6 products and one goal: Data-based insights for fast and easy product management
ECC partner network
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Whether it's a comprehensive EDI project or an e-commerce solution, our goal is satisfied customers and successful digitization projects from a single source. To achieve precisely this, we have always relied on a successful partner network and partnerships on equal terms.
Products
"Sound item master data is the starting point for every digital process."
Intelligent and optimally coordinated data management supports you in your daily business and helps you reduce effort, avoid (purchasing) errors, and respond quickly to changes in demand. No matter what you want to do: every process and every decision is based on reliable item master data in your merchandise management system.
"The item data from the ECC allows us to create items and record orders immediately after the order is placed with the supplier. The time savings are immense, and we keep an eye on our limits."
Britta Görtz, Shoe Store Meyer
Reliable item master data ensures simple and error-free item creation in the ERP and POS systems and enables meaningful sales statistics.
Sound item master data is the starting point for every digital process. By exclusively using original supplier PRICATs and the quality assurance implemented in the ECC, we provide our connected ERP partners with consistently high quality. The modern database and fast processing routines ensure that the data is always up to date. PRICATs ensure efficient order processing, optimized inventory management, and a reduction in sources of error throughout data management.
In addition, retailers and suppliers have access to the currentness and scope of the data at any time via our ECC PORT.
Benefits for suppliers
Reach more than 1,700 retailers across Europe with one connection
Deliver country-specific catalog, prices and language information at no extra cost
Control your product range and production planning with meaningful sales information based on uniform article master data
If it doesn't fit, it doesn't exist! During the onboarding process, we'll personally coordinate your individual interface with you – quickly, flexibly, and professionally.
Selective distribution or customized pricing? No problem! We have the right option for rights management.
Benefits for retailers
Article master data directly in your WWS
Save yourself unnecessary trips to suppliers or manually entering article data via Excel lists
Get the most up-to-date and high-quality article master data - uniformly cleared and structured
With the ECC basic data supply you have access to >400 supplier article data
Fast connection thanks to extensive existing interfaces to merchandise management systems
What is EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)?
EDI is the electronic exchange of business documents between retailers and brands in a standardized format – without paper, emails, or manual entry. This includes purchase orders, order confirmations, delivery notes, and invoices. EDI also allows you to share your sales or inventory levels with suppliers, thus automating the ordering process.
How does EDI work?
Instead of manually sending or processing orders, invoices, or shipping notifications via email, fax, or mail, documents are exchanged via a secure EDI connection. The data is transmitted in a uniform format, ensuring both parties always have all the necessary information at their disposal.
Why EDI at ECC?
The ECC is a GS1 Solution Partner. This means you can rely on the greatest possible standardization.
Once set up, you can communicate with all EDI-capable trading partners. No additional setup effort required, as the ECC has already set up the appropriate data highway. Using the data exchange agreement (DAVe), you determine which EDI messages should be exchanged with which trading partner. The ECC then configures the data traffic for you individually.
For those who want to be absolutely sure, we offer an EDI monitoring tool in ECC PORT, our free customer portal.
Benefits for suppliers
Maximize your sales
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Simple ordering processes reduce the hurdle to repeat orders
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Active availability management possible thanks to inventory and sales transparency
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Faster throughput times at the retailer ensure your product presence at the POS
Reduce your costs
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An EDI connection enables communication with >1000 dealers
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Orders from the dealer are transferred directly to your system, eliminating the need for processing by the office staff
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Avoid queries due to incorrect entries or missing information
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Changes in order status can be communicated easily and fully automatically
Optimize your quantity and production planning
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Inventory and sales information are the basis for meaningful statistics
Protect the environment
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Eliminating paper documents enables environmentally friendly filing and helps achieve sustainability goals
Benefits for retailers
Reduce your efforts
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Shorter processing time for orders, order confirmations, etc.
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Avoiding errors caused by manual input
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Automation of article and order creation through order response
Maximize your availability
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Sales and inventory reports enable the supplier to restock your product range
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Minimum quantities in the WWS and automatic order transmission handle the NOS ordering process for you
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Goods throughput times are reduced through proactive delivery notification and labeling options
Protect the environment
Eliminating paper documents enables environmentally friendly filing and helps achieve sustainability goals
ELViS is your gateway to simple and reliable in-season management , significantly simplifying the reordering process. Suppliers and manufacturers send us their immediate availability, which we forward in real time to the retailers' inventory management systems. This way, sales , retailer inventories , and supplier inventories are displayed at a glance in the inventory management system . Retailers can place reorders quickly and easily directly from their "living room," the inventory management system.
