Transacting business in the supply chain generally means communicating orders via EDI formatted files or some other equally rigid set of rules. The reasons are easy to understand; order times are critical and specifications for orders are complex so their formats need to adhere to formats that can be instantly read by computerized systems.

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Ec-bp.com has been acquired by PMG360 who will continue to publish supply chain focused content and relaunch the site and newsletter as Supply Chain Technology News. Scott Koegler will continue to guide the editorial direction as the site’s executive editor.

Supply Chain Technology News has been published as ec-bp since 2003 as the advocate for lowering the barriers to the adoption of EDI. The editorial focus has expanded beyond EDI to encompass the full gamut of supply chain practices and technologies and to provide supply chain professionals information about forces guiding the industry with editorials, technology news and trends.

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Let’s have some fun with math. What EDI translator does your company use? For that matter, what ERP, 3PL, or other service is on your short list? Next, how many trading partners do you have? And finally, what EDI, ERP, and other electronic systems do they use? It doesn’t really matter whether you have the answers to these questions. What you would get even if you use the smallest estimates available is a very large number of permutations. How is it possible then to maintain compatibility and also keep up with the accelerated pace of today’s supply chain? Read more...