B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

Key Takeaways:

• EDI Evolution: EDI has undergone a significant transformation in recent decades.
• The Convergence of EDI and EAI: Modern EDI tools now include internal integration capabilities, and EAI solutions support EDI.

• Cloud Computing and APIs: Cloud computing and API integrations have improved scalability, enabled real-time communication, and reduced costs.

Key takeaways:

• Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) automation allows organizations to exchange business documents easily. 
• Successful EDI implementation requires selecting the right EDI partner.
• Every successful EDI implementation starts with careful planning and a structured approach.

Quick summary:

1. Collaboration with EDI Partners is Key: Robust collaboration helps cut costs by improving communication and reducing manual errors.
2. Use these Strategies to Save Money: The blog lists five strategies, including automating partner onboarding and using monitoring tools.
3. Optimize your ROI: Enhancing collaboration and automation leads to higher ROI from EDI investments.

If you’ve been part of your organization’s digital transformation conversations and those discussions now include your EDI/B2B infrastructure, you’ve probably heard the term “lift and shift.”

While each of the major public cloud providers will support EDI/B2B integration infrastructure, anyone considering migrating to the cloud needs to compare them for costs, scalability, compliance, connectivity, and analytics tools.