EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is a system that enables businesses to exchange data, like purchase orders and invoices, electronically and unattended by acting as a translator between different ERP systems. It converts files from various formats (e.g., XML, .csv) into a standardized EDI X12 format and transmits them using protocols like AS2, FTP, sFTP, or a VAN.… Read More
That is the question A few years ago, I would have had a very different and completely one-sided answer to this question. I had always been a one woman show. I ran entire EDI departments by myself. I believed … Read More
A few years ago, I read an article that said that by the year 2020, APIs would replace approximately twenty-five percent of EDI connections. The rest of the communications between businesses would continue to be handled through legacy technologies and … Read More
In the world of EDI, there is a document for just about every type of transaction you could imagine. While these transactions aren’t specific to a particular industry/business, these are the three I most run across that cause the client … Read More
Navigating the world of EDI can be pretty daunting, especially with all the acronyms and document numbers used to identify nearly all actions in EDI. An important, and often overlooked, piece to EDI is communications. EDI can only work once … Read More
Not all shipping software’s are created equal, at least that is what one of our clients recently discovered when integrating EDI with Petco. Petco has a requirement for a custom ship label and packing list, pretty standard request. The shipping … Read More