About Us

The founders of VenCom have been providing custom-written software to flooring dealers since 1985. The primary goal of computerization has always been to accomplish more with less effort, yet computerized dealer staffs were still required to devote countless thousands of hours retyping the same information which already resided in the computers of their suppliers.

By 1994, working in tandem with technology-conscious outlets such as Sears and others, most major manufacturers had embraced "traditional" EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) technology. Traditional EDI requires all parties to exchange documents in batches through a "VAN" (fee based third party EDI document exchange network -- the electronic version of U.S. Postal Service mailboxes). This electronic alternative to paper mountains became a primary cost-cutting tool for all parties who could afford to use it. EDI allowed the computers of sellers and buyers to exchange information (pricing, invoices, etc.) electronically to slash redundant data entry. VenCom EDI was developed in 1994 as an automated, easy to use and affordable EDI system designed to allow the average flooring dealer to share in those benefits.

In this new century of electronic commerce, internet-based EDI (coined "B2B") will play an increasingly important role in modernizing the way dealers and vendors communicate with one another. The Internet adds new and exciting dimensions by bringing real-time processing strategies to traditional EDI environments. VenCom, as a leader in providing these valuable communications technologies to dealers since 1995, is the undisputed leader in development and implementation of B2B technology for the flooring industry.

But we aren't content to simply move traditional EDI to faster and "free" InterNet. Today's inexpensive PC processing power lets us go into the world of real-time EDI where orders and confirmations and inquiries and most communications now requiring two people to talk by telephone can be handled much faster and more comprehensively by computer. The major mills have developed sophisticated web sites designed to cut their overhead and help keep wholesale prices in check. But, even using those excellent web sites, the dealer still needs an operator to enter data into each web site and then enter details regarding those transactions into the dealer system. Instead, the VenCom B2B system accesses those mill computers to perform these tasks faster, better and at less cost than possible by manual methods.