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Cutting-Edge IT Solutions: Unlocking the Power of Namtek Consulting Services

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, businesses are constantly seeking innovative ways to stay competitive and drive growth. The success of a company can greatly depend on its ability to use Information Technology (IT) effectively. That’s where Namtek Consulting Services comes in. With a proven track record of excellence, Namtek offers a comprehensive range of IT solutions designed to streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and push your business towards unprecedented heights. In this article, we’ll explore Namtek’s top-notch services and how they can revolutionize your business.

EDI Integration

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) has become a critical component of modern business processes. EDI allows seamless communication and data transfer, enabling businesses to automate processes, reduce errors, and improve collaboration across the supply chain.

According to recent studies, organizations implementing EDI integration have reported up to 35% reduction in supply chain costs and a significant decrease in order-to-cash cycles. Such impressive statistics underscore the critical role of EDI integration in optimizing business operations and increasing customer satisfaction.

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E-commerce Integration

In today’s digital age, e-commerce has become an essential channel for businesses to expand their reach and boost sales. Namtek Consulting Services understands the intricacies of e-commerce platforms and provides expert integration services to ensure a seamless connection between your online store and your back-end systems. From inventory management to order fulfillment and payment processing, our team will optimize your e-commerce operations, enabling you to deliver a seamless customer experience while driving revenue growth.

With over 2.14 billion digital buyers worldwide and global e-retail sales projected to surpass $6.54 trillion by the end of 2023, a robust e-commerce integration strategy becomes imperative for businesses to tap into this immense potential and gain a competitive edge.

Business Systems Integration

Managing multiple disparate systems can be a complex and time-consuming task. Namtek Consulting Services offers business systems integration solutions that bring all your essential applications and databases together, harmonizing data flows and eliminating data silos.

By integrating Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Human Resources (HR), EDI, and other vital systems, we empower your organization with a unified, holistic view of your business processes. This enables better decision-making, improves productivity, and drives operational efficiency.

Cloud Managed Services

The cloud has revolutionized the way businesses store, process, and manage their data. Cloud managed services provide organizations with flexibility, scalability, and cost-efficiency, eliminating the need for extensive on-premises infrastructure. By leveraging the power of the cloud, businesses can experience faster time-to-market, increased operational agility, and enhanced security.

In fact, a recent survey revealed that 94% of businesses witnessed security improvements after migrating to the cloud. With such compelling advantages, cloud-managed services have become a cornerstone for modern businesses seeking a competitive advantage.

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Business Continuity Solutions

Disruptions to business operations can have severe consequences, from financial losses to reputational damage. Namtek Consulting Services understands the importance of business continuity and offers robust solutions to safeguard your organization against unexpected events. Our experts will design and implement disaster recovery plans, backup solutions, and redundancy measures tailored to your specific needs.

By ensuring your critical systems and data are protected, we help you minimize downtime and quickly recover from any disruption, enabling your business to maintain continuity and deliver uninterrupted services to your customers.

Business Intelligence (BI)

In today’s data-driven world, businesses are constantly generating vast amounts of information. However, without the ability to transform this data into actionable insights, it remains untapped potential. This is where Business Intelligence (BI) solutions come into play, revolutionizing the way organizations leverage data to make informed decisions and gain a competitive advantage.

Conclusion: Cutting-Edge IT Solutions for SME

In an increasingly technology-driven business landscape, partnering with a trusted IT solutions provider is essential for business success. Namtek Consulting Services offers a comprehensive suite of services, including EDI integration, e-commerce integration, business systems integration, cloud-managed services, and business continuity solutions. By leveraging our expertise and cutting-edge solutions, your business can streamline operations, improve efficiency, and achieve new levels of growth. Embrace the power of Namtek Consulting Services, and unlock the true potential of your business. Contact us today for a free IT consultation.

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Top 3 Popular IT Business Solutions for SMEs

During the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, business leaders began to actively explore new IT solutions to improve business processes in their companies.

Managed cloud services that mean outsourcing IT infrastructure and SaaS solutions have become especially popular over the recent period. They lead to positive change for companies of all sizes, such as:

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  • Overall efficiency. Improving the business processes of the company.
  • Security. Data is stored in a data center with a multi-level access control system and backup.
  • Savings on equipment. There is no need to purchase and update server hardware, as well as the minimum requirements for the devices on which users use the SaaS applications.
  • Possibility of saving on internal IT staff.
  • Mobility. Access to software from any device, as well as the lack of territorial binding.

