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EDI in Manufacturing: Enhancing Supply Chain Efficiency and Automation

For the highly competitive manufacturing industry, speed, accuracy, and visibility are no longer optional—they’re essential. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) has emerged as a transformative technology, enabling manufacturers to replace slow, error-prone manual processes with automated, real-time data exchange in a standardized format. By digitizing and standardizing business documents like purchase…
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The Mechanics of Electronic Data Interchange: How EDI Works

Modern businesses are under increasing pressure to automate operations, improve efficiency, and maintain seamless connections with trading partners. Thus, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) has emerged as a powerful solution to meet these demands. EDI enables companies to exchange standardized business documents—such as purchase orders, invoices, and shipping notices—electronically, eliminating the…
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How EDI Automation Can Transform Your Business Operations

In our digital-first economy, businesses must embrace smarter, faster ways to manage data exchanges and streamline operations. One of the most powerful tools driving this change is Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) automation. EDI automation refers to the use of software and systems to electronically exchange standardized business documents—such as purchase…
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SHA1 vs SHA2 Digital Certificates: Key Differences

Updated 2/13/25 Many of you already know about the current requirements regarding SHA2 digital certificates. Before we get into that, let’s talk about why we have these certificates. Data security is more critical than ever. As cyber threats continue to evolve, the need for robust encryption and secure authentication methods…
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GraceBlood Biography Series: Lisa Crosley

As you may have heard, GraceBlood LLC acquired Aurora Technologies back in October of this year.  We will now be revisiting our Biography Series to include GraceBlood’s amazing team of consultants and today we are featuring Lisa Crosley.  Lisa has been an EDI consultant with GraceBlood for 12 years. She initially worked…
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Why Your EDI Processes Should Be Automated

Photo appears courtesy of Phill Dolby. We spend a lot of time each summer trying to streamline and automate as many of our processes and procedures as we can.  It saves time and, if done correctly, makes our data more accurate and timely.  Taking the time to do this is…
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