Case Study: Cottage Gardens, Inc. achieves 50% lower networking costs and cuts order processing from days to minutes with TrueCommerce EDI

Switching EDI Systems Helped Cottage Gardens Boost Efficiency and Reduce Costs

Cottage Gardens, Inc., a large wholesale nursery using Sage 100 ERP, faced an inefficient EDI process that required manual entry of up to 1,000 data points per order—often taking two people about three days to complete. At the recommendation of their Sage reseller, they engaged TrueCommerce to replace the legacy system with the TrueCommerce EDI Platform (later upgrading to TrueCommerce EDI Transaction Manager) and integrate EDI with their Sage 100 ERP.

TrueCommerce implemented an end‑to‑end EDI solution and handled mapping, testing and partner connectivity, getting Cottage Gardens up and running in roughly two weeks. The TrueCommerce solution cut order processing from days to about 10 minutes, enabled easy Excel exports for check and inventory reporting, and reduced monthly networking costs by 50% through the TrueCommerce Trading Network, delivering substantial time and cost savings.

Cottage Gardens, Inc.

Sheryl Tischer

Sales Manager