Sharp-aX and EData

At Sharp-aX we recognise that EDA wholesaler teams need improved efficiency and automation to reduce manual work arounds and to streamline workflows and processes. Systems that talk to one another in real time – as EDATA and Sharp-aX do – deliver better data accuracy and visibility so that EDA wholesaler teams, and their contractor customers, can make faster, more informed decisions.

This technical collaboration between Sharp-aX and the EDA saves wholesalers time and effort, and arms staff with the highest quality product information and downloadable PDF data sheets to provide to customers in quotations and for O&M manuals. Congratulations to Sharp-aX for seizing the opportunity and making it happen.

EDATA in the Sharp-aX ERP Software

EDATA on Web

Data is also pulled through from Sharp-aX directly to your integrated Website, including Image assets (as above) and Product Descriptions, Manuals and Data Sheets (as below).

Suraj Bhambra of EDA Wholesaler Member, STA Group Limited, explains the advantage of the integration: “The way the data is presented in Sharp-aX is great, clear and easy to use. The database doesn’t get clogged either because you have an option to only download datasheets you require. This means that every staff member will be able to answer questions about the product instantly. It will increase confidence for the consumer and increase sales.  It also acts as a learning tool for staff where they may have gaps in their knowledge – simply find the product and read the documentation.”

About the Electrical Distributors’ Association (EDA)

Sharp-aX Computer Systems Ltd joined the Electrical Distributors’ Association (EDA) as an Affiliate Solution Provider on 1 December 2024.

The Solution Provider Affiliate Membership category was introduced to support the EDA’s digitalisation activity.

Launched in 1914 – the EDA is the trade association for the UK’s electrical wholesale sector.

Membership includes the leading national wholesalers Edmundson Electrical Ltd, Rexel UK and CEF, and Stearn Electric Co Ltd, as well as hundreds of independent electrical wholesale businesses of all sizes, most of whom are members of the UK’s largest buying groups ANEW, AWEBB, Fegime UK and The IBA Buying Group.

The Affiliate Programme is open to providers of products and services to the supply chain including Manufacturers, Solution Providers, and Service Providers.

The EDA offers 4 pillars of support to businesses:

1. Business Community: creating visibility, publications, campaigns, bringing like-minded businesses together at networking events
2. Industry Insight: surveys, curating and communicating information, identifying threats and opportunities to enable better decision making
3. Education and Training: the EDA Product Knowledge Modules, an Apprenticeship Service, bespoke classroom and virtual courses on a range of topics, 30 Minute Masterclass programme
4. Digitalisation: including the EDATA data pool and the ETIM data standard

The EDA has been a member of the European Union of Electrical Wholesalers (EUEW) since 1960.

For more information about the EDA visit www.eda.org.uk or call 020 3141 7350.