Reduce costs and simplify your processes with EDI integration.
Expedite transaction data processing, eliminate errors, and improve business partner communications
EDI integration improves productivity and creates better experiences.
For your business to run smoothly, you need efficient operations. EDI (electronic data interchange) integration makes that happen by enabling you to automate data exchange workflows between your partners and ERP, and back-end applications. This eliminates manual processes, improves trading partner relationships, and reduces strain on team members, so they can spend more time providing a better customer experience.
90%
Potential cost reduction when converting from manual to automatic order processing.
What can EDI Integration do for you?
No matter what market you’re in, success depends on speed and accuracy. EDI is the common format for transacting documents between companies for things like purchase orders, invoices, inventory levels, and more. Jitterbit can help you connect that data with the rest of your systems, creating a seamless flow of information that accelerates your business. For example:
- Automate and integrate EDI to enable optimal order fulfillment – regardless of the shipping method.
- Integrate EDI with your ERP systems to get real-time visibility into your supply chain, improving efficiency and lowering costs on key materials.
Make EDI data exchange seamless through automation
Jitterbit’s EDI software gives you streamlined, standardized communication with suppliers and retailers, as well as a single source of truth for ecommerce data. You get clarity on what’s happening, and your customers get a better, simpler experience—everybody wins.
Fast, Faultless Transactions
Eliminate manual order processing and automate document management to avoid delays and errors.
Eye-catching Experiences
Automated EDI data transfers provide timely order and inventory confirmations to retailers, and real-time product and shipping information to customers.
Accuracy and Compliance
Eliminate process silos, adhere to retailer and partner regulations and protocols, and ensure critical data is sent accurately and on time with EDI integration automation.
Clarity and Visibility
EDI integration lets you see where transactions are in the process and whether documents have been successfully sent or received, so you can better manage handling times.
EDI Document Types
If you have any specific questions about integrating your EDI with your ERP, CRM, and accounting systems, please reach out. Click below for more information regarding EDI document types and some of the most common documents you will use to engage with trading partners.
Why Jitterbit EDI Integration
Centralize Trading Partner Management
Our Harmony EDI solution provides an easy-to-use interface where you can setup, manage, and configure trading partners such as Amazon, Bass Pro Shops, Home Depot, and more in one location.
Streamline Data Between EDI and Your ERP
Fully integrated into the Harmony platform, Harmony EDI leverages automation to streamline data flows between trading partners and your ERP systems eliminating manual processes and increasing data accuracy.
Integrate EDI and Your Tech Stack with an iPaaS Platform
Harmony EDI solution is fully integrated into our Harmony iPaaS platform so businesses can manage EDI, ERP, CRM, and app data and automate workflows between systems – all in one location.
Advanced EDI Capabilities
Connect with any trading partner, 3PL, or vendor using their preferred communication including AS2, FTP, VAN, X12, EDI, EDIFACT, HL7, and more.
Reliability and Performance
Jitterbit maintains the highest level of performance and reliability, handling production environments that process over 120 million records per day without performance related issues.
Customer Support You Can Depend On
Backed by seasoned EDI professionals with decades of experience, Jitterbit provides unparalleled support with guaranteed rapid response times.
Automate and Optimize EDI
- EDI 850 Purchase Order
- EDI 855 Purchase Order
Acknowledgement - EDI 856 Advanced
Shipping Notice - EDI 810 Invoice
Synchronize purchase order data from retailers to your ERP.
Create and send an EDI 855 back to the retailer once an order is placed.
Integrate shipping data and solutions to automatically send an EDI 856 to the customer.
Automatically generate an EDI 810 from your ERP and send it to the customer.
Harmony keeps you in-sync with your trading partners.
Partnerships are at the heart of any business, so it's important that you and your partners stay connected. That’s why Jitterbit created Harmony, an iPaaS solution with electronic data interchange (EDI) to ensure transparent and automated communications with your retail partners. That means fewer steps to success for everyone.
Integrate Efficiently
- Connect SaaS, on-premise and legacy applications with a single iPaaS solution
- Automate workflows with an intuitive visual interface
- Create and publish developer-friendly APIs
- Access 400+ pre-built, certified recipes, process templates, and connectors
- Build and automate new workflows with third-party integration solutions
- Customize and scale with reusable integration components
Manage and Scale Easily
- Use the Message Queue Service to decouple applications and scale through the asynchronous messaging pattern without building up new infrastructure
- Control and monitor your integrations and processes anywhere, anytime
- Get full visibility across the enterprise with a centralized dashboard
- Perform full API lifecycle management tasks
- Make use of online training, best-in-class support, and a designated customer success manager
- Get guidance and best practices from integration experts
- Meet ISO 27001 and ISO 27017 compliance requirements
Create Business Apps Quickly
- Create with ease in a low code, “drag-and-drop” visual application builder
- User-facing, business applications built from the integrations already created utilizing Harmony
- Enjoy the functionality of a native app with the accessibility and speed of a website
- Update as you go with built-in iterative application development
- Enable secure data flow with flexible configurations
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is EDI integration and how does EDI integration work?
EDI stands for Electronic Data Interchange and is the exchange and processing of documents electronically, utilizing a standard format. It allows for accurate and reliable transmission of data between your systems and those of your trading partners. EDI integration is the transfer, mapping, and translation of EDI data to and from business applications, and is an important piece of how businesses create efficiencies.
EDI is a critical piece in driving the supply chain across a multitude of verticals including, but not limited to retail, manufacturing, healthcare, insurance, logistics, distribution, automotive, financial services, and government. There are a number of EDI standards & protocols supported to help you with your EDI integration and we continue to add more. We currently maintain a library of over 5,000 standard versions and over 25,000 transaction sets, which are implementations of individual EDI file types.
