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Electronic Payment Experience Reporting System (EPERS)

From your A/R to Riemer electronically

Our automatic accounts receivable submission system accepts A/R information monthly from hundreds of Riemer member companies. The data can be transmitted in a variety of media, including the increasingly-popular FTP, plus diskettes, and tapes. A minimal amount of programming is required at the member company in order to support output of the A/R information in the Riemer format. The time ranges from less than a day (often) to several weeks (seldom), and is quickly repaid by the elimination of manual reporting.

The 7 Steps

  1. Your IS staff reviews our EPERS File Specifications
  2. IS and Credit staff determine scope and details of data submission, such as which divisions are included, how each category is defined, if average days pay data is available, and the ability to translate valuable special data (i.e., NSF, placed for collection, etc.) into Riemer Special Comments Codes
  3. If your IS staff has any questions, they can contact Riemer Reporting Service's Technical Support at (440) 835-2477, extension 190
  4. IS staff programs system and generates a trial data file
  5. Data file is sent to Riemer for testing
  6. Riemer Tech Support reviews any problems with IS staff
  7. Once the test data is approved by IS, Credit, and Riemer, the data file is generated automatically and submitted on a monthly basis

Scheduling

The initial submission from a member may take a few weeks for Riemer to process, depending on the number of accounts and the workload at the time. After that, updates will be loaded within three days of receipt.

Transfering Files Via FTP

Riemer Reporting Service has an FTP site to provide our members with a fast and inexpensive way to send data files to Riemer. When performing an FTP transfer from within a company it is likely that you will need to go through a firewall. The firewall may be set up to block FTP transfers to outside sites. Check with your network administrator first to determine if you can FTP directly out.

Site URL
ftp.riemer.com
Site IP Address
12.33.200.19
User Account
anonymous
Password
<your e-mail address>
Upload Directory
/pub/dataSubmission
Data File Name
<your contributor number>
example: 34599.dat

It is somewhat more likely that the site IP address will work rather than the site name. This is especially true when performing an FTP transfer from a Windows 95/98 client

Remember that account names and directory names are case sensitive. Your FTP client will need to be in BINARY transfer mode before performing a PUT operation. When you are ready to upload your .dat file, change the local computer's current working directory to the directory where the file resides. You can use the "lcd" (local change directory) command to do this after the FTP session has been established.

The dataSubmission directory does not have read privileges, so you will not get a listing of the files contained in it. This means that you won't see your .dat file after you have uploaded it. If for some reason you are unsure whether your file has reached our site or not, give tech support a call at (440) 835-2477, extension 190.

Other Transfer Methods

If you prefer, you can e-mail your .dat file to ar_submissions@riemer.com. For security, you can use PGP encryption at either the e-mail message or file level. You can also send a password-protected file. Contact us for Riemer Reporting Service’s public PGP key or for more secure file transfer options.

Updating and adding comments

Members can review and update their reported experience, and/or add comments at any time on our web site. Login to access the member services, click on the group name in the menu at the left, and go to “Enter/Edit Payment Experience” for the current credit cycle.