B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

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.

Increasingly, businesses and other organizations are integrating electronic data interchange with emerging technologies – and reaping numerous benefits, such as increased efficiency, improved accuracy, enhanced visibility, and reduced costs. In this article, we focus primarily on EDI integrations with three emerging technologies: the Internet of Things, blockchain technology, and artificial intelligence.

In the coming years and decades, the business landscape is likely to see technological advancements improve EDI in the supply chain.

Electronic data interchange, which enables real-time information exchange between trading partners, has become a critical part of modern supply-chain management. Yet not all companies use it. Below, we detail the top three benefits organizations will see when they make EDI part of their businesses: increased cybersecurity protections, improved operational efficiency and an enhanced customer experience.

Having the right business-to-business integration solution is a necessity in today’s market. It can help businesses streamline their operations, boost their efficiency and improve their competitiveness. By connecting multiple discrete systems, data sources and applications, B2B integration tools can give a business a single, unified system that optimizes all of its processes.