Outdoor Cap Provides Automatic Order Shipment Notifications with Essent OrderTrax Integration

"By providing the information electronically and automatically, we improve our customer service without ever having to even call or email."

Headwear supplier Outdoor Cap Company, Inc. is now offering distributors real-time, around-the-clock visibility to Order Shipment information to save time and make more efficient partnerships.

Essent® implemented the Order Shipment Notification (OSN) integration for Outdoor Cap via the Essent OrderTrax® Network using PromoStandards. Essent previously implemented the Order Status integration for Outdoor Cap.

Distributors integrated with Outdoor Cap now can look up complete, accurate, real-time Order Status and Order Shipment Notifications at any time.

The advantage of integration is that the information needed to move transactions forward can be shared automatically and in real-time, rather than slowly and manually through countless calls and emails.

"Integrating shipping and order information automatically provides our customers some of the information that they most often want to know. By providing the information electronically and automatically, we improve our customer service without ever having to even call or email,” Outdoor Cap Product Experience Manager, Mark Stein said.

Outdoor Cap is actively seeking to share the time-saving service with more distributors, who can contact Essent to get started.

 

Promotional products companies used OrderTrax to exchange business information with trading partners more than 5 million times in 2019. OrderTrax hosts an industry leading 1,400+ trading partner integrations.

Inventory, Order Status, Order Shipment Notification, Product Data, Media Content, Invoices, Purchase Orders, and Product Pricing & Configuration can be shared via OrderTrax using PromoStandards.

About Outdoor Cap

Outdoor Cap Company, Inc. has serviced the needs of the headwear industry for over 40 years. Established in 1977, we have grown to over 400 employees. We service 14,000 customers across multiple channels in the Team, Promotional Products, and the Hunting & Fishing retail markets. We have established ourselves as one of the largest and most respected headwear suppliers in the United States by combining work ethic and integrity with innovative resources and processes. We strive to offer exceptional customer service throughout every step of the buying process. With our extended license holdings, we are capable of selling and distributing headwear for over 100 brands. Additionally, we have developed several brands specific to Outdoor Cap in order to better serve our customers. Our corporate offices are based in Bentonville, Arkansas. We also have 3 distribution centers located in Arkansas, California, and Texas.

About Essent

Essent is an innovative provider of fully integrated business management software solutions and services for process-intensive industries. Essent solutions combine flexible workflow management with innovative technologies that automate repetitive tasks and simplify business processes. Since 1981, Essent has offered the systems, service, software, and support critical to success in today's highly-competitive marketplace. Essent provides best-in-class solutions for business management, ecommerce, and integration.

About OrderTrax

OrderTrax is a mature, proven integration network that securely and accurately processes over 12 Million transactions representing over $3 Billion in commerce annually. Supporting ANSI X12, cXML, ePSA, PromoStandards, and other public and proprietary standards, OrderTrax allows companies to integrate using the standards of their choosing. Instead of implementing and maintaining a costly new integration for each trading partner, companies can integrate once through OrderTrax to become connected to many trading partners.

About PromoStandards

PromoStandards is a group of distributors, suppliers, and service providers dedicated to improving supply chain efficiency in the promotional products industry. The group, including Essent, a Founding Member, defines and writes integration standards that allow distributors and suppliers to integrate for more efficient transactions and a more efficient supply chain.