Below are some of the most popular IT solutions that companies have used in recent years:

1. SaaS ERP Software

SaaS ERP is one of the forms of using ERP Software (Enterprise Resource Planning) when an ERP system is installed not locally on an organization’s server or a user’s computer, but in the data center of an ERP provider. End-users of the company gain access to SaaS ERP and fill it with their data via the Internet.

ERP SaaS solution does not require initial investments, as SaaS (software as a service) is a subscription service based on monthly payments.

A state-of-the-art SaaS ERP solution, such as erpWizard, allows a company to integrate all of its business modules into one software system and provides ongoing maintenance and updates to keep the system up to date.

2. eCommerce and Online Marketplaces

Now, everyone is used to shopping online. Companies have realized that to increase sales and attract more customers, they need to not only operate their own online store but also expand sales channels, through online marketplaces such as Amazon, eBay, Walmart, Alibaba.com and the list goes on.

In today’s e-commerce software market, there are many platforms for building an online store. The most popular e-commerce platforms for building an online store are:

3. EDI Web Service and EDI Fully Managed Services

The use of EDI technology is already standard business practice. Electronic communication with trading partners via EDI is faster, cheaper, and more reliable than exchanging commercial information via paper or email. That is why EDI remains one of the most demanded IT services in the business.

Web EDI is one of the most popular solutions among small and medium-sized companies for the exchange of business documents with a trading partner in electronic form.

This EDI service does not require signing a contract, and you can start exchanging documents with your business partner within an hour.

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Find out more about EDI Web Service here

The second most popular EDI service is a fully managed EDI service. This EDI translation and communication services for companies of all sizes and industries. All EDI file conversions are performed on our end, thus, you do not need to install software or hardware on your premises or hire any in-house EDI specialists.

Find out more about Fully manages EDI Service here

Integration Services

Integration of software systems is the unification of different systems and applications into a single environment for the constant exchange of data between systems.

The purpose of the integration is that the data that the user enters into one system is automatically transferred to another. For example – integration of ERP with an online store, or EDI integration with ERP.

If you are interested in systems integration, contact us for a free consultation.

Our company is a successful system integrator. Using our unique Magic xpi integration platform, we carry out integration projects of any complexity.

Contact us for a free consultation.

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3 reasons for EDI integration with Shopify

This article was taken from our blog, published on our EDI2XML platform.

Shopping cart Icon on smart phone screen over blur mall

Many times, when I meet business owners and executives, the same question comes up during the discussion: why do companies operating eCommerce stores on Shopify or Magento need to have EDI integration? I decided to publish this post, and explain my points, by identifying the top (3) reasons why businesses running on Shopify, need to comply and integrate with EDI.

What is Shopify?

In a quick description, Shopify is one of the leading Canadian eCommerce platforms offered to clients based on monthly subscription fee, where companies and individuals can subscribe, put up their own items on the eCommerce platform, and start selling to the public. For more information about Shopify, you can visit their website, it has tons of information about how things are done.

Who uses Shopify?

Individuals or companies of all sizes, who want to sell products online to their clients and B2C consumers, are mostly the users of a platform such as Shopify. With less than 100 $ a month, they can start selling products and ship it to their clients.

A word about Drop-Shipping

One important thing to emphasize here is that with the emergence of the online retail and eCommerce over the internet, companies selling products online on platforms such as Shopify, are not necessarily carrying inventory of the products they are selling.

They do receive the order from the consumer online into the Shopify platform (or store), and than they transfer this order to the manufacturing business partner(s) for shipping and delivery, while “white labelling” the packaging delivery. This concept is called “Drop-Ship” (or Drop shipping) in the retail and eCommerce world. The store owner will receive the order from the consumer, who gets paid for the merchandise upfront. The Store owner forward the order to the maker for shipment and direct delivery to the consumer.

What EDI has to do in this context of eCommerce?

As a reminder about EDI (Electronic Data Interchange), it is a set of standards and processes to exchange documents of business nature electronically between business partners. What I mean by business documents is Purchase Order, Invoice. This data exchange can happen in both direction (in and out).

In the context of online sales over the internet on a platform such as Shopify and drop-shipping orders, the EDI comes into play for several reasons:

  • Most manufacturing an major distribution will require a system-to-system integration through some sort of EDI
  • Shipping companies require also integration via EDI
  • Consumer today is very well educated and require to be informed on the status of their orders at every step of the way during the shipping process.

As you notice, all the above requires system-to-system integration between so many heterogenous systems and platforms. All major companies and retailers are well equipped with EDI platforms and standards that they have been investing in developing for years now, so it is the right moment for them to pay off all their investments.

