B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

The first step to more closely aligning your EDI capabilities with the overarching goals and objectives of your organization is to examine your current state. Once you define your strengths and weaknesses and have a clear understanding of client requirements, the business strategy, executive expectations, perceptions of IT, and the CIO's goals, you can begin visualizing your desired future state and put together an improvement plan.

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). 

B2B integration maturity is not something you achieve overnight. There are stages that you pass through that bring you closer to your goal.

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?

B2B integration maturity describes the varying levels of your company’s readiness to let information travel across corporate firewalls. It is a vital goal for firms to achieve. How do you know when you have reached it, or if you still have much work to do to reach integration maturity?