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Vendor Catalog Import Specification
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Vendor Partnership Programs
At Premier Data Systems, we are committed to advancing the uniform retailer and their business through the use of our inventory control software, The Uniform Solution. Over the past 15 years, we have been able to help almost 800 retail locations increase their sales, control their inventory, and reorder merchandise with ease. During the last few years, we have made a concerted effort to "connect" our customers to their vendors with our Connected Partner Program. These "connected" services have not only dramatically improved the efficiency of the retailers business, but they have improved each vendor's relationship with their customer, reduced errors and staff involved in order entry and customer service operations, and have provided intangible benefits to both the retailer and the vendor. If your company is serious about the uniform industry, we strongly encourage you to become a connected partner with us. We are certain the benefits will easily outweigh the costs. Below you will find the partnership programs we are currently offering.

Basic Partner Program - $500
Have your complete product line included in The Uniform Solution's Vendor Catalog. Pre-loaded inventory enables your customers to quickly set up and maintain your product line. It is always included in all new installations, posted on our website within 48 hours of receipt, and distributed with all updates. There is a one-time set up fee of $500.

If you would like to have your product line information included in The Uniform Solution's Vendor Catalog, simply provide us with your product listing in the format described below. We will import your information and include it in our next Vendor Catalog update.

Starting in 2006, all vendors that wish to have their product lines included in the Vendor Catalog will be required to have a UPC barcode number assigned to each item and a UPC barcoded tag printed and attached to the garment when it ships.

Catalog Import File Specification

Connected Partner Program - $1250
The "Connected Partner Program" is the key to establishing an efficient and productive relationship between the retailer and the vendor. The Uniform Solution enables retailers to send Electronic Purchase Orders to vendors, receive shipments using an Advance Ship Notice, see actual vendor stock levels in The Uniform Solution, and view images of items the vendor has available.

Becoming a "Connected Partner" opens the door to improved customer service, reduced order entry personnel, and an improved relationship with your customer. The Connected Partner Program has five components: (1) Direct EDI, (2) Advance Ship Notices, (3) Image Lookup, (4) Vendor Stock Reporting, and (5) eCommerce Images (3rd to 4th Qtr 2008). The Connected Partner Program cost just $1,250 to begin. Each purchase order sent using Direct EDI will cost $1. The maximum cost of the program in a calendar year is $12,000. There are no additional costs for the other components of the Connected Partner Program.

Direct EDI
Direct EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) allows users of The Uniform Solution to send an electronic purchase order directly to your FTP site - one that doesn't have to be entered by a customer service representative. This form of purchase order reduces order entry errors, increases efficiency, and saves you money by eliminating the need for an order entry person to manually enter each order you currently receive.

Advance Ship Notices
An Advance Ship Notice enables your customers to receive the merchandise you ship by the carton. Similar to EDI, you'll simply place a file on your FTP site that contains the shipment information for a customer order. Customers are then able to quickly and accurately receive shipments.

Image Lookup
Show your customers an image of the products you sell. We will pass a style and color code to an ASP or similar web page and you can choose what to show to the customer. You can use the page to show an image of the style with a color swatch, an image of the style and the stock levels for each size of a passed style and color, or anything along these lines.

Real-Time Vendor Stock Reporting
From the customer's perspective, this is one of the greatest features you could provide. By setting up a fairly simple Web Service, your customers can instantly see your stock available as they create orders for customers, purchase orders, or while they review their stock in our Inventory List. The feature is truly seamless in its operation and extraordinarily beneficial to the customer.

WebStore Images
In 2010, customers using The Uniform Solution will be able to easily open a web store-front (i.e. WebStore) to service their customers - extending each retailers selling hours, customer service, and reach. Connected vendors will have the option to provide images of their products for all Uniform Solution customers to use to show their customers.

At a minimum, a connected vendor would need to provide a single image that represents a style or product. Ideally image "swatches" would also be provided for each color or print so the customer will be able to view both an image of the style and the color or print pattern they are selecting. If it is possible to provide images of the style in the actual color or print (i.e. one image for a style and color code), The Uniform Solution will show this image to the customer when they make their selection.

The Uniform Solution's Web Server only downloads an image from the vendor's hosting site one time. The image is stored and served locally from the site where The Uniform Solution is installed - so the bandwidth of the vendor's hosting site should not be an issue.

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