B2B Integration

OpenText B2B Integration Essentials

EDI connectivity made easy—power up your business!

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Simplify EDI and B2B connectivity

Easily meet trading partner EDI requirements, automate B2B transactions, and gain visibility—without needing in-house expertise. OpenText helps you streamline operations and stay compliant with less effort.

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) must meet EDI requirements from a wide range of trading partners. OpenText™ B2B Integration Essentials simplifies EDI connectivity with cloud-based, automated B2B ERP integration that facilitates the exchange of business documents, such as orders, advanced shipping notices (ASNs), invoices, payments, and more, reducing errors, improving visibility, and ensuring compliance without requiring EDI expertise.

Why OpenText B2B Integration Essentials?

A cost-effective cloud EDI solution designed to help SMBs meet trading partner requirements, streamline processes, and improve supply chain efficiency.

  • 74%
    improved collaboration
    Adopting a cloud-based B2B integration solution increases communication across trading partner communities and improves collaborations with suppliers.
  • 70%
    faster onboarding
    Traditional onboarding can take weeks. Pre-built integrations and automated mapping help SMBs connect with major retailers in days.
  • 90%
    fewer errors
    Manual data entry can lead to costly mistakes. Automated workflows and real-time validation reduce errors, improving transaction accuracy.

Use cases

OpenText B2B Integration Essentials leverages cloud-based EDI and pre-built integrations to help SMBs affordably meet the EDI connectivity requirements of buyers and vendors, with no prior EDI expertise required.

  • Meet buyer mandates and trading partner requirements with ease. OpenText B2B Integration Essentials simplifies B2B integrations, onboarding, and compliance, ensuring error-free transactions and document validation.

  • Stop wasting time on ASNs, invoices, payments, orders, and more. Automated workflows streamline inventory, order, and fulfillment management, improving speed and accuracy.

  • Skip the long setup timelines. Pre-built integration adapters, data maps, and forms enable faster connections, smoother transactions, and quicker business growth.

  • Enhance visibility into transactions, enabling better inventory management and demand forecasting to reduce costs and errors.

    Key features

    OpenText B2B Integration Essentials is a feature-rich EDI connectivity solution for SMBs, providing automation, compliance, and visibility in one cost-effective package.

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    B2B document exchange automation

    Digitizes orders, invoices, and shipping notices to reduce manual effort. Streamlines document creation and packing processes to efficiently follow trading partner requirements.

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    Any-to-any connectivity

    Exchanges any message type, including ANSI, XML, EDIFACT, and Tradacoms and communications protocols, such as AS2, FTP, SFTP, HTTPS, and more to meet evolving standards and partner requirements.

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    Intuitive dashboards

    Help manage trading partner locations and import/export information, electronically request delivery slots, and receive electronic confirmations and references with ease.

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    Partner integrations

    Enable you to quickly connect with strategic customers like Amazon, Costco, Target, CVS, Nordstrom, and Walmart and support secure and scalable EDI operations through a cloud-based architecture.

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    Transaction tracking

    Provides real-time visibility with alerts and reporting tools to reduce errors, offering an at-a-glance status check of critical business documents and an intuitive exception-based dashboard.

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    EDI compliance

    Meets global EDI mandates through automated validation and compliance reporting, ensuring accurate and error-free transactions.

    Integrations

    OpenText B2B Integration Essentials integrates seamlessly with your business and IT ecosystem to ensure smooth data flow and connectivity across your existing infrastructure, including:

    SAP S/4HANA logoSAP S/4HANA
    Oracle NetSuite logoOracle NetSuite
    Microsoft Dynamics Business Central logoMicrosoft Dynamics Business Central
    Microsoft Dynamics Finance and Operations and Supply Chain Management logoMicrosoft Dynamics Finance and Operations
    Oracle Fusion logoOracle Fusion

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    Deployment

    OpenText offers a flexible deployment option for OpenText B2B Integration Essentials.

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      • EDI connectivity refers to the electronic exchange of business documents between trading partners using standardized formats. It enables businesses to automate transactions such as purchase orders, invoices, and shipping notices, improving efficiency and reducing errors.

      • Cloud EDI utilizes cloud technology to facilitate electronic data interchange without the need for extensive on-premises infrastructure. It offers scalability, flexibility, and cost savings by leveraging cloud-based services to manage EDI processes.

      • Cloud-based EDI is scalable, allowing companies to easily adjust to changing business needs. It is cost efficient, reducing expenses associated with maintaining on-premises systems. EDI services can also be accessed from anywhere at any time, providing flexible integration with various systems.

      • B2B ERP integration connects ERP systems with external trading partners to automate data exchange and streamline business processes. This integration helps businesses improve efficiency, reduce manual workloads, and enhance visibility across their supply chain.

      • Automating data exchange reduces manual entry and errors to boost efficiency. Enhanced visibility allows better insights into supply chain operations and performance. Streamlining processes and improving accuracy reduces operational costs. Pre-built data maps allow faster trading partner onboarding.

        OpenText B2B Integration Essentials—affordable EDI connectivity and automation for SMBs

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        Accelerate ERP upgrades with modern, cloud-based B2B integration

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        OpenText B2B Integration Essentials—affordable EDI connectivity and automation for SMBs

        Read the product overview

        Accelerate ERP upgrades with modern, cloud-based B2B integration

        Watch the video

        Helping companies choose integration services based on business size and integration complexity

        Read the blog

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