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The Most Common EDI Errors (And How to Fix Them)

EDI is essential for modern supply chain operations, enabling the seamless exchange of business documents between systems. However, even the most advanced EDI system is not immune to EDI errors. These issues can disrupt transactions, delay shipments, and create costly inefficiencies across your business. In fact, EDI errors are one…

How Automating Purchase Orders and Invoices Impacts Operational Costs: A Guide for ERP Resellers

Many ERP clients invest heavily in automation to improve internal operations. Their ERP systems streamline accounting, reporting, inventory management, and other core business functions. However, despite these investments, a surprising number of organizations still manage purchase orders and invoices manually when interacting with suppliers and customers. This disconnect creates a…

EDI Mapping vs. Translation: What’s the Difference?

When organizations begin implementing electronic data interchange, one question inevitably arises: EDI mapping vs. translation — what’s the difference? Although the two terms are closely related, they represent different steps in the data conversion process that allows systems to exchange structured electronic data across the supply chain. In modern business…

The ROI of EDI in Mid-Sized Distribution: Why Referring Specialists Protects Your ERP Project

If you’re an ERP reseller serving mid-sized distributors, you’ve likely seen this pattern: your client treats electronic data interchange as a necessary evil. It’s something the retailers require. And it’s something their trading partners demand. It’s just another box to check during the ERP implementation. And here’s the reality you…

What Is EDI as a Service (EDIaaS) and Why Are Businesses Adopting It?

If you’re asking, “What is EDIaaS?”, you’re not alone. As organizations modernize their technology stack, many are turning to EDIaaS (EDI as a Service) to simplify how they manage electronic data interchange. Instead of building and maintaining complex in-house EDI infrastructure, companies now rely on a cloud-based service model that…

Why ERP Resellers Prefer the Referral Model for EDI Solutions

ERP resellers face a critical strategic decision when clients require electronic data interchange: should you bundle EDI into your ERP offering, or leverage an EDI referral model and partner with a specialist? Clients absolutely need EDI. It powers modern supply chain automation, enables seamless data exchange between business partners, and…

How ERP Resellers Can Increase Margins Through EDI Referral Partnerships (You Need an EDI Partner)

ERP resellers are facing sustained margin pressure across implementations, upgrades, and ongoing support. This is true even as clients expect deeper ERP expertise and broader ERP tools to support long-term business growth. As ERP software becomes more competitive and standardized, buyers expect faster deployments, broader functionality, and lower costs. And…

ERP EDI Partnership: Enhancing Integration for Resellers & Providers

Updated 1/26/26 In the ever-evolving landscape of business technology, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) solutions play pivotal roles in streamlining operations and facilitating seamless communication. While ERP systems manage diverse business processes, EDI acts as the digital bridge for efficient data exchange between trading partners.…

How EDI Automates Data Entry: A Practical Guide for Modern Operations

Every organization struggles with the same operational bottleneck: repetitive, time-consuming manual data entry. Whether it’s copying values into a spreadsheet, retyping orders from emails, cleaning up OCR output, or manipulating CSV files before uploading them into ERP modules, these tasks consume hours of staff time and introduce unnecessary risk. Errors…

Unlock Efficiency with an EDI Onboarding Checklist

Updated 12/09/25 Where time is of the essence, efficient communication and real-time collaboration between trading partners are essential. A structured EDI onboarding process helps support that collaboration by ensuring every workflow, requirement, and data exchange runs smoothly. EDI has been a long-time indispensable tool in the realm of business-to-business (B2B)…

EDI and Supply Chain Management: How EDI Optimizes the Modern Supply Chain

Supply chains have never been more complex or more critical to business success. Customer expectations continue to rise, product lifecycles shorten, and global disruptions put increasing pressure on manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to operate with absolute accuracy and efficiency. Yet many organizations still rely on slow, manual, paper-based processes to…

The Power of the Hybrid Integration Platform: Bridging On-Premise ERP and Cloud EDI

As organizations continue their digital transformation efforts, the need to connect data and applications across both on-premise and cloud environments has never been greater. Many enterprise companies still rely on legacy systems such as Infor or Oracle ERP—systems that power critical business processes but weren’t built for cloud computing or…

EDI in Retail: The Technology Behind Accurate Inventory and Happy Customers

The Costume That Wasn’t There Picture this: you’re browsing Walmart’s website for a Halloween costume. You find the perfect one, the website says it’s in stock, and you place your order. A few days later, you get the dreaded email: “We’re sorry, this item is no longer available.” Oh snap.…

AI in the Supply Chain: EDI’s Genius Cousin-And Teammate

We recently asked how organizations are using AI in our monthly poll. While we wait for those results, let’s look at how AI powers and augments the supply chain. Modern supply chains are getting smarter, faster, and more resilient—not by abandoning the foundations of electronic data interchange (EDI), but by…

What Difference Does Your EDI Vendor Make in Your Business?

The right EDI vendor matters more than you think. Businesses rely on the smooth flow of data to keep their operations running efficiently. In manufacturing, retail, logistics, and healthcare, electronic data interchange (EDI) is the backbone of that exchange — automating communication between trading partners and ensuring accuracy at every…