What Is an EDI Trading Partner? (Beginner Guide)

Описание: 🤝📄 What Is a Trading Partner in EDI | EDI Simplified

In this video, we explain what a trading partner means in EDI and why trading partner management is critical for stable, scalable EDI programs.

This episode focuses on the business, technical, and governance aspects of working with EDI trading partners.

🎓 What you’ll learn:

What an EDI trading partner is

Common types of trading partners (customers, suppliers, carriers, 3PLs)

What information is required to set up a trading partner

Why Trading Partner Agreements (TPAs) matter

How onboarding and testing with partners works

📦 Topics covered:

Partner identifiers (GLN, DUNS, vendor/customer IDs)

EDI standards, versions, and documents

Connectivity options (AS2, AS4, VAN, SFTP)

Acknowledgments and error handling (CONTRL, 997, 999)

KPIs used to measure trading partner performance

📌 Who this video is for:

EDI beginners

EDI and Integration teams

Supply Chain & Operations professionals

Anyone involved in EDI onboarding or support

➡️ Next episode: Building a Reusable Trading Partner Onboarding Checklist

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00:00 - INTRO
00:06 - WHAT IS A TRADING PARTNER IN EDI?
00:24 - OVERVIEW
00:43 - COMMON TRADING PARTNER TYPES
01:00 - PARTNER PROFILE
01:33 - TRADING PARTNER AGREEMENT
01:51 - ONBOARDING A NEW TRADING PARTNER
02:10 - GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
02:25 - KPIS
02:42 - COMMON PITFALLS
03:02 - NEXT ONBOARDING CHECKLIST
03:18 - OUTRO