Client Background
Global Sourcing Connection (GLOSO) is a certified woman-owned (WBENC) and industry-leading promotional products distributor with factory direct capabilities. They are experts in brand awareness and committed to the highest level of customer service and on-time delivery, combining innovation, creativity and functionality while exceeding their customer’s expectations but not their budgets.
Challenge
- Multiple suppliers, both large and small
- Large suppliers required automated integrations using different protocols (webservices, API, File Drops, etc.)
- Smaller companies they do business with were low-tech and wanted email and excel file capabilities
- GLOSO needed a single platform that could support multiple types of integrations by product supplier
The Envalo Solution
- Integrated Envalo’s ESB with multiple suppliers and 3rd party logistics, for warehouses and carriers across 2 countries in two currencies to support a single cart order and checkout
- Inventory tracked separately by supplier / warehouse
- Behind the scenes, orders were split into multiple shipments by supplier / warehouse with each ‘sub-order’ leveraging different integration technologies to communicate with external organizations for inventory, order create, and shipping update
- Envalo’s ESB was also integrated with GLOSO’s ERP system for accounting, allowing for invoice and department level tracking by SKU and sales rep.
Project Outcomes
- GLOSO achieved an enterprise-level solution leveraging lower cost open source solutions, giving them a competitive advantage in their space
- Solution allowed them to deliver on a large Fortune 500 client, exceeding their clients’ expectations
