DOG (Dealer Order Gateway): what it has done, and what it comes down to
Ordering platform specializing in bioscience
The B2B ordering platform we have run since 2012 optimises the distribution of research reagents and equipment, and currently connects 130 dealers and 50 manufacturers.
One EDI format, lower cost
Inside the service everything passes through a single standard format, so each dealer’s and each manufacturer’s own data format can be converted into any other. Adding a trading partner means sharing that same specification rather than building another one-off connection, which is what keeps the cost of growing the network down.
Conversion and consolidation
Order data, delivery data and product master data are held in one place and converted automatically into whatever format each receiving system needs. Data moves cleanly even where a supply chain runs across several companies.
Platforms we operate today
Products
From digitising orders through purchasing and inventory to AI-driven order processing, we operate products covering each stage of the supply chain.
Ordering between companies
- DOG — the EDI platform connecting manufacturers and dealers
- BPM — the storefront through which researchers order from dealers
Purchasing and inventory
- CLIMS — quotations, budgets, purchasing and reagent management in one cloud system
Order automation and the underlying platform
- ORDIA — AI order processing for fax, email and spreadsheets
- Onevio — our bioscience platform, joining research institutions and suppliers, with reagent inventory and regulatory compliance
What carries over to other industries
What we learned building DOG does not stop at bioscience.
The three capabilities below are what we bring to supply chains in manufacturing, distribution, retail, construction and services.
1
Leading the shared groundwork an industry needs
- Drawing requirements out of many different parties and turning them into a framework the industry can adopt as standard
- Consulting that carries a change in business process through, rather than stopping at the recommendation
2
EDI that bends to fit, and grows
- A standard format that connects to the systems already in place, and takes a newcomer on without rework
- Scales up to multiple sites and across borders
3
Infrastructure that has been running a long time
- Stability and security practice built up over many years of actually operating the platform
- Deep familiarity with file conversion, message queues and cloud infrastructure
What adopting it changes
Shorter lead times, better-sized stock
Because order data flows through automatically, stock can be seen and adjusted as it moves. Less sits idle, and fewer deliveries run late.
Cheaper to bring a new partner on
A shared specification means connecting to a new dealer or manufacturer costs little and takes days rather than months, so an opening does not pass you by while the integration is built.
It travels between industries
The mechanism has already been proven in bioscience and can be fitted to what another industry requires, giving that industry solid ground to digitise from.
Where we are taking it
We intend to do for other fields what we have done for bioscience: make the supply chain work better, and with it the productivity of the whole industry. Joint development and new partnerships are part of how we get there. The aim is a supply-chain platform that is easy for anyone to join.
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We would be glad to put our experience and our engineering to work on your growth.