You want to implement an EDI system because you believe that it will make your company more agile, efficient, and profitable. This desire raises the question of what resources you need. How much will it cost to set up and maintain such a system, and do you need personnel to ensure the EDI system’s successful operation?
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What is your core business? Maybe it is manufacturing, or perhaps you are in retail. Whatever the answer is, it is most likely not B2B integration. That is okay. Unless you specialize in B2B integration, no one expects you to successfully complete a B2B integration project on your own (especially if you have never undertaken one before).
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Inbound and Outbound Management
Two Quick Thoughts
My Dad sparked my desire to fly real airplanes by introducing my brothers and me to remote control model airplanes as kids. Some of those training flights went well. Others not so much. Memories of tediously built model airplanes hurtling earthward as father and son wrestle over the controls have become dinner table lore retold at holiday gatherings. Dad says “Ok, let me help”. Son says (while running away with his back turned or so the story goes) “No, I got it, I got it, I……thwwaaackkk!”. Over time, Dad began to recognize when to step in and help and when to let us (literally) spread our wings and fly on our own.
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B2B integration maturity is not something you achieve overnight. There are stages that you pass through that bring you closer to your goal.
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It is all well and good to talk about B2B integration maturity, but how does a company achieve it? What actionable steps can you take now that will increase this characteristic?
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