The cooperative advantage of EDI integration
ollowing transportation and transformation, integration is the final step in the EDI process. Whereas transportation provides a pathway for business data, and transformation converts data into a format that the recipient’s system can consume or otherwise accommodate, integration brings the transformed data into the internal or host system. The end-to-end process is always a cooperative affair. This cooperation between endpoint applications enables data transfer between them, improving relationships in a seamless coordination across systems, departments, trading partners, transportation networks, and across oceans.