Category: EDI Basics

You landed a retail account and they say you need to be ‘EDI compliant’ before the first purchase order can flow. Here’s what that actually means — and what happens if you get it wrong.

If your entire operation runs on modern APIs, a retailer insisting on a 1980s-era document standard feels irrational. Here’s why EDI persists anyway — and what to do when you’re running both worlds.

The 850 is the trigger event — the moment it arrives, it sets off a chain of downstream actions that determine whether your shipment reaches the retailer’s shelf on time. Here’s what the 850 actually initiates.

Retailers require EDI certification before your first live PO because a format error on a live transaction doesn’t just fail — it triggers a chargeback and disrupts receiving. Here’s what’s actually being tested and why.

VAN or AS2 isn’t a features question — it’s a decision about cost structure, who maintains your connections, and which retailers you need to reach. Here’s how to think through the tradeoffs as an actual decision.

EDI transmissions carry sensitive commercial data — pricing, order quantities, inventory levels. Here’s how AS2 security works, what actually happens when a certificate lapses, and why it matters operationally.