Point-to-point EDI vs. shared EDI: Why centralize your data exchanges?
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a strategic lever for industrial companies. It automates data flows with customers, suppliers and other partners, reducing lead times and administrative costs.
But not all EDI infrastructures are created equal. Between a point-to-point architecture and a shared hub model, the impact on agility and operating costs can be radically different.
The point-to-point model: tedious, costly integration
Point-to-point EDI relies on individual connections between each partner. Each time a new customer or supplier joins your network, a specific integration has to be set up.
🔴 Long integration times: each new connection requires dedicated development.
🔴 High costs: maintenance, updating and management of formats specific to each partner.
🔴 Increasing complexity: as the network expands, connections become harder to maintain.
This model, although operational, quickly becomes a source of rigidity for the company and limits its ability to adapt to market changes.Although operational, this model quickly becomes a source of rigidity for the company, limiting its ability to adapt to market changes.
The shared model: a single hub to simplify and accelerate your exchanges
Shared EDI works on the principle of a centralized hub, acting as a convergence point for all your data flows. Rather than multiplying specific connections, all partners are connected to a single ecosystem.
✅ Fast connection: a single interface to integrate all your partners.
✅ Lower costs: less custom development, more standardization.
✅ Accelerated development: adding new customers or suppliers is effortless.
✅ Simplified maintenance: updates are managed at hub level, without impacting each connection individually.
Our Orchestrade® platform acts as a hub, giving you access to a BtoApps catalog already connected to a vast network of players (customers, suppliers, logistics providers, marketplaces, banks, etc.). Thanks to this mutualization, each new exchange becomes immediately operational, with no need for additional development.
Case study: Discover how an industrial SME cut its costs by 2 and accelerated its integrations
One of our corporate customers, faced with the limitations of the point-to-point model, chose Orchestrade® to switch to a shared EDI model.
The result:
➡️ Integration time divided by 4
➡️ Costs reduced by 50
➡️ Increased visibility and agility across all data flows
