B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

Recently I read an article in the Supply Chain Technology News called "Is the Future of EDI in Blockchain?" that caught my attention. Blockchain is the technology behind Bitcoin, which is a digital currency that has grown in popularity and value. Several articles tout Blockchain as the next biggest thing since the Internet. The reason for this excitement is because of the security and distributed implementation.

When you think of important business relationships, your customers are probably the first group that comes to mind. Maintaining good relationships with customers is paramount to any company. However, there is another group that enables you to satisfy your customers, namely, your suppliers

In today’s fast paced world, we can all get caught up amid multiple business priorities. The question, I pose today is which of those priorities are the most important and how are they going to impact your business for future generations to come?  At REMEDI, we have engaged our entire team in moving our company forward by focusing on Innovation. As Simon T. Bailey states in his recent blog: “Engaging your gears means putting your life into drive and positioning yourself in the middle of the action where ideas are happening.” This allows us to shift our brilliance and achieve our goals. Here are some key areas that Simon highlights:

The term “digital transformation” has gained an unfair reputation for being meaningless jargon. When that happens, there are a few outcomes; the term becomes misunderstood, people ignore it altogether, and very few people benefit from it. That is unfortunate, because digital transformation is so much more than a buzzword; it represents a deep and dramatic change in the way companies do business.

Perhaps as an EDI professional you found yourself somewhere between curious and concerned by the recent IBM announcement that operating systems such as the iSeries and UNIX (most flavors) will no longer be supported when IBM rolls out its newest version of IBM Sterling B2B Integrator sometime next year.

Here are 5 things you can do to reduce the impact of that announcement.