Collaborative Decision Support

EZ-Supplier® was developed by Nextier® Solutions, a leader in the development of collaborative eCommerce and value added decision support solutions for the paper and publishing industry. The EZ-Supplier® application was designed specifically for paper suppliers. With EZ-Supplier® you can automate the ordering cycle, maintain accurate and timely order fulfillment, and better support your customers thorough participation with the Nextier® EZ-Supplier® application. Open technologies allow integration into your existing systems.

Order Fulfillment: Enables electronic order acceptance, confirmation, and shipping updates with complete manifest visibility. Information such as Last Date of Change (LDC) dates, ship dates, mill order numbers, manifest data, and invoices are easily accessible to your customer and provide timely collaboration with your trading partners.  This real-time communication with trading partners results in improved order visibility.

Manifest and Invoice Integration: Manifest details and invoices are electronically updated into the EZ-Suite applications. This information is accessible to your customers, providing complete visibility into roll level order information, and enabling your customer to better manage their paper procurement.

Demand Aggregation:  Allows improved machine planning and trim due to long-term and detailed demand visibility of participating partners.

Customer Communications:  The order management component also provides an audit trail for all order changes, improving communications for you and your customer.  The Notes feature allows you and your customer to communicate electronically, and the application saves that communication as a permanent part of the order history.