Edi
The ROI of EDI: what NOT being connected to your customers and suppliers costs you every month
The cost of not having EDI never shows up on an invoice: it hides in manual re-keying, credit notes, trucks waiting at the dock, and invoices that get paid late. Here's the simple math to calculate it …
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FideX (AS5): the future of certified EDI transmissions
What FideX (AS5) is, explained simply: the proposed next generation of digital registered mail — from AS2 and AS4 to REST + JSON — with signatures for non-repudiation, end-to-end encryption and a …
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GS1 XML: when the language of business learned web
What GS1 XML is, explained simply: the EDI standard from the GS1 family (the barcode and SSCC people) written in readable, validatable XML, its role in GDSN — the global master catalog of products — …
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TRADACOMS: the grandfather of retail EDI (and the lesson that standards never die)
What TRADACOMS is, explained simply: the first mass-market retail EDI, born in the UK in 1982, frozen since the 1990s and still alive in British supermarkets. Why a Latin American company should know …
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UN/EDIFACT: the EDI language of the world (and of every container leaving port)
What UN/EDIFACT is, explained simply: the United Nations EDI standard, its ORDERS, DESADV and INVOIC messages, where it rules (Europe, ocean carriers, customs), how it differs from X12, and the …
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ANSI X12: the telegram that never died (the EDI language of the Americas)
What ANSI X12 is, explained simply: the EDI syntax that dominates commerce across the Americas, how to read its segments and elements (ST, BEG, PO1), what the numbers 850, 856 and 810 mean, and why a …
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AS2, AS4 and ebXML: the digital registered mail your EDI documents travel on
AS2, AS4 and ebXML explained without jargon: how purchase orders and invoices travel between companies, why global retail demands AS2, and when each protocol matters for a Venezuelan business selling …
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Which metrics to watch in FMCG before a chargeback or a rejected ASN costs you the account
The metrics that actually predict your risk in FMCG — cost per transaction, cycle time, and error rate — and how to read them to decide where to strengthen your retail integration before a rejected …
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