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Web Site
Tech Data's Web site offers a complete product catalog with Quick Search and Advanced
Search options, detailed technical specifications, real-time warehouse availability
(includes ETA dates for stock in transit), customer-specific pricing (based on your
volume or contract), real-time online ordering, real-time online order inquiry,
and a host of other features designed to increase your productivity and make working
with Tech Data a seamless part of your business.
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XML
(eXtensible Markup Language)
Like Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), XML enables the automatic handling of information
between your data systems and Tech Data. The method is different, however, and does
not require a high volume of transactions to be economical. XML uses TCP/IP integration
over an Internet connection to transfer information between Tech Data and your system.
This in-house integration of data can require significant technical expertise from
your staff. Properly set up, however, XML is inexpensive to operate and effectively
streamlines your business processes.
Transactions available through XML currently include:
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Real-time Availability
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Real-time Price & Availability
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Order Submit
- Order Status / Invoice Detail
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Includes Serial Numbers and Carrier Tracking Numbers (where applicable)
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Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a proven, highly structured method of business
communication that enables information to be processed continuously and automatically
by both sender and receiver. This automation can decrease operating costs, speed
delivery, and improve both cash flow and inventory control, but to be efficient,
an EDI relationship must support a very large volume of business between the trading
partners involved.
The accuracy of this well-established method of business communication is based
on meticulous agreement over the precise nature, form, and sequence of the data.
Tech Data uses standards defined by the
American National Standards Institute, Accredited Subcommittee X12 (ANSI
ASC X12) and the Computer Technology
Industry Association
(CompTIA).
An overview of Tech Data's EDI
offering
.
As an incentive for using this method of communication, Tech Data pays the ground
freight charge on all EDI orders that meet specific requirements
. Contact your Tech Data sales representative for details.
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Data Downloads
Several kinds of data downloads enable you to display Tech Data price and product
information on your own media. The data is a "snapshot" of Tech Data records taken
the evening of the previous business day.
The information is available in both .dbf and delimited-text formats so that
almost any database program can easily import and manipulate it. Unlike the TechSPEC
database, the file structure is relatively simple.
As a Tech Data customer, you are welcome to download these data files and present
them through your own media either within your company or to your customers.
*Download
Overview
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Datasheet Search
We currently have datasheets and brochures for over 23,000 SKUs.
Datasheets can assist you -and sometimes your customer- in making an informed
purchasing decision and can reduce the likelihood that you'll need to return the
product. You can search our database to see if we have a brochure for the product
you're researching and download it in PDF format.
*Search for a Datasheet
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