Field Notes
Insights, guides, and trends from the team building commerce on Shopify, for operators in wholesale, distribution, and manufacturing. New to a term? See the B2B glossary.
Rebar Weight Chart: Pounds per Foot by Bar Size, and How Rebar Is Priced
Rebar weight chart for ASTM A615 bars #3 to #18 in pounds per foot, with the math from pieces to pounds, hundredweight and tons, and how rebar is priced.
Restricted Use Pesticides: What Dealers Check Before a Sale
What a restricted use pesticide dealer checks before each sale: the label, the buyer's certification, who takes the product, and the Part 171 sale record.
Mill Test Report: What Steel Buyers Expect With Every Order
What a mill test report shows, how to read it, EN 10204 3.1 certificates, Buy America statements, and why buyers expect the MTR for each heat on the order.
What Is a Core Charge? Meaning, Refunds and B2B Rules
What is a core charge? A refundable deposit on parts like alternators and starters. How core refunds work, how states tax them, and how B2B sellers handle them.
Sage 100 vs Sage Intacct: What Changes When You Sell B2B on Shopify
Sage 100 vs Sage Intacct for distributors and manufacturers selling B2B online: deployment, inventory, pricing, multi-entity, and how each connects to Shopify.
Official Shopify ERP Connectors: Where Business Central and Infor M3 Stop for B2B
Official Shopify ERP connectors for Business Central and Infor M3, per the vendors' own docs: what they sync, where B2B needs more, and a 9-question self-test.
Epicor's Final on-Premises Release and Your Commerce Roadmap
Epicor's final on-premises release for P21 and Kinetic is 2028.1. What changes, what does not, and how to build a storefront integration that survives the move.
Dynamics GP End of Life: Keep Your B2B Storefront Running
Dynamics GP end of life dates, checked against Microsoft, and how distributors selling on Shopify B2B can plan a storefront that survives the ERP move.
ERP APIs Explained: What Each ERP Actually Exposes to an Ecommerce Integration
What P21, SX.e, Kinetic, SyteLine, M3, D365 F&O, Business Central, SAP Business One and Sage 100 actually expose to an ecommerce integration, and their limits.
What Is an Epicor BAQ, and Why Your Storefront's Inventory Number Depends on One
An Epicor BAQ defines custom queries in Kinetic. On a storefront integration, the BAQ decides your available-to-sell number, and whether you oversell.
SyteLine, CloudSuite Industrial, SX.e, CloudSuite Distribution: Infor's ERP Names Explained
SyteLine is CloudSuite Industrial and SX.e is CloudSuite Distribution. Infor's ERP names explained, how to tell which one you run, and why deployment matters.
Matrix Pricing, Contract Pricing and Special Price Agreements: How ERPs Decide What a B2B Buyer Pays
Contract pricing, matrix pricing and special price agreements explained, how P21, SX.e, D365, SAP B1 and Sage 100 resolve them, and why storefronts should ask.
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