Retail EDI

ECGridOS EDI Web Services API

There are two worlds of electronic commerce. One is the click and buy world of shopping the cart. Somewhat more arcane is the business of supply chain management. These worlds meet at arm's length, via inventory and logistics. The best techniques for automated order conveyance have not fully crossed over from industrial supply chain management into the more visible world of Web commerce.

While it is easy to set up a shopping cart with a few clicks or API calls, the same cannot be said of classical EDI, especially if you are a mid market developer unfamiliar with the conventions of EDI and order management systems.

Regardless of industry sector experience, I ask why should EDI transit be so vexing? Why can't EDI emulate modern web commerce? This is the age of the easy API. What's up with that?

It's high time that a simple API for EDI transit was provided for on-demand invocation of trading partner configuration and EDI transit. Indeed, any system should be able to use EDI global transit without the pain.

Loren Data Corp is a modest inter-exchange routing provider that brokers reliable messaging between commerce networks - their system is called ECGrid^® . Loren's ECGrid is connected directly to almost every commerce provider via direct connections.

ECGridOS is Loren Data Corp's API for programmers. It allows single attachment point (SAP) All routes reachable (ARR) program integration across all VAN's and commerce routes.

ECGrid is the infrastructure connecting Electronic Commerce Service Providers (ECSPs) such as VANs, ASPs, trading hubs, and numerous other EDI systems. ECGridOS is the Web Services API that enables developers and service providers to build EDI transit functions into applications. On demand EDI transit and trading partner configuration are now a reality with a handful of API calls. 


You can see the actual API methods here: ECGRidOS