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chop 20% off your current edi costs RIGHT NOW!

Switch to the Commport EDI Value Added Network (VAN) and receive a minimum 20% savings on your current EDI costs from another provider. To make switching even easier Commport will provide a 50% savings for the first 2 months!

Call now: 905.727.8088 ext. 2230


The New COPA EDI Program

Commport Communications is honoured to partner with COPA on a new and outstanding member program that can deliver hundreds or thousands of dollars in annual EDI savings.

EDI, as a technology, streamlines business processes to increase efficiencies while leveraging computerized automation. Your company, like most organizations in the office products industry, is likely using EDI as a part of your supply chain operations.The question is, how much is it costing you?



What COMMPORT CUSTOMERS are Saying
"Since moving our business over to Commport from Sterling, we have cut our monthly spend by 55%. Their performance is reliable, and if we need information or hands-on assistance, we get it."

Harry Wanless

General Manager
Acme United Limited
Tel: 519-940-8755 ext. 2227
www.acmeunited.com
"The quality of the Commport service is excellent. The total EDI cost for us is about 25% of the amount it was with our previous supplier.”

Bernard Daigle

VP Information Systems
Blueline Rediform
Tel: 450-346-6827 ext. 254
www.bluelineinc.com

Changing EDI Providers is Easier than You Think

  1. Send an e-mail to Brian Miles containing any information on your current EDI provider relationship, an estimate of typical monthly volumes and confirm your current COPA membership. The volume information required is the average monthly volume of Kilo Characters or the number of documents handled. This information is shown on your current invoices
  2. Brian will work with you to ensure that your savings are met
  3. Choose a switchover date
  4. Commport will communicate with your trading partners
  5. A letter on your letterhead is sent to your trading partners and their EDI providers notifying them of the date. (Commport has templates or you may draft your own)
  6. Commport works with you on connecting to the Commport Network (using your desired protocol)
  7. Commport performs the switch and monitors to ensure a seamless transition
  8. You're ready to start saving!

New to EDI?

Commport is proud to offer some of the best value in the industry and will give participating members a minimum of 20 per cent discount off its standard rates. Sign up today by providing your COPA membership ID and we will help get you started. Not a COPA member? Contact Sam Moncada, president, at 905.624.9462 ext. 228, or download the application form and information from the personal page

The Commport VAN includes

  • Store and Forward Mailboxing to exchange business documents with your trading partners
  • All Data is Archived and actively available for 3 months
  • Complimentary Access to RouterLiNK – Commport’s Network Visibility Tool – view, resend, and download your document information through one tool.
  • Global reach connecting to more than 75 other networks and trading partners
  • Multiple communications options - AS2, AS1, FTP, SFTP, VPN – Send all of your documents for all of your trading partners to Commport and Commport will manage the outbound connections
  • Multiple standards inherent in the network - ANSI X12, EDIFACT, TRADECOM
  • Access to an experienced EDI support team
 

Questions?

Sam Moncada, President - COPA
Tel: 905.624.9462 ext. 228
smoncada@copa.ca
Brian Miles, President, db advantage inc.
Tel: 905.727.8088 ext. 2230
bmiles@dbadvantage.ca

Quick FAQs
 
About Commport Communications
Commport Communications International, inc. the majority owner of db advantage inc., has been offering Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Electronic Commerce (EC) solutions since 1985. For over 20 years, Commport’s focus has been to make the connections from business to business fast, flawless, and flexible. Our suite of EDI Services and Supply Chain solutions allow our customers to exchange business documents with their trading partner communities electronically, reliably, and securely anywhere in the world.
About the Offer:
This offer is targeted at companies already doing EDI and, as such, already have an EDI Value Added Network (VAN) and EDI translation solution. There is no requirement to change EDI translation solutions in order to take advantage of the savings that moving to the Commport VAN can provide. All customers are subject to a minimum monthly fee.