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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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Calculating the ROI for Your B2B Integration

Posted by Brooke Lester on Mar 16, 2017 8:00 AM

It may be sad to admit, but the legacy systems which your company invested money, time, and effort into deploying may no longer be getting the job done. Perhaps they cannot scale, it is difficult to access and share information, or the vendor does not provide support any longer.

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3 Implementation Best Practices for B2B Modernization

Posted by Brooke Lester on Mar 9, 2017 8:00 AM

The implementation of data integration solutions can be a double-edged sword. You know such solutions offer your company major benefits, yet you are also concerned about some significant challenges. What do you choose - sticking with legacy integration systems that might work well now, but are not guaranteed to work in the future, or move to a modern system that is more reliable, but might pose implementation difficulties?

Read on to learn how you can overcome data integration challenges by following three best practices: understand the data and your goals for it, demonstrate value, and provide self-service functionality. Read More

Top 3 Benefits of B2B Modernization

Posted by Brooke Lester on Mar 2, 2017 8:00 AM

How long have you had your legacy integration system in place? Is it ten years, fifteen years, or even longer? Legacy integration systems are known for being workhorses, but even workhorses have a limited lifespan.

There are a number of reasons why a firm might want to keep a legacy integration system in place, though the rationale for maintaining those systems does not always stand up to the logic behind B2B modernization. There are three very strong reasons for data system integration: increased visibility into your operations, greater operational efficiencies, and the ability to make better business decisions that lead to prosperity and success. Read More

The Quick Guide to Modern B2B Integration

Posted by Brooke Lester on Feb 25, 2017 9:30 AM

Many people take it for granted that it's simple and fast to transfer data from one computer system to another. Thanks to EDI, it is. With the click of a button, you can share a spreadsheet with your business partner down the hall or across the globe. Baby Boomers remember the bad old days, while younger generations assume things have always been this easy.

This guide will cover how EDI technologies have evolved, and how legacy systems pose data challenges. It also explores why firms have modernized data integration strategies, and what benefits they've received from embracing new data integration methodologies. Read More

We Want to Answer Your Questions and Give You a $10 Gift Card!

Posted by Brooke Lester on Jan 24, 2017 3:20 PM


Our blogs will be taking on a bit of a different theme from time to time in 2017 and we're going to kick it off with a chance for you to win a $10 Starbucks gift card!  Over the past month, I've been taking the time to review emails, posts, tweets, group discussions, and conversations you may have had with someone on the REMEDI team.  In 2017 we plan to use that information to answer your questions.  And, we would also like to hear from you directly!  What would you like to learn more about?  What was the last EDI, MFT, B2B, etc topic that you Googled?

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