Technologies
EIM Success Stories: Turning Information into Innovation
A major natural gas company is experiencing a higher level of internal control over its procure-to-pay process and an 85 percent success rate for vendor…
• 2 minute read
Improving Transmittal Management: Three Things Document Controllers Want to Know
One of the most important topics that my Energy and Engineering customers want to talk about is transmittal management. The flow of this project documentation is…
• 3 minute read
What’s the difference between the 4 types of EDI acknowledgments?
When you send a document electronically to your business partner it is critical that you know for sure whether or not it was received. Furthermore,…
• 4 minute read
The Most Popular B2B Protocols As Chosen By You
We had a “standing room only” crowd at our recent GXS webinar, “How to Determine the Best Communications Protocol for B2B Integration.” In an easy-to-understand…
• 2 minute read
Which is Best for Your EDI Program? FTP, SFTP, FTPS, or AS2?
What are the most commonly used communications protocols? FTP (File Transfer Protocol) with VPN (Virtual Private Network) FTP was the first robust, reliable file transfer…
• 4 minute read
The Secret Sauce of the Document Migration Process
What does it take to migrate a document from one ECM (Enterprise Content Management) system to another? Careful planning, the right technology components, and experienced…
• 3 minute read
5 Considerations When Deciding on Internet Communications Protocols
In order for two computers to exchange files (internally or across the Internet) you will need file-handling software that follows certain communication rules (protocols). If…
• 3 minute read
The Importance of Being Accurate
I was forwarded an article the other week that highlighted an important area of the order-to-pay process: data accuracy. It turns out that when certain…
• 3 minute read
A Sample EDI Document Flow in an ERS Program in the Automotive Industry
As promised in my last blog, How EDI ASNs Enable Evaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS), here’s a look at the wider set of EDI documents typically…
• 3 minute read
How EDI ASNs Enable Evaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS)
Just as with the Cross-Docking, Drop-Shipping and the Direct Store Delivery processes described in earlier posts, the ASN document is an important component of a…
• 3 minute read
German Automotive Industry to Move From VDA to Global EDIFACT Messages
The global automotive industry has grown around a collection of regional B2B standards, primarily covering documents and communication protocols. The key automotive regions even had…
• 5 minute read
SME e-Invoicing Adoption in Europe – Part 3 The Role of Government
Many governments have, or are considering, mandating electronic invoicing and any company doing business with the public sector will be required to issue their invoices…
• 4 minute read
Stay in the loop!
Get our most popular content delivered monthly to your inbox.