Top (3) reasons why you need EDI integration with Shopify

As you might have noticed from the previous sections, the reasons are very obvious, to have an EDI integration with your Shopify store:

  • If you are in the Drop-Ship business and you are selling online, chances are that your suppliers will impose on you to go on EDI.
  • When you are selling online on Shopify, and you have a high volume of clients, that require to be informed of their orders at any given moment, this is another reason why you need to have EID integrated with your Shopify store

  • In case you are dealing with shipping companies (FedEx, Purolator, UPS…) and you have high volume of shipments daily, you need to integrate your systems and Shopify with EDI

The above are the main reasons for such a need, still more reasons are out there, just wanted to share the most important ones.

But can we integrate Shopify with EDI?

Certainly, it is feasible, we do this every day. With the right team of integrators, that have years of expertise in integrating EDI to any system, there is no going wrong.

Definition of business and tech term

We compiled a short list of business technology terms that are useful to keep on hand when looking for software solutions for your business or when speaking with an IT Service Provider. Because, sometimes a short and simple definition is all you need, and that’s exactly what we have here.

‘BUSINESS CONTINUITY’ Terms

Business Continuity: Set of activities to ensure an organization can respond to a crisis or disaster in a timely manner in order to continue business operations as usual
Business Continuity Solution: A software solution implemented at an organization to ensure continuous, secure data backup as well as quick restoration of data (to its former state) if a disaster or crisis strikes
Disaster/Crisis: Any event that has the power to disrupt an organization’s activities
Downtime: A period of time that a company’s system is unavailable (or has failed to perform its normal functions)
Data Backup: The process of taking a secure copy of a person or company’s data files and storing it on an external medium or device for future use in case of disaster
Off-site Backup: The backing up and storing of data to a place a distance away from a company’s physical location
VM: Virtual Machine; an imitation of a physical computer; basically, a VM allows you to run other operating systems within your current OS

 

Virtualization = The creation of a virtual version of an operating system, network, server, storage, device, etc.

Restoration: The process of returning a company to its normal operations by repairing hardware & recovering data from the business’ backup methods;

 

File Restore = recovery of specific files] [Bare Metal Restore = restoration of complete VM from “bare metal” (without previously installed software or OS)]

RTO: Recovery Time Objective; a parameter in disaster recovery used to calculate the duration of time within which a business must be restored back to normal before the disruption seriously impedes business operations
RPO: Recovery Point Objective; a parameter in disaster recovery used to calculate the point in time that can pass during a disruption before the quantity of data lost during that period is greater than the company’s max allowable threshold

‘CLOUD’ Terms

Cloud Computing: A means of storing & processing a company’s data. Rather than housing the data on a customer’s servers (on-site), it is housed in a network of servers in a secure Data Centre; therefore the data is accessed remotely (over the Internet)

 

Knowing the difference between ‘SaaS’ and ‘Cloud Computing’

Public Cloud: Multi-tenant environment; this form of cloud computing relies entirely on a Service Provider; all services (servers, data storage and applications) are delivered via the Internet
Private Cloud: Single-tenant environment or “cloud computing at home”; it is a cloud computing platform that is implemented within the company’s firewall, giving them greater control over the data and its security; has same features as a public cloud
Hybrid Cloud: An integrated cloud service (combination of private and public clouds) where some applications or resources are provided and managed on-premises and others externally (in a public cloud)
On-Premise: Traditional way of delivering IT services; when a company chooses to have their own server room to host all their IT equipment, that is typically managed by their own in-house IT staff (can also be managed by an outsourced IT team)
Off-Premise: (Or off-premise hosting environment); delivering IT services off-site, where IT services are managed by a Third Party Provider and servers and hardware is leased by this provider
Data Centre: A secure facility that houses servers and telecommunications equipment. When speaking about “cloud hosting”, these Data Centers are the homes of these cloud services
SaaS: Software as a Service; This is a software distribution model where an application is provided to a customer on a subscription basis, as the software is hosted by the Service Provider and is not owned by the customer. Typically, the software application is provided over a network (Internet)
Managed Hosting: When a Service Provider leases servers and required associated hardware to a customer. It is monitored and maintained by the Service Provider and all hardware is at the provider’s facility
Application Hosting: When a business moves their software to an off-premise hosting environment (usually to the cloud)

If you have any terms you’d like us to add to the list, simply leave us a comment in the section below!

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A fruitful first meeting between students and companies in information technology and engineering


April 4, 2018 Namtek Consulting Services


participated in the 1st edition of “Recrutement éclair étudiant en TI/Génie” organized by Le Service du développement économique de la Ville de Laval.

