B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

There has been an explosion in the growth of online food and beverage sales. The growth has been building up over the past few years, and it rapidly accelerated as a result of the events of 2020. How can you leverage this trend for greater success and sustainability?

At the dawn of 2020, the food and beverage industry had already been going through some pretty dramatic changes; it had witnessed shifts in customer demands and expectations. New, harsher regulations came into effect, and new technologies impacted the supply chain. However, no one foresaw how the events of 2020 would affect the food and beverage supply chain.

Why should you upgrade to a comprehensive B2B integration suite? You already have an EDI system, and if it’s not broke, there’s no need to fix it, right?

When you upgrade from a legacy system, you do so because you’re looking to solve at least one business problem. The same holds true for companies looking to upgrade from a legacy integration system to a comprehensive EDI suite.

COVID-19 has changed the way B2B companies work, potentially forever. The workforce is now remote and distributed. Consequently, many firms have been forced to embrace digitization much earlier than they were planning to (if they were planning to at all). Also, these businesses find themselves having to accelerate their digital maturity levels (again, either faster than they had planned, or without having given much thought to the topic at all).