X12 vs. EDIFACT Doing business and interacting with trading partners is associated with the need to prepare, send, receive and process a large number of documents. Today, around the world, almost all enterprises from small businesses to large corporations use EDI (Electronic Data Interchanges) to communicate with business partners. The most common standards that are …
This post was updated to reflect current trends and information. EDI (or Electronic Data Interchange), has been part of business for long time; However, questions about its functioning, pros and cons are still not clear for new EDI users and those who have been using EDI for years in their business. To help better …
This post was updated to reflect current trends and information. To exchange business documents and transactions between business partners via EDI (electronic data interchange), most companies in North America use the EDI ANSI ASC X12 Standards. This overview provides some basic information about the ANSI X12 standards for electronic data interchange (EDI). Useful: What …
This post was updated to reflect current trends and information. What is EDI 846 document? One of the most important electronic EDI documents heavily exchanged between trading partners, is the 846 X12 document. It is important mainly due to the evolution of the drop-shipping business that saw a great advancement in the last few …
This post was updated to reflect current trends and information. EDI formats are not understood or easily read by just anyone. It requires an EDI expert to be able to read the files and dissect them. Many large Trading Partners impose their own rules and requirements on top of those outlined by the standards, which …
A couple of months ago, we published a blog on our Namtek Consulting Services’ website about B2B transactions & EDI communication. This article went on to describe the beginnings of EDI in the business world and how far we’ve advanced with technology to simplify these B2B transactions with EDI2XML. Here’s a recap of this article;
This post was updated to reflect current trends and information. EDI Communication is one of the best ways to exchange important business documents with Trading Partners. Documents such as Purchase Orders, Invoices and ASNs can be safely exchanged electronically with business partners, like retailers, in a matter of seconds. In many cases however, Small and …
This post was updated to reflect current trends and information. Should we migrate our EDI integration and processing platform to a SaaS EDI platform or instead, adopt an EDI translation software on-premises? The above question is asked by many business executives when involved in EDI integration projects, either when a contract or license with their …
This post was updated to reflect current trends and information. As soon as there is a requirement for EDI implementation and integration, company executives, along with their IT personnel, begin by determining how they will comply with their EDI business partner to exchange EDI documents. They will need to acquire EDI translation software, initiate testing, …
