Case Study: American Refrigeration Supplies cuts costs and speeds invoicing with Infor Commerce Connect

ARS cuts down on costs with Infor Commerce Connect

American Refrigeration Supplies (ARS), a Phoenix-based wholesaler with 33 locations and roughly 17,000 stocked items, faced mounting vendor demands to exchange purchase orders and invoices via EDI. With a two-person IT team and labor-intensive flat-file and paper processes, ARS risked losing access to key product lines and needed to modernize its data-exchange approach quickly.

ARS implemented Infor Commerce Connect with its Infor Distribution SX.e ERP and hired an EDI-focused specialist who onboarded more than 100 trading partners in four months. The automated EDI flows eliminated manual data entry and keypunch errors, freed purchasing staff for higher-value work, sped invoicing and collections, and delivered immediate cost savings—including an estimated $45,000/year in postage—while improving accuracy and overall efficiency.

American Refrigeration Supplies

Wendy Jindra

Manager of IS, American Refrigeration Supplies