In the form of a networking 5 à 7, the recruitment flash concept was much appreciated. Companies had access to students from 12 different educational institutions in the Greater Montreal area. At the same time, to optimize pairings, recruitment blitzes were organized.

The participating companies, all from Laval, offered 10 internships and 25 jobs in the IT and engineering fields.

In fact, they left with numerous curricula vitae of potential candidates. Building on this success, a second edition of the event is scheduled for this autumn, and will be extended to other business sectors.

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Namtek Consulting Services at a glance …

Founded in 2000, with headquarters in Laval, Quebec – Canada;
Experienced software developers and engineers serving customers in Canada, the United States, Europe and other parts of the world;
Main specialities: In-house software design and development and systems integration, EDI as a service;
Expertise includes:
– IT consulting and analysis;
– Software customization and development;
– Systems integration and electronic data interchange (EDI);
– Business Intelligence & Analytics;
– Business continuity and disaster recovery;
– Cloud hosting;

Secure, private cloud application hosting data center located in Montreal, Canada;
Strategic partnership with Magic Software for over 20 years.


Role of EDI Integration in The Global E-commerce Trends 2023

This post was updated to reflect current trends and information.

We get a lot of questions about the relationship between our EDI Services and e-commerce; So, we have decided to close this year by predicting the global e-commerce trends for 2023, and the role of EDI Integration in e-commerce. In this article, you will learn how our popular EDI2XML Fully Managed Services can help increase your e-commerce success in 2023.

The Global E-commerce Trends 2023

EDI Intergation and e-commerce

2023 is around the corner it’s time to plan your actions. E-commerce continues to show rapid growth, but competition is growing faster than the market itself. This means that it will be not so easy to “win hearts” of buyers, and you can lose them more easily. Customers will be more and more capricious about delivering goods and prices.

2023 will be the year when competition in e-commerce will reach a new level. More and more young companies are appearing in the online marketplace. The big, strong brands are heavily promoting their online offerings on the Internet. They are looking to occupy a significant part of the e-commerce market, because consumers are increasingly going online.

According to Statista  in 2022, e-retail sales surpassed 5.7 billion U.S. dollars worldwide.

E-commerce in the United States of America

Since the dawn of e-commerce, the main driver for the growth of this market was the United States. Online trading has become a global phenomenon, but the US remained one of the most important markets for e-commerce.

The annual increase in sales via the Internet has led to an explosive growth in e-commerce in the United States over the past 15 years.


According to Digital Commerce 360 US eCommerce grows 7.3% in Q2 2022


Although growth rates remain active, the US market is not so far from saturation point. We can expect that sales to stop growing at such a rapid pace.

The American e-commerce market gave way to China

The situation in the Asian markets is directly opposed, especially in China. According to forecasts, the rapid growth of e-commerce will continue in China. The growth of Chinese online sales is taking a huge share of the global e-commerce market.

Despite the large volume of sales in America, the world record set by the Chinese online giant Alibaba that records $56bn in first post-virus Singles’ Day sales, beating 2019 high.

According to John Caplan, head of North American B2B, Alibaba Group, More than 150,000 brands and merchants doing business on Alibaba’s online platforms.

Revenue is expected to show an annual growth rate of 13.9 % resulting in a market volume of US$956,488 m in 2022.

China e-commerce market

Source: Statista

The growth of e-commerce in Asian countries has serious consequences for companies engaged in online business. To benefit from the new trend, they need to enter the international market with their proposals.

EDI – unlimited possibilities to sell across the globe

The advantage of online trading is that you do not need a physical store in order to start selling in a new country. International delivery of goods is becoming more and more accessible.


Read: Must-Have BigCommerce Integrations


However, you should always keep in mind that it is practically impossible to carry out online business, without full integration of systems between your eCommerce platform and your vendors, including Electronic data interchange (EDI); especially we are now in the international trade and transactions are becoming very “time-sensitive”.

EDI and systems Integration, play a major role in e-commerce. To be a supplier of companies such as Amazon, Wal-Mart, Cabela’s, Bed Bath & Beyond, Costco, and other important retailers, you need to be able to send and receive documents electronically.

EDI has proved its reliability and importance for businesses. Processing orders in digital format automatically increase the speed, accuracy and efficiency of any business.

Fully Managed EDI Service for E-commerce

EDI2XML Managed Services is the perfect option for businesses looking to simplify their entire EDI and integration process with their Trading Partners. This service is ideal for businesses of all sizes, from various industries.