Currently participating merchandise management systems are:
Benefits for retailers
Identification of assortment gaps and ordering in one mask
Time savings through the elimination of individual B2B shops
Reliable inventory display through real-time stocks
Flexible and quick response to changing customer purchasing behavior
Availability gaps are a thing of the past. Goods are optimally presented at the POS.
As a result: increased sales and revenue
Satisfied customers
System is ready for use in 48 hours
Product manufacturers create numerous product images, promotional materials, campaigns, and descriptions, and so far, they have mostly made them available upon individual request or via their own B2B portal.
These bilateral agreements cost both parties a lot of time and storage space.
"Goodbye photoshoot and attribute search"
SPOCC offers you all available descriptions, images, item features, sustainability and marketing information in one place - Single Point of Content and Communication or SPOCC for short!
Complex photo shoots, manual item descriptions or individual downloads in the B2B portal are a thing of the past.
"Welcome to simplicity"
Download the information about your product range in one place: either via our ECC port or conveniently into your merchandise management or PIM system via an automated data link.
Thanks to the original manufacturer data, combined with a high quality standard and AI optimization, you get the most out of the data.
Benefits for suppliers
Easy data import
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Regardless of whether you have the data in your ERP/WWS or in the PIM: thanks to the flexible data import via "extended PRICAT" or "CSV feed", the provision is very easy
Shortened time to market
Content maintenance for your trading partners is made much easier, so that your products are online in time for the start of the season/campaign
High-quality product presentation
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Your products will be presented in a brand-appropriate manner thanks to your attractive images
Efficient data provision
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Together we will set up the mapping once. From now on, providing data to your trading partners is our responsibility.
Security
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You decide who can access your content. Easily do this in the ECC Port
Benefits for retailers
Everything in one place
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Whether you download the data or simply integrate it into the WWS or PIM system: You will find all the data in one place
Easy data integration
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Get the data directly into your ERP or PIM system via automated API export. Set it up once and benefit daily. Alternatively, you can download the data in the ECC Port as you wish.
Attractive product images
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High-resolution images in multiple views enhance your customers' shopping experience. You benefit from increased sales.
Standardized article attributes
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Everything you need for a meaningful description of your products
Market overview
Comparison of top sellers
Brands + WGR Benchmarking
The entire shoe industry at a glance
ERIX² shows you market developments and helps you make data-based purchasing decisions.
Simon Tölle
Owner of Tölle Shoes and board member of SABU Schuh-Verbund eG
I use ERIX² in the SABU BI tool version. I find it user-friendly, with simple navigation and a clear presentation of the data. The valuable insights and evaluations help me make informed decisions. I can recommend ERIX² to anyone who needs reliable market data.
Better decisions - every day
Combine your gut feeling and experience with in-depth market analysis. ERIX² helps you recognize general trends, identify bestsellers, and realize your sales potential through smart purchasing decisions.
Benefits for suppliers
Overview: Daily evaluations of the entire market
Benchmarking: Comparison of your own BW key figures with comparison groups
Assortment planning: Optimal assortment planning thanks to color and price range statistics and individual item statistics with bestsellers of the comparison group
Quantity and production planning: Based on sales trends, you can optimally and quickly adjust your (re-)production
Power: High-performance cloud-based database
Security: Highest security standards
Flexible: custom filter options and analyses accessible from anywhere
Benefits for retailers
Overview: Daily evaluations of the entire market
Benchmarking: Comparison of your own BW key figures with comparison groups
Optimal purchasing planning/ In-season control: color and price range statistics + individual article statistics with bestsellers of the comparison group
Power: High-performance cloud-based database
Security: Highest security standards
Flexible: custom filter options and analyses accessible from anywhere
Individual : Closed user group for your own comparison groups
Stefan Nicolai
Managing Director ECC
"ERIX² marks a milestone in the shoe retail industry, as it has the potential to map the entire market, including all its participants. Thanks to the detailed analyses, companies can not only respond to current market trends but also develop long-term strategies based on sound data. ERIX² presents completely new possibilities for analyzing the shoe market."
