DOG (Dealer Order Gateway) is the ordering platform that connects manufacturers and dealers of research reagents and equipment. It has been digitising orders across the industry since 2012.
Ordering in this industry ran on fax, telephone and paper for a long time. Every trading partner used a different format, and someone re-keyed each one. DOG converts between the proprietary formats each company holds and a common standard, so the re-keying stops.
What it does
Features
Order, delivery and product master data are handled together, and converted automatically into whatever format each system expects.
Connecting the trade
- An ordering network joining over 50 manufacturers and over 130 dealers
- EDI adoption in Japan has reached 97-98%
- Order, delivery and product master data managed together and converted into whatever format each system expects
Lowering the cost of connecting
- Because everything passes through a common format, adding a trading partner needs no bespoke development
- No per-partner integration to build, so expansion is quick and inexpensive
Freed from manual entry
- Prevents the complaints and returns caused by mistyped product codes, quantities and delivery addresses
- Order data flows automatically, so stock can be tracked and adjusted in real time
- Less dead stock, and less risk of missing a delivery date