Seven questions to ask to determine if EDI is right for your business

EDI isn’t a new thing, but, if you’re just starting to consider implementing EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) into your manufacturing operation (or re-evaluating your existing EDI solution), our partners from DELMIAWORKS have put together seven questions you can use to determine if EDI is right for your business – and explain what the business benefits are for EDI.

  1. Do your trading partners have EDI capabilities and is there enough business to justify switching?
  2. What types of transactions will your trading partners be using?
  3. Do I have the necessary EDI contact information for each trading partner?
  4. What are your trading partners’ expectations after enabling EDI? (Response times for transactions, last-minute changes to orders, special order situations, etc.)
  5. Who on my staff will I assign to be trained to understand the ins and outs of the module? Who understands the business requirements of the trading partners?
  6. Do I have a clear plan on how to manually process data for the trading partner through the system? If this can be done, then processing the data through EDI will not be an issue.
  7. Have I explored other markets that might open up because I am enabling EDI within the system?

EDI in DELMIAWORKS

DELMIAWORKS includes a powerful and versatile EDI module, which includes:

  • Integrated inbound and/or outbound EDI processing
  • Standard and customisable business logic
  • Advanced messaging
  • Supply chain automation.

‘By the time you turn on your computer in the morning, that overnight order has been digested, your MRP, production and scheduling modules have been
automatically updated and your suppliers downstream have already been notified of the changes in quantities or delivery dates’.

Download ‘Seven items to help decide if EDI is right for your business’

If EDI is becoming a consideration for your business, now is a good time to look into your EDI toolbox and discover if DELMIAWORKS is the right fit. Explore those seven considerations in more depth in this whitepaper from DELMIAWORKS:

 

 

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