We're excited to announce our new PromoStandards integration with Hit Promo, one of the industry’s largest suppliers, which now includes live inventory, product data, pricing, order status, shipping notifications and ePOs (electronic purchase orders).
This integration will allow commonsku customers and their teams to effortlessly source top-quality products by giving access to live product data, decoration details, custom charges, shipping details, and worry-free orders through ePOs on all Hit Promo items.
Why is this awesome for you?
- Instant, Accurate Info: All the latest, live product data including inventory, decoration details, and pricing at your fingertips. This integration brings live data directly to you from Hit’s database, so you can make smart (and fast!) choices without the guesswork. Gone are the days of trying to figure out a supplier’s complex pricing page!
- Simplified Orders = Speed: Say goodbye to the headache of slow and complicated orders! Now, you can zip through the order process with ePOs that come fully loaded with all the details you need, like artwork charges, run charges, set-ups, shipping details, and more.
- Quick Quotes: Need to whip up a custom, accurate order fast? No problem! Automated pricing and customization options let you tailor everything to your client's needs quickly. Automation extends to pricing and customization options, allowing reps to quickly provide quotes that reflect customer specs, including variable pricing based on artwork and decoration types (like run charges, set-ups, etc.).
- No More Phone Tag: No more endless follow-up calls and emails to figure out product availability, pricing accuracy, or “where’s my order” questions. This integration gives you all the details you need now, letting you focus on what you do best—selling and having fun doing it!
- Confidence Boost: For all the managers and finance folks out there, this integration is our gift to you: worry-free orders, plus the confidence that pricing and costs are correct since product costs are automatically pulled directly from Hit’s pricing database!
The bottom line? A faster, simpler life for everyone: managers, sales reps, production reps, and finance!
Jon Norris, Chief Strategy Officer at Hit, joined us on a recent skucast to talk about the integration and said, “The connected plus integration is going to allow us to get that streamlined instant purchase order integration. You're going to get a more configured data set, meaning, that as you're walking through the ordering process, and selecting our decoration methods, our decoration locations, [you’ll get a] real-time build-out on pricing.
It means accuracy, speed, and just a better user and customer service experience. We've seen a 50% to 70% reduction in communication that happens on orders that are integrated, meaning that the email back and forth, it's gone … We now start passing accurate data, we drive down costs, and we increase the throughput of orders, which is what we're here for.”
Managers can now rest assured their reps have access to all available product and artwork charges, with automated pricing based on their specifications. Sales Reps can now pull a product’s decoration options effortlessly, with access to variable pricing per artwork type and optional custom fees. Production Reps can regenerate and resubmit ePOs. And finance can rest easy knowing the pricing details match.
Jon continued, “So every week, Hit will process north of 5000 decorated orders. So you have to figure we're not entering all of those instantly. There's a queue. There are humans getting involved. The biggest piece of an electronic P.O. is that your order skips the order entry queue … you instantly allocate inventory. Your (ePO) order is being worked on above the other manual orders that have to have some level of human intervention. So there's timeliness and stock allocation. Why do we have so much back and forth [between suppliers and distributors]? Because we're, if we process 5, 000 orders today, that’s 5, 000 orders that are fully customized. The ePO essentially skips the majority of that [manual QC and processing) and goes right into production … you're taking one day, maybe one-and-a-half to two days off of your [work]flow. And for us, that's just incredible.”
With the commonsku + Hit PromoStandards integration, you can:
- Glide through your day with far less friction
- Dramatically speed up order times and slash mistakes
- Eliminate the painful back-and-forth emails and calls with a supplier!
- Spend more time doing what you love and less time on tedious ordering tasks.
In short, the integration of PromoStandards with Hit Promo through commonsku is a delivery on our brand promise: to make your workflow a breeze, letting you focus on creative selling and growth. Because it isn't just about making things easier — it's about radically transforming the way you work so you that you can transform your business.
Want more info? The commonsku integration of PromoStandards with Hit Promo represents a new era in workflow and meets the demands of today’s complex, modern business. ePO-level integration automates product and pricing details, expedites orders, eliminates errors, and produces a seamless, connected workflow. To learn more visit and to get started, visit: commonsku.com/integrations/hit