"The next step is always the hardest"
Many retailers and suppliers know that they need to become more digital, but feel:
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overwhelmed by the multitude of tools and options
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unsure what the first / next sensible steps are
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left alone with the implementation
In addition, every retailer and supplier is at a different point in their digital journey.
This is exactly where the ECC’s digital copilot comes in.
"When digitalization suddenly feels easy"
The digital copilot has a holistic approach:
He will work with you to analyze the status quo, develop an individual target image, and accompany you step by step towards the digital future.
From the initial assessment to concrete measures and implementation: The Copilot is your personal contact and makes digitalization understandable, structured, and implementable. You decide how far the journey and thus the support goes.
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Personal and structured inventory*
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Evaluation of the current status
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Written preparation of the results
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Personal discussion of the inventory including identification of possible digitization modules*
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On-site workshop for developing the finish photo*
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Development of the finish photo
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Definition of individual digitalization modules, also with regard to WWS
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Preparation of a time and organizational implementation plan
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Common definition of the level of support
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Offer regarding the planned scope of support
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Your digital copilot acts as your direct contact person, contact person for the WWS and provides concrete assistance with the setup (depending on the WWS)
Additional services
"The Digital Copilot provides the right answers to frequently asked questions and helps us solve the challenges of digitizing and optimizing business processes as efficiently as possible."
Bernd Grillitsch, Managing Director of Schuhpartner GmbH, Graz
"Focus on yourself and leave the rest to the specialists."
From the very beginning, the European Clearing Center has relied on a strong network of successful partners. We combine the expertise and diversity of many small specialists and experts into a holistic solution.
Whether it's a comprehensive EDI project or an e-commerce solution, our goal is satisfied customers and successful digitalization projects. To achieve precisely this, we have always relied on a successful partner network and partnerships on equal terms.
Strong partners in the ECC family
Our Omnichannel Partners
Connect Your Store enables brick-and-mortar retailers and manufacturers to connect their stores to a variety of marketplaces, such as Amazon, About You, Breuninger, Otto, Miinto, Decathlon, Limango, Galeria, and Kaufland.
CYS's mission is to expand its reach beyond brick-and-mortar retail through a user-friendly web interface (MSS - Merchant Self Service) or direct integration into the ERP (Inventory Management) system.
Manufacturers have the option of integrating their retailers' or their own stores' inventory into their online store to support brick-and-mortar retail. CYS believes that retailers can profitably increase their online sales through data-driven item management combined with a comprehensive BI system. CYS provides the necessary tools and support for this.
Connect Your Store benefits from decades of experience from fashion and lifestyle industry professionals and IT experts. The powerful system landscape is continuously developed and optimized through the e-commerce expertise of a dedicated team.
"Through our partnership with the European Clearing Center (ECC), CYS enables seamless integration into existing merchandise management systems. This makes it easier for retailers to enter the online retail market and optimizes processes from inventory management to sales accounting."
Stefan Floetner, Managing Director of CYS
With irisOne from Comercus, we provide you with a solution that will take your business to the next level. Whether you sell on Tamaris, Ricosta, Amazon, Otto, Zalando, Kaufland, bol.com, and many others, irisOne helps you manage your processes centrally and efficiently.
Instead of working with multiple tools, you control everything via a single, clear interface. irisOne is directly connected to your ERP system.
All information is consolidated centrally – for clear processes and less coordination effort.
Setup is quick and easy, allowing you to fully automate the processing of orders, inventory movements, and shipping.
All shipping documents are created automatically – precisely according to marketplace-specific requirements and without any manual intervention.
irisOne supports a variety of leading shipping service providers such as DHL, DPD, GLS, Colissimo, and many more – naturally with your own contracts.
This way, you maintain full cost control at all times.
Our solution is compatible with systems such as ETOS, IPOS, HIS, Advarics, ProHandel, BITS, Shopify, MBoard, and many more – and is constantly being developed further to ensure you remain flexible and successful in the future.
irisOne – for retailers who want to grow without limits.
"We developed irisOne to offer companies a solution that stands out not through complexity, but through efficiency. Anyone who wants to be successful on multiple marketplaces today needs clarity, speed, and complete control – that's exactly what irisOne delivers."
