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title: Automate Digital Supply Chains  with a Modern Cloud ERP Business  Platform Featuring Embedded EDI – ASWi Blog
description: "DISCOVER A BETTER WAY TO COLLABORATE WITH CUSTOMERS
AND SUPPLIERS

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the digital exchange of business information, such as sales orders, shipment
data, invoices, and purchase orders between companies in a standard format. EDI can overwhelm small businesses
with ever-changing standards, cryptic document formats, and varied customer and vendor trading requirements.
Smaller businesses often need more"
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# [Automate Digital Supply Chains with a Modern Cloud ERP Business Platform Featuring Embedded EDI – ASWi Blog](https://www.3value.com/blog/automate-digital-supply-chains-with-a-modern-cloud-erp-business-platform-featuring-embedded-edi)

 Written by [Rob Kirkey](https://www.3value.com/blog/author/rob-kirkey) | March 10 2025

DISCOVER A BETTER WAY TO COLLABORATE WITH CUSTOMERS  
 AND SUPPLIERS

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the digital exchange of business information, such as sales orders, shipment  
 data, invoices, and purchase orders between companies in a standard format. EDI can overwhelm small businesses  
 with ever-changing standards, cryptic document formats, and varied customer and vendor trading requirements.  
 Smaller businesses often need more resources to implement EDI, a requirement for conducting business with  
 larger organizations. Further, EDI requirements change over time, requiring constant fine-tuning of settings to avoid business disruption and costly fees for non-compliance. It is also challenging to keep pace with customer and  
 vendor trading requirements.

For example, Kroger requires different EDI documents than 7-Eleven. To complicate matters, Kroger does not  
 require EDI testing and uses AS2 as a connection method. In contrast, 7-Eleven requires EDI testing on the specific  
 EDI documents and connects with vendors using a value-added network (VAN).

Keeping track of customer and vendor requirements is difficult enough without disparate systems. That’s why  
 modern ERP software like Acumatica provides embedded EDI capabilities to streamline collaboration with  
 customers and vendors from a centralized business platform. With Acumatica and SPS Commerce, data flows  
 seamlessly from the core business system into the correct format for transmission to customers and vendors.

Likewise, inbound EDI documents are processed automatically into Acumatica using predefined maps with  
 notifications when errors occur on any inbound or outbound EDI activity.

This eBook helps retailers, distributors, and manufacturers understand EDI. It discusses trading partners,  
 transaction types, standards, mapping and translation software, and document transmission protocols. Readers  
 will learn how modern ERP applications simplify EDI with real-time insights to streamline collaboration for  
 improved profitability.

[Automate_Digital_Supply_Chains_With_EDI-EB-DST-03312024](https://blog.aswius.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Automate_Digital_Supply_Chains_With_EDI-EB-DST-03312024.pdf)

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