XML
(eXtensible Markup Language)
Real-time XML Service Brochure - April 2008 (PDF 172k)
Tech Data has just enhanced your suite of e-commerce tools with the availability of Real-time XML Service - a new integration tool that provides you with a more accurate and efficient way of conducting business. With minimal setup and no up-front costs, our Real-time XML Service allows you to check product availability and pricing, place an order, and check on its status - in about the time it takes to type in a part number.
Proven technology
Thousands of organizations worldwide find XML to be a reliable, cost-effective means of exchanging mission-critical business transactions. Tech Data has implemented hundreds of trading partner relationships in the past two years via XML, ensuring a smooth transition for your business. Setup is so easy many customers are able to begin sending valid test-XML transactions within 24 hours of receiving Tech Data's XML Guidelines. Implementation of a trading partner relationship using XML is usually measured in days.
Benefits of Tech Data's Real-time XML Service include:
- Cross-platform compatibility
XML can be used on many of today's system platforms such as UNIX, Linux, Solaris®, Microsoft® Windows/NT/XP, Mac®, and mainframe systems.
- Real-time data integration
XML is a real-time service enabling data to be provided immediately in response to a request. Pricing, inventory availability and product attributes are all current at the time the request is made.
- Low-cost solution
Tech Data's Real-time XML Service carries no transactional charges. Expenses typically associated with data transfer are eliminated since XML transactions occur over the Internet. Plus, like all other Tech Data e-commerce solutions, the XML option has a low implementation cost. Simple XML-parsing software is required to convert (translate) an XML transaction. Access to free parsing software packages is readily available from several companies such as IBM® and Microsoft® thereby eliminating the need to develop software in-house.
Transactions available through XML currently include:
- Real-time Availability
- Real-time Price & Availability
- Supports government/academic markets
- Use Tech Data part #, manufacturer part #, or UPC
- Using the PriceList transaction you can view each promotion and promoted price available to you
- Order Submit
- Supports government/academic markets and End User Information capture
- Use Tech Data part #, manufacturer part #, or UPC
- Order Status / Invoice Detail
- Includes Serial Numbers and Carrier Tracking Numbers (where applicable)
- Freight Estimations
- Either individual items or an entire order
Would you like to see more? Please sign up for the live webinar that will introduce you to our XML Solution.
When: Every Second Tuesday each Month at 2:00 p.m. EST
Register Now!
XML communicates with the same server system that powers the Tech Data Web site, so it operates only during our normal Tech Data Web site hours:
| | Mondays - Fridays | | 3:00 a.m. - 2:30 a.m., Eastern time |
| | Saturdays | | 6:00 a.m. - midnight, Eastern time |
| | Sundays | | 12:00 noon - 8:00 p.m., Eastern
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Getting started
To begin using XML, please follow these steps:
Access the online Guide to XML Integration . Then have your technical staff review the guide to evaluate the feasibility of integrating with Tech Data via XML.
Review, complete, and sign the XML Customer Profile Form & Trading Partner Agreement (PDF 163k). Fax the completed form back to us, using the fax number provided at the bottom of the form. An Implementations Manager will contact you shortly with further instructions and documentation.
Additional information
For further information about XML, please contact us in any of the following ways:
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