The Engine Driving Your Digital Transformation
Throughout the entire supply chain, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is commonly used to exchange business documents in a timely fashion. Despite there being EDI standards to help with this, executing EDI in the most efficient way is often challenging. […]
Provoking as the headline may be, if you’re still operating on an EDI VAN service, you will no doubt be familiar with the frustrations that a forty-year-old solution presents in modern IT times. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and API/IoT/Industry 4.0 technologies are converging to take communication between business partners to the next level. The frustrations […]
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is often mandated as part of a trading partner relationship between suppliers and buyers. This type of digital connectivity is crucial for the level of productivity and agility businesses need to thrive in today’s competitive markets. But how to best go-about utilizing that digital connectivity with EDI?… There are two fundamental […]
Deloitte recently published a very interesting article entitled ‘The adoption of disruptive technologies in the consumer products industry‘. Only as recently as last year (2018) the Consumer Products industry fared less than favourably in terms of its ‘digital maturity’ compared with other industries, thus indicating ample room for improvement by way of digital transformation. Spearheading […]
Before signing-up to a file sync-and-share service for business purposes, consider that it’s not just about the security of your files. There are other aspects to file sharing that should be considered, namely: 1. privacy of your usage patterns 2. the geo-location of your data 3. the overarching ownership of the service In July 2018, the […]
WARNING – It’s not just Mom-and-Pop shops, or the mid-size corporates that struggle to comply with Personally Identifiable Information (PII) directives / legislation, e.g. GDPR, PCI etc. Some of the ‘most trusted’ companies and government agencies across the world are failing us by not protecting our PII. Gross negligence with Personally Identifiable Information Both of […]
Turn to any respected body for guidance on how to protect what’s rightfully yours, and the chances are the advice will all be about post-development, e.g. trademarks, copyrights and patents. These are all essential for protecting your finalised intellectual property (IP), but very little advice is offered for the protection of the data that’s exchanged […]
The world is full of highly processed structured data that is exchanged and understood by computers all over the world , typically with EDI. However, did you know this structured classification of data represents only 20% of the world’s data? The other 80% comprises unstructured data that needs to be exchanged amongst humans as well […]
For over 30 years, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) has been the staple diet for electronically integrating supply chains the world over. The principles of EDI are still just as applicable today as they were ~30 years ago. However, the requirements of modern day data exchange in the supply chain now extends well beyond the capabilities […]
Another successful annual Client Day was delivered amongst a broad selection of our UK & Irish clients in the exclusive AMG suite at Mercedes-Benz World. Yet again another informative and enjoyable day was experienced by all at SEEBURGER’s annual Client Day. Updates on recent SEEBURGER activity (of which there has been plenty), digital transformation capability, […]