Logistics Industry

Merriam–Webster defines logistics as the handling of the details of an operation. In the logistics industry, this specifically applies to the movement of goods—by plane, train, automobile, container ship, or 18-wheeler—in an efficient and timely manner. EDI plays a big role in the handling of these details, providing a means for better communications between distribution centers, shippers, transportation carriers, and other industry players.

Some of the common EDI transactions that Softshare's clients exchange within the logistics industry are listed next.

Softshare is very familiar with these EDI transactions, and our various EDI solutions support all of them.

Our enterprise integration solution, which consists of Softshare Delta, our data translator, and Softshare ECS, our e-commerce communications server, provides for seamless integration of EDI into your overall business processes. Softshare's professional services group can assist with implementation or provide training if you want to develop your own data translation maps.

If your company is not ready for full-scale EDI integration, you can connect to your logistics partners using Softshare Athena, our Web EDI solution. Athena is forms-based, making the exchange of EDI documents similar to that of e-mail.

Several of the more well-known logistics companies that Softshare software users exchange EDI documents with are listed next. The highlighted companies are some of those that we have created forms (i.e. trading partner kits) for, and you can click on them to learn more about their EDI programs.