B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

Electronic Data Interchange has played a critical role in logistics for decades. Since the 1960s, transportation companies have used EDI to transform their operations from disorganized and complicated to streamlined and efficient. With EDI, modern-day logistics enterprises automate the generation and sharing of procurement, shipping, and payment information, resulting in better coordination, reduced errors, and lower costs across supply chains.

If you are in the logistics sector, you know better than anyone how challenging it has become to stay afloat amid hurdles like the pandemic, mounting competition, and changing customer expectations. The margin of acceptable inefficiencies is now essentially non-existent. Companies that are not doing enough to optimize operations risk falling dangerously behind.

This global building products maker serving commercial and residential customers has been a Fortune 500 company for more than half a century—and a Remedi client since 1994. Their story illustrates Remedi's ability to tailor managed EDI services to the customer’s unique needs, and the value this customer derives from the relationship.

Today's exceedingly dynamic and disrupted business environment has reinforced the need for enterprises to have complete visibility and control of their supply chains. In response, many have turned to technology for ways in which they can better connect with their partners, quickly respond to disruptions, and accurately meet evolving customer expectations.

Pandemic-related disruptions, technological advancements, and evolving customer expectations have made global supply chains complex and dangerously unstable. As a result, integration has become imperative in supply chain management.