EDI Services

EDI is our forte and nobody does it better. Founded by EDI experts, Effective Data (ED) has been a leader in the electronic commerce consulting arena since 1991, focusing on EDI and Data Integration consulting. We believe in providing an agnostic solutions approach, recommending the best solution for our clients. Our technical resources have experience spanning multiple platforms utilizing multiple translator packages. We utilize the right tool at the right time to help our clients solve their business need. Our experience crosses virtually every industry vertical deploying virtually every transaction set. Our clients vary in size and some have been with Effective Data since the beginning, many whom have outsourced their day to day EDI to Effective Data. We have supported clients with transaction volumes in the tens of thousands.

Effective Data's core competency is developing and managing robust EDI solutions. With each project, our EDI specialists collaborate to identify key business objectives, define the right solution, and manage the project through successful implementation with a thorough understanding of industry standards, best practices and technology. Our typical technical resource has over 20 years of IT experience with over 10 years of EDI/EAI experience implementing a myriad of solutions including:

 

• B2B Managed Services
• Complete EDI Outsourcing
• Custom EDI Solutions
• Data and Enterprise Application Integration
• EDI Analysis
• EDI Translator Implementations

 

• Performance Tuning
• Project Management
• System Upgrades
• Trading Partner Implementations
• Transaction Development
• Training


Effective Data believes strongly in approaching projects in a phased approach, from both a deliverable and methodology standpoint. We will consistently work with our clients by:

 

• Analyzing business objectives
• Outlining user audiences (internal and external)
• Planning for future growth.
• Reviewing usability issues


This methodology has been utilized in 100's of our clients' successful implementations.

Some of our EDI skills utilized in those successful implementations include the following tools across all major platforms:

 

• Sterling – Gentran Server, GIS
• Inovis – Catalyst, TrustedLink (TLE), Biz Manager
• Extol
• GXS
• And many more