B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

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?

If you have heard the term “B2B integration maturity” bandied about, but are not sure what it means, you are not alone. Researchers and industry thought leaders have spent years examining this issue and the impact B2B integration maturity has on the enterprise. 

We are often asked this question by the integration professionals with whom we speak.  The question is not usually posed in the manner in which this Blog is titled, but something like the following...

"Based on the discussion of our EDI/integration tools, our ERP and other integration points, and our technical capabilities as an organization, where are we as compared to our peers?"

Other variants of this question include: