EDI Managed Services
Over the last decade electronic communication between trading companies has become the norm. This has led to an increasing number of different communications protocols and messaging standards which are complex and costly to manage.
Other issues help to complicate this further:
- Incorporating Disaster Recovery (DR) planning
- Links to legacy connections and protocols
- A merger or acquisition that requires the rapid consolidation of disparate systems
Faced with these problems, many companies choose to outsource their communication requirements, enabling them to enjoy the benefits but without the associated problems.
Cost-effective and flexible connectivity
Orbit UK has partnered with GXS one of the leading global B2B service providers to offer cost-effective and flexible ‘any-to-any’ connectivity between a customer and their trading partners. It supports all major connectivity options and messaging formats and provides message translation, mapping and validation services.
To ensure continuity of service our solutions offer extensive backup and redundancy that is provided through two GXS Data Centres, in Holland and the USA. It is built on state-of-the art infrastructure where security and data integrity are paramount, this includes:
- SAS 70 II audit - by a third party twice a year
- Providing for full visibility of message delivery - incorporates the full lifecycle of the business transaction
- Data mapping and validation - designed and implemented by a team of some 600 staff at the GXS Centre of Excellence in Manila
Additionally, to provide complete flexibility, reports can be designed, executed and downloaded by the customer for input to their MI systems
