Rithum will send you a series of technical guides and docs on data objects, job workflows, our product roadmap, data reports, and capabilities. We’ll then work with you to understand your challenges and problems, and define solutions that makes sense for the entire platform. You’ll also provide us with an overview of the day-to-day reports you’ll need in your dashboard. For more information on our reporting capabilities apply for a demo.

In your staging environment account, you will add users, complete your data mappings, configure your packing slips, input SLA requirements, and test your integration with Rithum using supplier test-accounts to import/export inventory, order, shipping, and invoice data. For a more in-depth discussion of this stage, take a look at our Retailer Integration Technical Guide. Once your staging account is fully tested, you are ready to push into production.

Before going live, you can use your production account to begin inviting your suppliers to onboard with Rithum in-parallel to your own staging environment implementation process. This production account prelaunch functionality is available due to Rithum’s standardized SaaS architecture.

Through your production account portal, you will send an email to your suppliers inviting them to connect with Rithum. Suppliers will set up their accounts and follow the instructions of Rithum’s automated onboarding guide, Gandalf. Gandalf will take them step by step through setting up their preferred connection method as well as validating and testing inventory updates, order processing, and invoicing.

When you’re ready to push into production you will need to replicate your staging account settings and integrations within your production account to maintain the same functionality. Once your production account is live, you will be able to set up users, invite more suppliers to onboard with Rithum, access your analytics dashboard, and manage trading partner connections.

Once a supplier works through all the automated onboarding stages and passes Gandalf’s testing, their Rithum account is ready to go live. Rithum's launch management functionality will then allow you to decide when a supplier's inventory should be included in inventory exports. This gives you control over exactly when to launch a new supplier through Rithum.