B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

According to Bard, Google’s answer to ChatGPT, the phrase “digital transformation” appears more than 2,500 times on the websites of the top 100 EDI providers in North America. It appears 199 times over 20 of our web pages alone.

In a recent survey, 80% of companies report they’re planning budget increases of 10% or more to modernize. On a related note, EDI, MFT, and APIs are forecast to grow between 13% - 25% annually.

Since the year began, we’ve seen some customers put EDI system initiatives on hold due to concerns over the direction of the economy. But what seemed prudent in January could be risky now.

Last week, we received an application for our Customer Success Specialist position. At first glance, Alex’s (not their real name) application seemed super promising. Then we began to notice red flags that created doubt about the legitimacy of their resume.

In the face of an uncertain economy, outsourced EDI is becoming more attractive to organizations that lack the internal IT resources or the desire to efficiently manage their EDI processes. At the same time, they have recurring EDI needs such as onboarding new trading partners and supporting existing relationships.