As part of a growth strategy, a supplier signs a trading agreement with a large...

In this business scenario, the supplier needs to deliver two fundamental integration use cases to provide an end-to-end solution:

A. Synchronized data transfer: This involves ensuring that the customer’s purchase orders (sent using ANSI X12 EDI standard) are accurately and timely transferred and reflected in the supplier’s ERP system. This synchronization ensures data consistency between the EDI transactions and the ERP system.

B. Sharing data with external partners: This involves providing the customer with a RESTful API to access current product inventory levels from the supplier’s ERP system. Sharing data through a RESTful API allows the customer to retrieve up-to-date inventory information as needed.

References:

EDI Integration with APIs

Integrating with External Partners Using APIs