EDI

It is time for brokers to leverage integrations as selling points

Connectivity has become a hot topic in the logistics industry. Shippers are increasingly embracing integrations as a way to connect with partners, save money and automate tasks. That means brokers are being pushed to up their integration game. 

Bitfreighter CEO, Brad Perling, founded the company with the goal of helping brokers scale integrations and provide the connectivity shippers crave. 

“I felt there was nobody out there that really wanted to help brokerages do that,” Perling said. “It is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/it-is-time-for-brokers-to-leverage-integrations-as-selling-points

No-code EDI provider Crstl announces national launch

The supply chain isn’t what it used to be. With more and more sales taking place online, retail brands have started to meet them there by digitizing their own processes, from order management to procurement.

When consumers first began to shift online, the problem among brands was reaching them there. But now, with the rise of marketplaces and online retail, brands have an incentive to digitize not just for customers but for other businesses.

Crstl, which announced its nationwide launch Tuesday,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/no-code-edi-provider-crstl-announces-national-launch

EDI still proves to be powerful solution for carrier-shipper connections

If you don’t know what electronic data interchange (EDI) is, it’s likely you’ve at least heard it mentioned by one of your supply chain partners at some point.

EDI has been the front-running choice for internal information sharing between shippers and carriers for decades. It allows two companies to efficiently transmit data electronically between internal systems, removing the need for data entry or phone calls that would have previously been required. EDI is how a carrier, for instance, can...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/edi-still-proves-to-be-powerful-solution-for-carrier-shipper-connections

Check Call: Electronic data interchanges not so standard

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On this week’s episode of Check Call, James Coombes, co-founder at Vector.ai, joins host Mary O’Connell to dive into a world that exists with electronic data interchanges, application programming interfaces and AI in harmony. 

KEY QUOTES FROM COOMBES:

“EDI exists so that several participants in the supply chain can communicate at a base level. There are a lot of things that exist today that make EDI a little bit more difficult. It’s brittle, expensive to set up and gets complicated, and I...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-electronic-data-interchanges-not-so-standard

It’s time to ditch Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) in container shipping

Graphic: a conceptual representation of the digitalisation of shipping and international trade. Graphic credits: Kookay and Gerd Altmann (via Pixabay). Montage: Shipping Australia.

Electronic Data Interchange ought to be replaced, the Digital Container Standards Association has argued.

Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) is a non-profit, independent organisation established in 2019 by several of the largest container shipping companies. DCSA’s mission is to be the de facto standards...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/its-time-to-ditch-electronic-data-interchange-edi-in-container-shipping/

SMC³ aims to further simplify LTL freight with technology enhancements

The ongoing capacity crunch is making things less than ideal for the less-than-truckload industry, as the push for faster technology and greater efficiency intensifies.

Now more than ever, access to high-quality information into freight transportation sourcing, pricing and visibility is the factor separating leading shippers and carriers from the rest of the competition.

“The stress that they’ve endured with the pandemic followed by the capacity crunch has definitely put additional emphasis...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/smc³-aims-to-further-simplify-ltl-freight-with-technology-enhancements

Orderful raises $19M to simplify EDI integrations for logistics community

Cloud platform Orderful announced Friday it has recently closed a $19 million Series B funding round led by GLP Capital Partners with participation from Andreessen Horowitz and Initialized Capital to help all supply chain actors gain visibility into their networks through electronic data interchange (EDI).

“While the front end of commerce has seen significant innovation over the past decade, much of the back end of the supply chain is built on disparate systems and manual processes. We see...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/orderful-raises-19m-to-simplify-edi-integrations-for-logistics-community

Data breach hits 44 big Canada Post shippers, exposing nearly 1M customers

A Canada Post truck viewed from the size.

Canada Post said on Wednesday that a cyberattack and data breach on an electronic data interchange (EDI) supplier has compromised information from 44 of its large parcel business customers, affecting nearly 1 million recipients. 

The attack on Ontario-based Commport Communications compromised the shipping manifest data of the customers. Canada Post, Canada’s government-run postal carrier, did not identify the customers. 

About 950,000 recipients were impacted by the breach, Canada Post said. The...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/data-breach-hits-44-big-canada-post-shippers-exposing-nearly-1m-customers

Automating rate contract management illuminates pathway to profitability

Truck driving on desert highway

By Larry Kerr, president of EBE Technologies

Receiving rate contracts has not changed much over the years. They arrive through EDI, email, load boards and even fax. Ideally, all rate contracts would be EDI based. EDI — electronic data interchange — provides centralized visibility and allows triggers to be set to always accept specific offers based on lane, shipper and commodity codes. In addition, changes in pickup or delivery times and other load-related data are automatically made available...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/automating-rate-contract-management-illuminates-pathway-to-profitability

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