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EDI vs API: Choosing the Best Integration Method

Across myriad industries, businesses are increasingly reliant on seamless data integration to stay competitive. Two prominent technologies facilitating this exchange are traditional Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and modern Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). While both methods of B2B data integration serve the purpose of transferring data between systems, they do so…
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Modern B2B: Cloud-Based EDI + Supply Chain Visibility

You would have to be living under a rock to not see that everything is subscription based nowadays. I even see it on FB with my boomer cousins, complaining about MS Office moving to subscriptions.  It’s not going away and CDs are not coming back (yes, I have an Apple…
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Keeping Up with Changing E-Commerce Technology

Photo appears courtesy of Courtney Carmody. The Amazons and the Walmarts of the world are growing so fast, their vendors can barely keep up.  Amazon has roughly a gazillion vendor types…FBA and FBM oh my!  Meanwhile Walmart has so many vendors you scarcely understand who you’re buying from when you…
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The 3 Rs of 2020: Musings of a B2B Survivor

Review Some will say that 2020 was an absolute dumpster fire, but I say that it was a valuable learning experience. What I saw and learned is companies that lead do so by action, thinking outside the box, and leveraging technology to automate, connect, and transform.  Successful companies didn’t wait…
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Forrester’s Case for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Cloud: 60% ROI

This blog was written by Robert Ruppert, Regional Sales Manager for Enavate, and reprinted with permission. Leading technology research firm Forrester recently interviewed seven Microsoft Dynamics 365 customers that implemented the cloud-based ERP to replace aging, siloed ERP systems that offered bad user experiences. As in most cases, the decision to…
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Keep your Competitive Edge with 3PL EDI Integration

Updated July 7, 2023 Third-party logistics (3PL), or the practice of moving logistics and supply chain management from in-house to a third-party provider, has become the new normal for many businesses of all shapes and sizes in the post-pandemic economy—providing better opportunities to grow and find more efficient ways to…
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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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Dashboard Dreams

Our company serves supply chain clients who operate their own on premises systems for handling EDI activity as well as clients who rely on our managed services for handling some or all such B2B activity. We’ve been exploring how best to leverage the latest technology to deliver useful, actionable information…
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EDI Testing Challenges – Lessons Learned

Photo appears courtesy of frankieleon. Who else does this happen to?  Mapping is done, VAN/AS2 connections are set up, you have gotten through testing with flying colors, and then you go live and EVERYTHING falls apart.  OK, perhaps I’m being overly dramatic…maybe not everything. Sometimes it is just a minor…
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