One inventory record, one login.
What runs today, stated plainly, and what is being built, stated just as plainly. Connect to our real-time inventory system and exchange orders, tracking and inventory as they happen, over secure EDI and API connections.
- Order intake
- EDI · online ordering
- Inventory
- Owner-scoped, by SKU and lot
- Client portal
- In development
Live today
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
In today’s digital landscape, consumers and business partners want and expect the most out of their relationships and shopping experiences. When speed, transparency and sustainability mean everything, an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) warehouse system can play an integral part in fulfilling those needs. In addition to expediting and standardizing the exchange of routine paper documentation to and from internal and external systems, an EDI solution also connects real-time inventory status for large volumes of products to trading partners, reducing backorder times and delayed shipments.
MGA Innovation has the solutions for your organization. Our EDI warehouse systems help eliminate tedious, manual paper-based processes. That reduces costs and promotes sustainability, and it protects against human error by adding a layer of protection to your organization’s internal systems that combats fraud and improves record-keeping.
Business records commonly automated through an EDI warehouse system
- Purchase orders (PO)
- Invoices and transaction sets
- Requests for quotes
- Routing instructions
- Promotional announcements
- Asset schedules
- And more
The whole supply chain benefits
Your internal organization and end consumers are not the only ones who benefit from quicker fulfillment times and shipping transparency. Trading partners reap the rewards as well. MGA’s EDI solution enables all parts of the supply chain, so retailers, distributors, manufacturers and other stakeholders can remove barriers and communicate with one another instantly.
Application Programming Interface (API)
Application programming interfaces let the end user move data quickly across two or more systems in real time, so their software stays constantly available, or “open”, and integrates easily with third-party software. MGA’s fulfillment API serves as an interface between software programs, helping them interact the same way an interface allows humans to interact with computers.
For organizations looking to improve their supply chain, whether orders are pick and pack or drop-shipped, a fulfillment API may be the right choice. With our fulfillment API, we can quickly onboard new partners and respond to changes from existing clients without skipping a beat.
When it comes to your order fulfillment method, our API gives your organization the agility to update shipping properties quickly. Integrating an API fulfillment solution provides a boost to your supply chain efficiency. A few examples:
- Fulfillment status
- Tracking information
- Requests for pickups
Live today
Real-time inventory
Track the movement of your products instantly with our real-time inventory system. Simplify your inventory management and reduce human error with automated systems that let you appraise your stock at a glance and coordinate complex inventory transactions with a click. MGA Innovation’s talented team of experts has the experience and skills you need to implement and maintain a current system that can save you mistakes, time and money.
At MGA there is one inventory record for everything in the building. Counts are owner-scoped and lot-level, from receiving through packing, storage and shipping, because product never leaves the plant between stages.
Real-time inventory, explained
Is real-time inventory right for you?
General notes
What is real-time inventory management?
Real-time inventory management is a form of inventory management that lets businesses track and account for inventory across multiple facilities and sales channels. Businesses use barcodes, scanners, serial numbers, inventory software and RFID tags to keep track of their inventory minute to minute.
This constantly updating system creates unparalleled inventory transparency, so you know not only where your stock is, but how it got there, how long it’s been there, and whether a particular item is running low.
What are its strengths and weaknesses?
Perpetual live monitoring of your products takes resources to implement and maintain. But once implemented, real-time inventory can:
- Help you create more accurate accounting records.
- Lower the likelihood of stockouts.
- Reduce lost inventory.
- Integrate inventory management smoothly across multiple locations.
- Calculate the exact cost of goods sold for each item you sell.
- Improve inventory visibility, including the status of transfers.
- Give you a clear idea of where your business stands.
Who benefits from real-time inventory?
Not every business requires real-time inventory. But for companies that need to register changes as they happen, it is an important investment. Companies that benefit include:
- Small businesses keeping track of their cost of goods sold (COGS), which can affect the amount of tax the business owes.
- Companies that experience regular fluctuations in customer demand, such as businesses that sell seasonal products.
- Businesses that see a high volume of sales and quick inventory turnover.
- Companies that sell merchandise across multiple locations or sales channels.
If your business matches any of these descriptions, a real-time inventory management system can be well worth the investment. Small companies with low inventories, a limited selection of products and low turnover would likely not find a real-time inventory system helpful.
In development
The client portal.
Orders, inventory, job status, tracking and invoices in one login, with a documented public API and webhooks. It is not live yet, and we will not pretend otherwise.
We are replacing our order and inventory systems. If you are planning an integration, ask for the migration plan before you scope the connection.
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Order capture
Request pages for sampling programs.
For a sampling or promotional program we can stand up the request page that feeds orders straight into fulfillment: the page that ended duplicate requests for Sanofi and made request data available to the client in real time.
MGA also designs, develops, hosts and manages product microsites, and provides database management for the mailing lists and order data behind them.
The Sanofi program
An OTC sample program engineered around the postage rate
A carton designed for the best available USPS rate, mailed weekly to hold a two-week in-home window — then an order-capture page that ended duplicate requests.
- Client
- Sanofi
- Exit
- To the Mailbox
- Category
- OTC allergy
- Mail cadence
- Weekly
- In-home window
- Two weeks
Talk to us
Need help automating EDI and API processing?
Whatever EDI or API tasks you want to integrate and automate, you can do it with MGA. Our experts can review technical challenges with you and discuss how they can be addressed.
Our teams have years of experience managing and working with real-time inventory systems. Contact us to get the architecture guidance you want, along with references to help you integrate your existing system, and to discuss your real-time inventory options.
Scope the connection with us.
Tell us the trading partners, the documents and the volumes you need to exchange, and the date the connection has to be live.