Automate the exchange of supply chain documents
An effortless, fully managed EDI integration service tailored to your business needs
Our association with Crossfire
Part of the Sandfield software development company, Crossfire is a trusted integration service leader with more than 200 customers in New Zealand, Australia and around the world.
Abel started working with the Crossfire team in 2022 to streamline EDI implementations and services between our customers and popular Australasian trading partners.
We have worked together to make EDI integrations faster and easier for Abel’s customers. Our collaboration with Crossfire also helps to streamline the implementation process, by reducing testing and certification time and resolving issues more quickly via face-to-face teamwork.
Abel customers can also benefit from Crossfire’s experience with Foodstuffs, as the integration engine provider for the grocery retailer’s new Supplier eXchange platform, which interfaces with over 3000 suppliers, handling 73 million transactions annually.
Key Metrics
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Over 1 billion EDI messages per year
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70% to 90% reductions in processing time
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$26 cost savings per order (+ $16 per invoice)
Metrics provided by Crossfire, April 2024
Introducing Crossfire
Crossfire is a fully managed, New Zealand-owned EDI and API integration service that removes the technical complexities and risks of exchanging supply chain documents and data with trading partners of all sizes.
Whether you are a large manufacturer, mid-sized supplier or boutique business, Crossfire offers flexible, customised integration solutions that automate costly and error-prone manual tasks like creating purchase orders, shipping notices and invoices.
With over 30 years of EDI experience and a powerful integration platform, Crossfire’s team of developers and business experts tailor EDI and API solutions to streamline your order management processes and help you achieve greater accuracy, productivity and visibility.
Benefits
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> 01 High performance
Crossfire’s cloud-based platform has been built and optimised to deal with most integration scenarios, ensuring high-performance and support for multiple systems, formats, and connectivity methods. The platform uses standard EDI message formats to streamline data exchange between your Abel system and popular retailers and third-party logistics providers. Together Abel and Crossfire have implemented Foodstuffs, Woolworths Supermarkets and Ottogi 3PL, and Crossfire offers the potential for more including Mitre 10, Bunnings, Farmers and The Warehouse.
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> 02 Fully-managed solution
With Crossfire’s collaborative approach and end-to-end integration service, everything is taken care of: from setup, testing and hosting to monitoring, maintenance and support. You won’t need any technical expertise, extra software or hardware – or find any hidden costs or pricing surprises. Crossfire also backs up their high-performance standards with guaranteed service levels.
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> 03 Local expertise and support
Crossfire has an Auckland-based team of integration experts and in-house support to assist customers. If any issues arise the person who worked on your integration will be available to help. Crossfire also has a 24/7 message monitoring system that raises alerts and notifications, so issues can be resolved even before customers notice them.