Boost orders and profits with a seamless data sharing platform that connects CATAPULT® retailers and their trusted suppliers, farmers, and manufacturers.
As a supplier, manufacturer, or farming operator, your success depends on your retailer’s ability to effectively onboard, order, market, sell, and replenish your products in their stores.
Until now, this last mile in your supply chain has limited your ability to maximize profits. With ECRS’ EcoPortal, suppliers, farmers, manufacturers, and CATAPULT® retailers win with efficient boarding, marketing, ordering, and product replenishment.
Best of all, it’s free to use.
What is it?
The ECRS EcoPortal is a private platform that connects you (the supplier, farmer, or manufacturer) to your retail audience. It also:
- Promotes direct communication between you and your retailers, and
- Enables you to control your brand, product catalog, and sales strategy.
Who uses it?
The ECRS EcoPortal connects suppliers, farmers, and manufacturers to the CATAPULT Community. This community is comprised of 4,000+ local and regional food and beverage retail locations all across North America.
- Supermarket
- Natural Grocery
- Wine & Spirit
- Specialty Food
- Food Co-Ops
- Micro Markets
- Pharmacy
- Convenience
All CATAPULT retailers have one thing in common: they master automation and maximize the consumer experience with CATAPULT’s powerful technology.
Join the ECRS EcoPortal Today!
Supplier, Farmer & Manufacturer Access is Free
1
Sign Up
Request access using the contact form and we’ll get your setup process started. Typical setup is completed within three business days.
2
Schedule a Demo
Once setup is complete, the EcoPortal team will schedule a demonstration to review documentation and benefits.
3
Import Item Data
Import your item catalog into the Universal Product Database (UPD) for all CATAPULT Retailers to access and order from.
Extensive ECRS studies have shown that implementing our automated ordering solution has helped increase sales to retailers by double-digits. One supplier even saw a 34% buying increase from retailers.
Features At-a-Glance
DEFINITION
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI):
The electronic interchange of business information using a standardized format; a process which allows one company to send information to another company electronically.
Supply Chain Solutions for Any Enterprise
EDI Component
Suppliers, farmers, and manufacturers who support EDI functionality can utilize the ECRS EcoPortal to automate supply chain processes and simplify the order experience.
With EcoPortal’s EDI component, you can:
- Use the platform free of charge. There are never any fees.
- Receive and process orders
- Send shipping notifications
- Send invoices
- Send price & cost change notifications
- Maintain your product catalog within the Universal Product Database
- Automate digital rebates
- Post buy downs and scan downs
- Target specific store locations
- Monitor, in near real time, how promotions are performing
- Unprecedented transparency of promotion sales
The Universal Product Database
The Universal Product Database (UPD) is an ECRS-hosted, centralized database that stores information on thousands of inventory items. As an Ecosystem supplier, farmer, or manufacturer, you receive FREE access to the UPD.
Make the most out of this powerful resource by managing your own catalog entries with ease. Update item records, images, health attributes, ingredients, nutritional facts, and more for items in your product catalog.
Worried about competitors seeing your catalog information? Don’t be. Your item catalogs are only visible to CATAPULT retailers. Other EcoPortal users do not have access to view item details in your catalog.
1,000,000+
Item
Records
680,000+
Item
Images
13
Health
Attributes
256,000+
Item
Ingredients
177,000+
Nutritional
Facts
Schedule a Meeting
ECRS EcoPortal Team
Schedule a meeting with an EcoPortal expert to learn how you can give your customers an experience that will keep them coming back.