B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

Proven Strategies for Turning Challenges into Wins

If the past three years have taught us anything about how to survive and thrive in uncertain times, number one is this. Being prepared.

To help get you ready for whatever EDI challenges your organization might face in the quarters ahead, we asked our industry experts to break down the winning plays for each scenario.

Thanks to companies playing catch up from pandemic-related bottlenecks, EDI/B2B consultants with their specialized skill sets are in high demand. But that’s only one labor challenge among many for IT managers.

We’ve heard from more than one customer recently who has been told that IBM is planning to sunset currently supported versions of Gentran:Server. “Any truth to the rumor?” they asked, knowing Remedi is an IBM Gold Business Partner.

The short answer is no.

Even before the pandemic threw a planet-sized wrench into global supply chains, outsourced EDI and B2B data exchange solutions made sense for multinational organizations and those with more than 500 trading partners.

Outsourced EDI is also attractive to organizations that lack the internal IT resources to manage EDI processes but whose trading partners or key accounts require EDI capabilities and processes.

Even if some managers wish it would, we can say with confidence that post-pandemic, remote work is not going away.

Pre-pandemic, according to a recent Ladders study, only 4% of jobs in the U.S. and Canada were hiring for permanent remote positions, mainly tech and sales jobs.