Choosing EDI services for your business

Standing for Electronic Data Interchange, EDI is a software solution that supports the exchange of documents directly from computer to computer with minimal requirement for rekeying or manual intervention. EDI services can deliver a host of benefits including reduced data management overheads and improved capability for data sharing.

But how do you choose from the wide variety of EDI services that are available?

You can of course choose to set up and manage your own in-house EDI solution, handling daily tasks yourself, but most users find that a cloud-based, fully managed EDI service is far more cost-effective. Unlike an on-premise solution, a cloud EDI application has none of the internal running costs or associated overheads.

The watchwords at Transalis are visibility, transparency and efficiency. We map and translate data for sent and received trading documents into recognised message standards and common EDI protocols.

Unlike other systems, our EDI services are quick and easy to set-up and operate. There are no limits set on the number of messages you can send and no hidden monthly charges.

Take eDI Instant – an EDI service you can buy online and set up in minutes. At just £495 per annum, it’s designed for producers that have been mandated for EDI by one of their trading partners.  If your requirements are bigger and more complex there are 3 other EDI solutions to choose from, or you can build your own with eDI Freedom.

Here at Transalis, we champion our customers’ ability to integrate. We take the complexity out of integration in order to make it easier for you and your trading network to use and share essential data, underpinning orders, invoices, ASNs (Advance Shipment Notices), and order responses.

By removing the complexities of data sharing, we can help you boost efficiencies across your sales management, stock control, fulfilment, delivery and other business-critical processes, and save you money.

As well as eliminating conversion errors between your systems and those of your partners, we enable you to share a common environment without giving up preferred tools and ways of working. This will help you maintain and build positive, productive relationships with your trading network.

A recent survey of over 250 EDI decision makers indicates that 40% of companies are expecting a significant increase in the number of trading partners they deal with outside the UK*.

Transalis is a fully certified AS4 Peppol and EURINV19 provider, giving our customers reassurance that they will be fully supported now and in the future.

PEPPOL is an EDI protocol designed to enable government bodies and private suppliers to exchange standardised electronic documents.

And EURINV19 is part of the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility programme for secure electronic interaction between citizens, businesses and public authorities.

So, manual processes are affecting your bottom line, or you have been mandated to share trading data digitally with your partners, we can help you find the right EDI service for your needs.

*Is EDI addressing the challenges of 21st-century commerce? – Research survey by Transalis Ltd