Code Task Force issues that might affect you. |
| Bar Code Equipment Vendor Locator. Discuss your
needs with an unbiased professional to help you find and evaluate those who
supply the products and services that you need. |
| Bar Code Guidelines. Company members receive a
complete set of the guidelines. Many guidelines-related issues are addressed
in IBCA's regular newsletter, IBCA News and Views, sent to all
company members. |
| Electronic Data Base Distribution. Suppliers who
assign U.P.C. numbers to their products may submit an electronic copy of
their inventory file to be logged into the IBCA/INSIGHT data base. We will
verify file format, add files to the data base and distribute files, in
standard format, via the Internet. The advantage to the manufacturer is that
whenever he/she receives requests from customers for a copy of the file,
he/she can just direct them to the IBCA web
site. In addition, the customer can go to one convenient source to obtain
listings for one or more suppliers. Currently the data base contains over
500,000 items. Click here to view the current list
of files. |
| Label Review. Send us samples of your labels for
review. We will verify compliance with your industry guidelines, including:
label layout; symbologies used; bar code scannability; human readable data;
and overall print quality. |
| Educational Materials. IBCA members can purchase educational
materials offered through InsightU at 30% off the retail price. |
