Why clients call us
EDI is not dying, it is recomposing. EDIFACT and X12 now sit alongside REST APIs, AS4 and event streams, and the competitive question has moved. Not which format, but how fast you can bring a new trading partner into production, and how much visibility you have when a message fails at their end.
We build and operate B2B gateways for organisations whose business stops when a partner flow stops: shipping lines, logistics operators, banks, retailers. That includes the unglamorous parts, such as partner qualification, test cycles, certificate rotation, VAN exit and the escalation path at two in the morning.
What we do
- Gateway build and modernisationInstallation, configuration and hardening of B2B platforms, with centralised monitoring of every partner flow in one place.
- Partner onboarding at scaleA repeatable onboarding factory: templates per partner archetype, a test harness, a certification cycle and a documented go-live checklist that cuts elapsed time rather than just effort.
- Protocol and format coverageEDIFACT, X12, XML and JSON, SWIFT MT/MX, ISO 20022 and FIX, carried over AS2, AS4, SFTP, FTPS, MQ, HTTP/S and JMS, with encryption, signature and non-repudiation.
- VAN migration and cost reductionMoving partner traffic off value-added network billing onto owned or managed infrastructure, with a phased cut-over that keeps every partner live.
- End-to-end visibilityMessage-level tracking across the chain, so business teams can answer where my order is without opening a ticket.
Every partner exchange is also a data source. Clean, tracked interchange is what later makes demand forecasting or supplier scoring worth running at all.
Buying triggers
- Partner count growing faster than the onboarding team
- End of support or end of life on a B2B platform
- VAN costs under scrutiny in a cost programme
- A large customer imposing a new protocol or service level
- No usable answer to where did this message stop
Technical foundation
- IBM Sterling B2B Integrator
- Axway B2B Integration
- Axway SecureTransport
- IBM WTX / ITX, ACE Map, XSLT
- EDIFACT, X12, XML, JSON
- AS2, AS4, SFTP, FTPS, MFT
Start here
A 5 to 15 day assessment gives you a map of this scope, a gap analysis and a costed plan.
Market vocabulary
How this offer is named in tenders and job specifications
- B2B gateway
- trading partner onboarding
- EDIaaS
- AS2 / AS4
- VAN migration
- end-to-end visibility
- EDI modernisation
Proof
Where this has already been delivered
Global transport and logistics
Intelligent EDI router for a global shipping company
An intelligent router for the EDI messaging of one of the world's largest shipping companies: dynamic multi-partner routing, EDIFACT, X12 and XML transformation, and real-time exception handling.
EDI · Intelligent routing · Sterling B2B · WTX · EDIFACT / X12
How we work on this
Assessment — 5 to 15 days, fixed price. Flow cartography, gap analysis, costed plan. A short document written to be signed by a decision-maker.
Build — A bounded project. Design, development, testing and cut-over on a defined perimeter.
Run — Recurring. Operations, monitoring, evolution and on-call cover on your critical flows.
Let's start with what actually flows today.
A 5 to 15 day assessment gives you a flow map, a gap analysis and a costed plan. Short, fixed price, written to be signed by a decision-maker.