Foster Transportation Management Collaboration and Communication with SMC³ EDI Solutions

Automate shipment lifecycle messaging and information exchange across the supply chain

EDI remains an industry standard for shippers. Decades of investment and broad EDI utilization across trading partners make EDI the dominant technology for inventory management and other operational functionality. For shippers, adding EDI to supply chain management adds greater carrier connectivity and enables communication flexibility.

• What is EDI? Electronic Data Interchange – provides secure, reliable, automated information transmission across the supply chain. In LTL transportation, supply chain EDI facilitates information flow by connecting the supply chain from load tender through delivery. This means transparency into shipments, shipment status and invoicing.
• EDI can be used as a single communications platform or customized and combined with SMC³’s heavy-weight analytical APIs, RateWare^® XL and CarrierConnect^® XL, and/or direct-to-carrier LTL APIs for automated end-to-end execution and visibility.

EDI Messaging Types