B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

The food and beverage manufacturing industries are more complex than ever. New rules and regulations add a burden to manufacturers, yet they also protect consumers. Manufacturers have to pay attention to consumer behaviors and trends, too. Finally, suppliers are no longer local; they’re spread out across the globe.

Half a century ago, manufacturers could rely on a few certainties. For a start, their suppliers were fairly local. Second, their customers were close by, too. Today, that’s no longer the case; as a manufacturer, you know that your trading partners could be scattered across the globe.

As the global economy begins to recover, running lean will be the name of the game. Many companies are now asking how they can make operations-- including already stretched-thin departments such as IT-- more efficient without sacrificing service or product quality.

Read on to learn how managed EDI and integration services can keep data and revenue flowing through your supply chain and free core IT staff to focus on other priorities.

“Do I build an EDI department, or do I go the EDI outsourcing route?” can be a tricky question to answer, especially if you are not familiar with how EDI systems work or what EDI professionals do.

The Challenge

This maker of building products for commercial and residential customers has been a Fortune 500 company for 65 consecutive years—and a REMEDI client since 1994. During that time, the client has relied on consultants from Columbus, Ohio-based EMEDI to manage, monitor, and maintain an EDI environment built on the IBM® Sterling Gentran: Server for Unix platform.