Piggly Wiggly's doing it: cost of EDI services drops as Internet-based EDI grows; endgame not yet in sight.(Integration & Infrastructure)

Manufacturing Business Technology, February, 2005 by Bury, Scott

Traditional EDI will one day be eclipsed by Internet EDI," says Mike Croxton, senior VP, Inovis USA. As Internet security encryption and virtual private networks (VPNs) get better, manufacturers are adopting Internet-based methods to transfer transactional data, and in some cases, turning away from the service providers that have heretofore supported the electronic exchange of transactional data--of which Inovis is one.

But that doesn't mean the providers that carved out a lucrative niche in making EDI work are threatened with immediate extinction. There has been consolidation in the market, though, and those still standing now offer solutions that compete with their traditional business. One standard for Internet EDI has gained particular...

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