B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

If you are still viewing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) as a back-office utility that quietly hums in the background, it might be time to look again.

Key Highlights

• Baseline Mapping: Start by mapping your current costs so you can see where your budget's actually bleeding.
• Intangible Wins: Focus on things like scalability. They give your team the edge they need for the long haul.
• Accurate Modeling: Watch out for service costs or manual fixes; if you leave them out, your financial model won't hold up.
• Real Data: Use clear models and real numbers to make your ROI case strong and sustainable.

How to balance internal expertise with on-demand specialists—without stretching your team or your budget.

A well-executed M&A can reduce costs, eliminate competition, and set up the merged entity for market-dominating success. Yet 70%-90% of M&As fail, due in part to bungled consolidation of IT systems. Well-prepared B2B integration managers can help their companies avoid a good chunk of that risk, so the past doesn’t become prologue.

When it comes to pre-internet technology, EDI is the Godzilla of the supply chain universe. After all, you can’t kill something that keeps on delivering the goods. But platforms developed in the 1990s are no match for competitors who are adopting modern data exchange solutions.