Ace Hardware EDI

Connect with Ace Hardware, without the complexity

Fully-managed means your integration setup and support is totally taken care of.

Expert integration, made easy

Crossfire provides the most comprehensive Ace Hardware EDI integration solutions. Our proven approach is flexible and customisable to exactly what you need, ensuring your business is getting the most it can from automation.

We’re trusted by a wide range of customers to supply fully managed EDI services, ensuring a robust and efficient integration between Ace Hardware and external service providers.

Crossfire's fully-managed integration service

Why use Crossfire for EDI?

01.

Fully managed service

Working with us requires no in-house EDI knowledge, we take care of everything involved in your integration.

02.

Automated data flow

An automated ordering process that reduces errors and
increases efficiencies.

03.

Simple pricing

Unlimited messages, Crossfire is a fixed monthly price.

04.

Fast and proven integration

Crossfire can draw on years of experience with Ace Hardware EDI integrations and take into account unique business processes when developing a solution.

Ace Hardware Integration with Crossfire EDI Requirements

Common EDI Requirements

Receive Purchase Orders from Ace Hardware into your system automatically via Crossfire.

Once you have reviewed the order in your system, and updated quantities (if applicable), Crossfire will pull a POA, which will be sent to Ace Hardware.

An ASN is sent to Ace Hardware via Crossfire when a shipment is created. This confirms the delivery details and outlines the contents of the order.

When you're ready to, you can send invoices to Ace Hardware via Crossfire at the press of a button. This usually happens by confirming an invoice or completing an order in most systems.

Product Activity Data is sent from Ace Hardware. Crossfire will typically pick this up, translate it into a readable format/report and send this to you.

Crossfire will pull out a list of products and prices from your system, this will be converted into Ace Hardware’s format and sent to them in their required format.

If Ace Hardware needs to amend an order they have already sent to you, they will send through a PO Change. Crossfire will pick this up, and push this into your system, with an identifier that indicates that there is a change to the order.

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Our service

Setting up your integration

A one-off setup cost per connection; includes:

Requirements analysis
Liaising with all stakeholders
System and data review
Implementation of formats, transports and rules
Internal testing
End-to-end User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Go-live

Monthly hosting and support

An ongoing monthly cost per connection; includes:

24/7 phone and email support
AWS hosting with 99.99% uptime
No ‘per message’ fees
Management of errored messages
24/7 system monitoring and alerts
Maintaining system API updates
Access to the Crossfire Orders Portal for easy self-support

What is Ace Hardware?

Ace Hardware Corporation is an American hardware retailers' cooperative based in Oak Brook, Illinois, United States. It is the world's largest hardware retail cooperative, and the largest non-grocery American retail cooperative.

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EDI Integration with Ace Hardware

Connect with Ace Hardware using Crossfire’s fully-managed EDI & API integration service offering.

Connect with Ace Hardware, without the complexity

Crossfire's fully-managed integration service