EDI VAN

Suppliers and customers can cut costs and increase revenue by trading digitally via EDI (electronic data interchange) through a value added network (VAN). With different electronic document types, communications protocols and ever-changing industry and regulatory standards, B2B integration can be costly and complex. Leveraging an EDI VAN provider shields organizations from complexity and future proofs against ongoing change.

With OpenText^™ Trading Grid Messaging Service, the largest and most mature EDI VAN, companies can connect to a single unified integration cloud network to securely and reliably exchange nearly any type of business document in any data format with trading partners around the world.

Trading Grid Messaging Service connects organizations with their entire trading community to exchange business documents quickly and reliably over the largest e-commerce network in the world. The Trading Grid platform processes more business transactions than any other EDI VAN provider, handling more than 26 billion B2B transactions every year, accounting for more than $9 trillion in trade annually.

Trading Grid Messaging Service goes beyond digital document exchange to offer organizations more sophisticated B2B integration capabilities in areas such as process improvement, community engagement and supply chain process optimization. With the OpenText portfolio of integration solutions, organizations maximize the value of every trading partner relationship.

Provides any-to-any data format translation with robust data validation through an advanced mapping and translation engine, supporting diverse B2B vertical industry and regional standards as well as all major communication protocols.

Enables near realtime document exchange and efficient management by exception. Trading Grid leverages OpenText global data centers to ensure business continuity and fast, reliable mission critical business transactions.

Accesses a pre-connected community of trading partners to rapidly onboard customers and suppliers over the largest e-commerce network. Automated provisioning significantly reduces the time to add new trading partners to the platform.

Offers protection and integrity at every level, including user authentication, non-repudiation, physical security, data encryption and on-going security audits.

Includes OpenText™ Lens, for better visibility of transaction flows between any system or data source. Set alerts to manage by exception and leverage analytics for improved operational and business insights and seamless collaboration between trading partners.

Offers a single convenient self-service portal, Trading Grid Online, to access self-service administration, powerful and flexible document search tools, customizable document-level reports and other SaaS solutions.

Enables ethical trading sourcing strategies to select trading partners based on specific corporate social responsibility criteria using the Global Partner Directory. Accelerates trading partner onboarding and time to value with extensive search capabilities and self-service connection invitations.

Offers a feature rich request management and business process management tool for realtime status tracking of support requests. Enables guided report creation and automated workflows with automatic task assignment, request tracking and alerts.

Provides the option of outsourcing complex and time-consuming direct connections via common protocols, including AS2, OFTP, SFTP and FTPS.

Features a pre-built API library to rapidly connect to existing applications and extend workloads managed in the Trading Grid platform.

Get access to additional Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, including OpenText™ Active Catalogue and OpenText™ Active Invoices with Compliance, to help build out efficiencies as the business grows.

Reach all trading partners and send information in any format via a single connection to lower costs of in-house EDI tools, on average by 40%.

Deliver the automatic flow of documents within key business processes to build business agility, accelerate time to revenue and reach new markets and geographies for supply chain activities.

Gain more control over operations and increase the speed and accuracy of business transactions to deliver productivity benefits, including improved on-time delivery rates and faster inventory turns.

Access the largest pre-connected trading partner community with rapid new partner onboarding. Self-service and mobile capabilities allow partners to easily connect and collaborate.

Leverage over 40 years of OpenText experience in providing reliable global messaging services, including mapping, translation, compliance and community management.

Automates invoicing and compliance for more than 45 countries and offers data validation, digital signatures, archiving and electronic invoice delivery.

Monitors B2B transactions in realtime to ensure accuracy and compliance with company business rules, including a vendor compliance program for retailers.

Provides a realtime source of supplier information, including contacts, B2B capabilities, performance and sourcing profiles for regulatory compliance and accelerated onboarding.