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Evolution of EDI: From Humble Beginnings to Real-Time Data Exchange

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) has undergone significant transformations over the last two decades. From proprietary, on-premise systems to cloud-based and API-driven real-time data exchange, EDI has evolved to meet the growing demands of global businesses, supply chain logistics, and digital transformation. This blog explores the key changes in EDI technology…

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…

Digital Transformation and EDI: A Partnership for Growth

Digital transformation might sound like a buzzword—but the undeniable success of companies that have embraced it over the past decade proves it’s a powerful and tangible strategy. So what is digital transformation? At its core, it’s all about aligning your business to make the most of cutting-edge technologies to make…

Unleashing Efficiency: GraceBlood’s VelociLink™ Managed EDI Services

GraceBlood’s ubiquitous managed EDI service is getting a bit of a face lift. You may have seen some new branding in recent weeks referring to our VelociLink™ platform. What exactly is VelociLink™ and how can it help you grow your business? In the dynamic landscape of supply chain, where seamless…

EDI Solutions in Healthcare: How it Works

The need for efficient, accurate, and secure data exchange is greater than ever. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a technology that enables healthcare providers, insurers, and suppliers to exchange essential information in a standardized digital format. By eliminating paper-based transactions, EDI enhances operational efficiency, reduces errors, and ensures compliance with…

A Brief Overview of EDI Integration with Acumatica

Manually handling and processing documents such as invoices is a costly affair, and the bigger your company, the more those costs add up—not just the monetary cost, but the time it takes to manually process them and the risk of manual transmission errors as well. Electronic data interchange (EDI) is…

B2B is Not Just EDI Anymore

One topic around here that we have been discussing is whether our clients truly know the extent of our capabilities. I think they all know that we can do old-fashioned vanilla EDI but many do not know that we can also do pistachio and rum raisin, too! And by…

Barnes & Noble Gains EDI Visibility with Syncrofy

Reprinted with permission from CoEnterprise. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (NYSE: BNED), one of the largest contract operators of physical and virtual bookstores for higher education and K-12 institutions across the United States, one of the largest textbook wholesalers, and a leading provider of digital education services, enhances the academic…

The Future of Business Visibility: Introducing Syncrofy

Photo appears courtesy of Peter. We dropped some hints in previous blogs and the unveiling is finally here! We are now offering an EDI visibility tool called Syncrofy, and it very well may change the way you do business. Syncrofy provides self-service EDI insights without the need for IT support, allowing you to search, view, and…

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…

Visualizing EDI Data with Tableau Software

Data seems to be the be-all-end-all of today’s business world and at the heart of effective decision-making. However, raw data alone isn’t enough; it’s the ability to interpret and visualize this data that drives meaningful insights. Tableau Software, a leading data visualization tool, has emerged as a game-changer in this…

IOT & EDI

Photo appears courtesy of ITU Pictures. Recently we came across a white paper about how Advanced Vehicle Technology is changing the Transportation Industry. They were talking about “connected trucks” equipped with IOT (Internet of Things) devices (devices with sensors that can communicate with other devices) that can monitor things like temperature,…

How Liaison’s Delta/ECS Solves Integration Challenges

Photo appears courtesy of Lensman.Official. We all know that integrating your EDI is the holy grail of being EDI capable. But why doesn’t everyone take advantage of integration? We can talk about expense or lack of staff or any number of issues but the integration itself what I want to focus on…

Comparing ROI for Integrated Electronic Trading

Picture appears courtesy of GotCredit. Most retailers and e-tailers, and an increasing number of other businesses, will only purchase from suppliers who will do business via EDI or some other B2B electronic trading platform. Not to worry: this mandate can have tangible benefits for your company too. These benefits are both…