EDI for SAP Buyer’s Guide

To succeed in today’s increasingly competitive omnichannel world, supply chain companies must integrate and automate document processing across their most strategic channels and trading partner relationships, allowing them to improve efficiency and customer service levels while significantly lowering operating costs. By leveraging integrated EDI for SAP, businesses can enhance productivity and growth while adding value to SAP investments.  

Whitepaper overview:    

To help navigate your EDI implementation for SAP, we have curated a whitepaper that takes a closer look at the various EDI solutions, how different EDI offerings for SAP work, and what criteria to consider when selecting a provider. We’ve even included a printable checklist that you can use to evaluate different EDI vendors. Our whitepaper covers the following:   

• What is EDI?  
• Who needs EDI? 
• What to look for in an EDI provider 

This whitepaper is for you if you are looking to learn more about:    

• Types of EDI solutions 
• Common EDI codes 
• Benefits of integrated EDI 

General Information:    

What is EDI?   

EDI is an acronym for Electronic Data Interchange, which is a standard protocol that allows disparate business systems & revenue channels to communicate end-to-end, automatically. Essentially, EDI creates a bridge between your internal systems, your partners’ systems, and a variety of sales platforms, such as online marketplaces or eCommerce storefronts.   

Who needs EDI?  

Some businesses need to use EDI because major retailers like Walmart and Target require it. Others choose to use EDI to accelerate their order processing and scale their business operations. EDI is used by both B2B and B2C businesses, including manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers and others. 

Types of EDI Solutions 

As part of this comprehensive guide, we delve into several popular EDI software and solution options, including:    

• Multienterprise Commerce Networks (One-to-Many) 
• Single Channel Networks (One-to-One) 
• Value Added Network (VAN) 
• EDI in the Cloud (Web EDI) 
• End-to-End Integrated EDI 
• On-Premises EDI    

A seamless and efficient supply chain is integral to the success of any business. It is important to consider supply chain management capabilities within an EDI solution and how that solution facilitates end-to-end visibility, collaboration, and optimization within the supply chain. 

As a leading global provider of EDI and supply chain optimization, TrueCommerce offers SAP users an extensive range of integrations to enhance performance and eliminate manual effort in key channels. Since 1987, we have helped SMB and enterprise companies streamline and automate their trading with customers/suppliers by digitizing their exchange of orders, invoices, and other critical business documents through innovative technology solutions.   

 Download the whitepaper to take a closer look at EDI for SAP and streamline your vendor selection with a simple checklist.   

You can also learn more about EDI integrations for SAP here.