Integrating EDI with CargoWise via ZEDI.

One of the more unusal features of ZEDI is its built-in support for eAdapter as a means of exchanging transactions.

eAdapter is the primary means by which CargoWise imports and exports transactions securely and automatically. Having it as part of ZEDI makes it possible to exchange any type of transaction with your trading partners, without needing to develop any new software.

By configuring CargoWise to export transactions directly to the eAdapter interface in ZEDI, the transactions will be exported as “UniversalInterchange” XML files. ZEDI can then map these into whatever format is required by the intended recipients before delivering them.

ZEDI receives incoming transactions via various methods including FTP, SFTP, AS2 etc., which it then maps to produce UniversalInterchange XML files that can be delivered directly into CargoWise in near real-time. This eliminates the need to re-key vast amounts of data into CargoWise which in turn reduces costs and improves the quality of service you provide to your customers.

ZEDI’s inherrant flexibility means that it can do this with any machine-readable file. For example, EDI, XML, CSV, fixed position and even Excel spreadsheets, so using ZEDI with CargoWise will reduce costs, eliminate errors and build stronger relationships with your customers and suppliers.

To help explain how CargoWise and ZEDI work together this closely, we’ve produced a couple of technical videos.

You can view these here, Part 1 and Part 2.