What is Electronic Data Interchange?
Learn what Electronic Data Interchange is and how it streamlines the exchange of business documents between organisations.
What is Electronic Data Interchange?
Electronic Data Interchange, or EDI, is a standardised method that enables businesses to exchange commercial documents automatically with one another.
This includes orders, delivery notes and invoices. Instead of emails, PDFs or Excel files, this data is sent directly from system to system.
The result: no more manual processing, fewer errors, and a faster, more efficient process.
Why do organisations use EDI?
For many organisations, EDI is the standard for digital collaboration with customers, suppliers and logistics partners.
When a retailer sends an order, it is automatically received in the supplier’s system. Subsequently, shipping notifications and invoices are also exchanged digitally without any manual steps in between.
This saves time, prevents errors and makes it possible to largely automate the entire order process.
Within retail and logistics, EDI is often a requirement to collaborate with trading partners.
How we can help
With the T2S EDI Platform, Type 2 Solutions supports organisations in automatically sending, receiving and processing EDI messages through an EDI integration.
We ensure that messages comply with agreed standards and are delivered correctly to your trading partners.In addition, we assist with integration into your IT landscape, including ERP, WMS and CRM systems.