- Data Formats: All EDI (X12, EDIFACT, TRADACOMS, XML, CICA, HL7, etc.), XML – (WSDL, XSD), cXML, Flat Text Structures, Hierarchical Text Structures, and more…
- Transport Protocols: AS2, FTP/SFTP/FTPS, HTTP/S, Web Services (SOAP, REST), ODBC, JDBC, File Shares, LDAP, SMTP / POP3, and more…
- Platforms: Cloud, Windows, Linux, Solaris
- Enterprise Applications: SAP, Microsoft Dynamics (CRM, AX, GP, NAV, SL) PeopleSoft, Oracle, JD Edwards, and more…
- Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, MySQL, Sybase, Teradata, and more…
- Existing SOA Platforms: webMethods, Tibco, IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, and more…
- 3rd Party Applications: QAD, Infor, Vertical Response, Interwoven, AMS Advantage, Microsoft SharePoint, Documentum, Amazon.com, and more…
- SaaS Applications: Salesforce, NetSuite, Workday, RightNow!, Siebel On-Demand, and more…
- Other Systems: Web Services, XML, Flat and Hierarchical Structures, Legacy, Active Directory, LDAP, and more…
What are some of the top EDI Use Cases?
EDI stands for Electronic Data Interchange and is the exchange and processing of documents electronically, utilizing a standard communication method.
Types of EDI systems vary depending on business function with common functions ranging from purchasing and accounting, to warehousing and logistics. Specific EDI use cases also exist for healthcare, government, real estate, and other vertical markets. Common business functions automated via EDI integration include:
- Sales & Purchasing: Purchase Orders (PO), PO Acknowledgements / Changes / Adjustments, Order Status Reports / Inquiries
- Finance & Accounting: Invoices, Payment Remittance / Advice, Payment ,Acceptance/Rejection, Tax Reporting, Credit / Debit Memos
- Logistics: Advance Ship Notices/Status Messages, Freight Details, Bills of Lading, Prepayment Adjustment Advice
- Marketing: Requests for Quote, Sales Catalog/Pricing, Price Authorization, Product Activity, Sales Tracing
- Inventory: Inventory Adjustments, Planning Schedules, Inventory Advice, Product Transfers/Resales
- Manufacturing: Product Specifications, Test Results, Planning Schedules
- Insurance: Claim Submittal, Claims Tracing, Benefits Enrollment, Eligibility Inquiries
What are the types of EDI?
The ANSI X12 EDI standard supports over three hundred electronic data interchange types for automating specific business transactions. The most common EDI transaction types for EDI integration include:
- Purchase Orders (850): Terms of sale
- Invoices (810): Request of payment with details
- Purchase Order Acknowledgement (855): Confirmation of the purchase order
- Advance Shipment Notices (856): Goods shipped/packed estimated time
- Product Catalog (832): List of product and services
- Remittance Advance (820): Payment has been made
Why choose EDI for B2B integration?
EDI is the preferred method of B2B integration for a majority of businesses and adopted by over 80% of large companies. EDI has a decades-long track record of security, reliability, and scalability in high-volume environments. There are several reasons for EDI’s longevity and wide adoption.
Compared to manual transaction processing, EDI software integration has the following advantages:
- EDI is a requirement for doing business with many retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers
- Manual data entry is slow and error-laden, impeding order fulfillment and other business functions
- EDI integration allows businesses to optimize cash flow, reduce costs, and redirect resources to other business initiatives
- EDI integration accelerates the cash-to-order cycle and increases ROI by automating these common business tasks
- Successful EDI implementation can reduce costs over 90% compared to manually processing business transactions
Compared to other B2B integration methods, EDI has the following advantages:
- EDI is a widely adopted, and a frequently required, method of B2B integration
- EDI eliminates the need to support multiple, disparate B2B systems
- EDI does not require custom coding or API integration for each Trading Partner
- EDI removes the need to expose sensitive application APIs to the Internet for B2B integration
- Trading Partners can be added in a fraction of the time compared to other B2B integration methods
- EDI can handle a far greater volume of transactions than competing B2B integration methods
Why choose Jitterbit for EDI integration?
Ready-Built Connectors
As an Integration Platform as a Service (IPaaS) solution, Jitterbit has ready-built connectors for virtually all major business software packages. Our robust API support allows for the rapid integration of new applications or custom enterprise systems.
Integrate Any Workflow
Unlike other EDI processors that simply dump transactions into a single system, Jitterbit can seamlessly integrate EDI data into even the most complicated business workflow. Data can be instantly managed and synchronized with multiple business applications throughout your enterprise.
Intuitive EDI Tools
Utilize out-of-the-box tools to build out your EDI integration. Easily create and manage your trading partners. Quickly streamline the flow of your EDI documents with features such as EDI mapping and management, EDI Dashboard, EDI Acknowledgement, EDI Splitter, and EDI Validator.
Future-Proof Solutions
By eliminating the requirement for custom coding, Jitterbit’s EDI integration maintains an unprecedented level of forward compatibility. The impact of future systems upgrades and software migrations is minimized, allowing for near-zero downtime during changes to your IT infrastructure.
Reliability and Performance
Jitterbit maintains the highest level of performance and reliability. Jitterbit can easily handle production environments that process over 120 million records per day without performance related issues. Jitterbit can split, manage, and process EDI files containing thousands of individual transactions without error.
Legendary Support
Jitterbit’s direct EDI integration is backed by the highest level of support found anywhere in the B2B industry. Our seasoned EDI professionals have decades of experience, and we provide unparalleled support with rapid response times. This level of support, coupled with Jitterbit’s commitment to quality, brings proven performance and peace of mind to B2B integration.