EDI2XML is a full-service offering. Our team of EDI and IT integration experts handle a company’s entire EDI project from start to end. All conversions of EDI files are done at our end, leaving customers with no on-site installation of software or hardware. Their EDI project is on time and within budget.

Keep learning about EDI integration and the MANY benefits it has for your online business by visiting our website EDI2XML.com or contacting us directly today!

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Business Continuity

After consulting with many business owners, I realized that when software experts mention the words “business disaster” or “disaster recovery”, many people are thinking of natural phenomena, or weather events, such as floods, hurricanes, fires, ice storms, earthquakes, tsunamis, windstorms, and so on. Of course these disasters can affect a business, and they can have devastating repercussions, such as extended downtime, property damage, even loss of revenue and more. The probability, however, of such meteorological events is much lower than that of man-made technological events.

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Technological and human disasters, including equipment failures, software malfunctions, user errors, security breaches, etc., can also have devastating effects on a company’s operations, resulting in downtime, lost data, lost productivity, lost expenses and more. One hour of downtime can cost companies thousands of dollars for small businesses and hundreds of thousands of dollars for large companies! It is essential to know your maximum downtime (RTO Recovery Time Objective) for your company. How long can you stop and survive? If your RTO is in seconds or minutes, it’s best to make sure you have a business continuity solution with off-site data storage.

Many companies, without a Business Continuity and a disaster recovery plan, many companies fail to recover from disasters. So, before you think to yourself, “we have great weather here or we almost never have power outages, why should I pay for a Business Continuity ?” – remember that your business is more likely to fall victim to ransomware, have an employee accidentally delete an important file or deal with a failing server. No matter how sudden and disastrous the event, you want to be protected. Ask yourself: is my company’s data worth the risk? You may have made it through the last 10 years without a disaster, but can you really guarantee that the next 10 will also be crisis-free? Your employees are human, they can make mistakes.

Ransomware attackers don’t care who you are or how big your company is, they attack everyone. We can never be too sure when a server will fail. There are no certainties, which is why it’s important to have a disaster recovery plan and a Business Continuity Service to guarantee TOTAL data protection, so you can get up and running quickly and easily. It’s not worth risking your company’s reputation and operations.

In our previous blog , we mentioned the term “data assurance”. This is how our customers see their Business Continuity Solution and service. They see it as an insurance policy in place to protect their company’s most important asset – their data! Companies are increasingly willing to pay a monthly fee for Business Continuity Services to ensure that their data is 100% protected and easily recoverable.

There’s no point in simply backing up your data only to find that after a disaster it takes DAYS to recover everything! Now that companies are using comprehensive management systems rather than keeping important information on paper, they are realizing the need for such a backup solution. They are also relying less on those outdated and obsolete tapes and drives to back up their data, and more on hybrid cloud backup.

Lately, we’ve been hearing a lot about “Ransomware”. This type of security breach is currently a big problem for companies, and even individuals, all over the world. The probability of a company suffering a ransomware attack is very high.

In 2016, the US and Canada jointly issued an alert, warning businesses and individuals of “the recent increase in extortion attacks that infect computers with viruses known as ransomware.” This virus not only encrypts a company’s data, but also demands payment to unlock it (Reuters, 2016).

The alert informed people that some of the consequences of ransomware attacks include “loss of information, disruption of current operations, expenses to restore access to company systems and damage to corporate reputation”. Governments have also discouraged victims from paying the pirates, since paying the ransom does not guarantee the release of their files. All it guarantees is that the pirate receives the money and, in some cases, their bank details. (Reuters, 2016)

Ransomware continues to dominate in 2017, with small and larger companies still paying millions of dollars to unlock their encrypted.

There are many ways in which a company can fall victim to a cyber attack. The most common are when computer users click on the wrong link or download an encrypted attachment. Other adulterations include spinning, baiting and heeling.

It’s important to understand why total data protection is essential in today’s business world. Businesses are now run and managed with software systems, so it’s important to ensure that there are no service interruptions in the event of the unexpected. Companies need to protect themselves not only against natural disasters, but also against man-made technological events, which are far more likely to occur.

Reduce your risks with a Business Continuity solution and a solid disaster recovery plan. Contact us today!

Strategic Planning is often a process that is pushed aside by many business owners. Most of the time, many complain that they don’t have the time as they get caught up in their daily tasks. However, it’s essential to take some time every so often to analyze your company and plan for the future; define your vision, develop financial forecasts, and create an action plan for the near future (1-2 years). The business world is constantly evolving which is why it’s important to keep up with the latest trends, IT solutions, market demands, industry policies, etc. Read more