One Global Supply Chain, Two EDI Standards: A Practical Coexistence Strategy If you run EDI for a company shipping across the Atlantic or Pacific, the tidy narrative “X12 for North America, EDIFACT for everywhere else” falls apart the moment you check an actual trading partner list. A German automotive supplier insists on VDA-flavored EDIFACT, a … Read More →
Migrating Off a Legacy EDI System Without Breaking Order Flow A 20-year-old EDI system is rarely broken in the way that gets it prioritized for replacement. It works, but slowly, with workarounds nobody remembers the origin of, maintained by one person who’s been patching it since before most of the current team was hired. The risk … Read More →
Where AI actually helps in EDI and where it’s just marketing “AI-powered EDI” is on nearly every vendor’s homepage now. Some of it is genuinely useful. A lot of it is a rebranded rules engine with a new label. If you’re evaluating tools or trying to figure out where automation actually earns its budget line, … Read More →
Every Major Retailer’s Routing Guide Is a Different Trap. Here’s How to Map Them Fast Every major retailer publishes a routing guide. None of them look alike, and that’s not an accident — each one encodes that retailer’s specific chargeback triggers, labeling rules, and EDI transaction requirements. Suppliers who treat routing guides as a one-time … Read More →