AS2 is growing increasingly popular Now that a large number of trade companies have switched from the X.400 protocol to AS2 for understandable reasons (costs, FileWork problems, etc.), many of our customers are also beginning to favor the AS2 protocol. …

Caterpillar USA/ANSI X12 The EDI connection of Caterpillar USA poses some special challenges. The primary problem is that CAT USA does not comply with the ANSI X12 standards for ANSI X12 830 delivery schedules, but basically “concocts” its own 830 schedule…

HOW “DESADV” IS TRANSFORMED INTO “ORDERS” One of the big challenges in many logistics projects is to replace a classic DESADV delivery order with an ORDERS, which will then generate delivery orders for the consignment stock (e.g., for ALDI Nord).However,…

CAUTION WITH VDA 4987! Users tend to underestimate the new 4987 VDA standard. Formatting (EDIFACT) is not the real challenge here, and nor are the better known semantic requirements. The actual problem is the map of picking structures.  The guidelines…