Alexander Hock, Managing Director of irisOne
Visticle is a leading provider of innovative e-commerce and omnichannel solutions, specializing in optimizing sales processes for brands, retailers, and chain stores. Our modular software solutions – Visticle eSales, Visticle OmniSuite, and Horizon X – enable companies to efficiently sell their products on marketplaces such as Amazon, Otto, and Zalando, operate powerful online shops, and centrally manage their item and order data. With decades of experience in retail and a deep understanding of our customers' digital challenges, we offer customized solutions that simplify online sales and leverage growth potential. Whether marketplace integration, shop management, or data optimization – Visticle is the strategic partner for sustainable success in digital commerce.
Our inventory management partners
The BITS inventory management system from Brandt Software-Produkte GmbH is a comprehensive ERP solution specifically developed for medium-sized shoe, sports, and leather goods retailers.
Key features of the BITS system:
Integrated inventory management: The system combines management for brick-and-mortar stores, online shops, and customer-related order and shipping processes.
Store management: It enables the assignment of entrepreneurial responsibility to stores by allowing all inventory movements to be recorded directly by store staff using mobile devices.
Customer loyalty: A sophisticated customer loyalty system records sales, reservations, selections, and vouchers and enables communication with customers via various channels such as email, SMS, or newsletters.
Purchase planning: The system offers differentiated planning options by product groups, suppliers, stores, and time periods, both pre- and mid-season.
Automated accounting: BITS almost completely automates the accounting entries required for external accounting and enables their forwarding to systems such as DATEV.
The BITS basic system also offers functions such as ordering and goods receipt, item management, sales recording, comprehensive statistics, inventory, complaint processing, and a planning system for performance monitoring and purchasing planning.
With these comprehensive functions, the BITS inventory management system supports companies in structuring their business processes efficiently and maintaining an overview of all relevant processes.
ETOS is one of the leading providers of merchandise management systems for fashion-oriented industries. Our software supports retailers of all sizes in Europe. With APOLLON, you can unlock your potential, optimize processes, and expand your competitive advantage. As an experienced IT service provider, we offer a wide range of innovative solutions to meet these challenges. We continuously develop our systems in collaboration and dialogue with retailers and industry. Reliability, innovation, and integration are at the heart of our work.
The HIS merchandise management system from Ariston Informatik GmbH offers a comprehensive solution for the fashion retail industry, particularly in the areas of shoes, textiles, sportswear, leather goods, occupational safety, and orthopedics.
Key features of HIS:
Industry-specific adaptations: HIS is specifically tailored to the needs of various industries. For example, it offers flexible size management in the shoe retail sector, and in the sports retail sector, it also enables product group management based on FEDAS.
Omnichannel capability: The software seamlessly integrates brick-and-mortar retail with online shops and e-commerce platforms, enabling centralized management of all sales channels.
Cloud solution HIS::ASP: With HIS::ASP, Ariston Informatik offers a cloud-based version of the merchandise management system that enables access to data from anywhere while ensuring data security and automatic updates.
Integration with POS systems: The HIS::POS POS system is fully integrated into the inventory management system and enables functions such as incoming goods bookings, customer management, and time recording directly at the point of sale.
Overall, Ariston Informatik's inventory management solution is characterized by its versatility, industry-specific adaptability, and the integration of modern technologies to meet the demands of modern retail.
EBG-Data GmbH has been supporting retailers with all aspects of inventory management and cash registers since 1988. With IPOS online, EBG-Data offers a cloud-based solution characterized by its industry-specific adaptability, modern technology integration, and legal compliance.
Industry-specific solutions: IPOS online offers specialized solutions for various industries, such as the footwear, sportswear, textile, and toy retail sectors. These industry-specific functionalities increase the efficiency and effectiveness of business processes in each sector.
Cloud-based solution: IPOS online is offered as "Software as a Service" (SaaS), meaning data can be accessed anytime, anywhere. This offers flexibility and facilitates working from different locations. Local hardware and software investments are optimized. Data is exchanged in real-time queries and postings via API, which is particularly advantageous in multichannel sales.
Clearing center connection: IPOS online collaborates with various clearing centers, such as the ECC (European Clearing Center). Automated processing of ORDRSP, DESADV, etc., or the dispatch of ORDERS from the NOS system integrated into IPOS online ensure efficient processes within the company. Direct reordering based on the inventories of manufacturers and suppliers, which are made available by the ECC via ELViS, supports and prevents product range gaps.
Integrated cash register system: The IPOS cash register is fully integrated, supports real-time booking and country-specific legal requirements, such as TSE and DSFinV-K for Germany, and offers intuitive operation via touchscreen.