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Articles by Brooke Lester

Brooke Lester

Brooke is the Marketing and Sales Support Manager at Remedi Electronic Commerce Group. Brooke joined Remedi in 2012 bringing with her experience and knowledge of EDI and B2B Integration from having spent the early years of her career as an EDI consultant. She is responsible for coordinating Remedi’s marketing efforts related to blogs, newsletters, customer networking events, conferences, educational material, and the IBM Premier Business Partner relationship.

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EDI Migrations: Risks, Timelines, and How Projects Actually Fail

Posted by Brooke Lester on Aug 5, 2026 1:41 PM

Most EDI migration timelines are wrong before the project even kicks off. The vendor's estimate looked reasonable on paper, but it didn't account for your custom maps, the trading partner certification queue, or the fact that your EDI specialist is already running at capacity just keeping the current environment stable.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Cleo

Posted by Brooke Lester on Jul 31, 2026 11:27 AM

Cleo Integration Cloud (CIC) is a cloud-based integration platform that combines EDI, API integration, application integration, and managed file transfer in one environment. For companies evaluating Cleo, planning a migration, or trying to strengthen support after go-live, the biggest questions usually fall into five areas: platform fit, technical setup, migration risk, operational support, and compliance.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Boomi

Posted by Brooke Lester on Jul 31, 2026 9:04 AM

Boomi is often described as a low-code integration platform, but that only tells part of the story. Companies also use it to connect applications, manage APIs, support EDI and trading partners, improve data quality, and automate business processes. This guide answers some of the most common questions organizations ask when evaluating, implementing, or supporting Boomi. Use the index below to jump to the topics most relevant to your team.

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EDI Mapping Best Practices: What Gets Missed and Why It Matters

Posted by Brooke Lester on Jul 8, 2026 3:36 PM

EDI Mapping Best Practices Defined

EDI mapping best practices are the standards and processes that define how your system translates data between your internal formats and your trading partners' requirements. When mapping is done well, transactions flow cleanly. When it's not, errors accumulate quietly until something breaks.

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How to Troubleshoot Failed EDI Transactions

Posted by Brooke Lester on Jul 1, 2026 1:35 PM

Has this happened to you? You open your queue on a Monday morning and find a batch of 850 purchase orders sitting in a failed state. No 997 functional acknowledgment came back from your retail partner overnight. Your fulfillment team is already asking questions.

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