Cerasis marketing expert Adam Robinson has started a new series on electronic data interchange or EDI in transportation. What it is, how it works, and the most common transaction codes for EDI in transportation.
Today begins our series about electronic data interchange or EDI in transportation. We take pride at Cerasis, as a third party logistics company who has developed a proprietary web-based transportation management system, to offer technology solutions to our shippers so they may remain as efficient as possible and have access to information at their fingertips.
Furthermore, we also want to educate those in the industry on such available technologies such as EDI in transportation so that they may make sure when they are either choosing a new transportation management system or are using one already, that the user demands that EDI is a part of the TMS.
In this series, we will first talk about how EDI in transportation works and what it is, covering the history of EDI in transportation, the definition, how it works technically, and then some common EDI codes used within the transportation industry. Then we will cover in subsequent posts what are the benefits of using EDI in transportation along with a transportation management system, we will debunk a few myths, and then we will end the series by highlighting how a shipper at Cerasis used EDI to reduce freight expenditures and resources.