Synergy Advantage began operations in 2001 for the purpose of providing means, through the application of web-based technology, to maximize the profitability and operating efficiencies of our partners and customers. Our focus is on helping individual organizations, industry groups, and associations gain advantages through effective procurement operations, access to advanced technologies, minimization of certain technological development cycles, and by taking advantage of cooperative economies of scale.



Our objectives include:

Increase our partner profitability and operating efficiency.

Accountability of rebates, sales, and manufacturers programs.

Expedite order and invoice processing through Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). Purchase Orders are transmitted to manufacturer partners within minutes of being received by Synergy. Invoices are sent to partners within 24 hours from receipt from manufacturers.

To use our system to gather information from inbound and outbound documents, as well as other public data stores, so we can provide data intelligence to our partner which then allows for informed decisions.

EDI Purchase Order, Invoice, Shipment Notices, Remittance Advice

Rebate monitoring and forecasting

Vendor program review

Product costs are maintained on the web and used during price validation on PO's and Invoices

Partners have the ability for custom pricing including the special promotions and date range pricing.

The system will intelligently determine if a price is legitimate based on mathematical extrapolation (division of quanity and order cost and validation cost).

Secure FTP site provides for cost-free transmissions of documents.

All manufacturer Partners are asked to print bin numbers on all shipments.