The trading network
- Pre-built connections to trading partners in the Onetrail Trading Partner Network.
- Live, tested EDI message flows between you and your trading partners.
- Support for EDIFACT, PEPPOL and GS1 message types, among others.
System integration
Trusted Onetrail Partner
Connect Onetrail to the systems your business runs on
Infodation is an official Onetrail partner. Onetrail connects you to your trading partners; we make sure orders, confirmations, shipment messages and invoices fit your ERP, custom software and existing processes.
The partnership
Onetrail provides the network. Infodation makes it work in your landscape.
Infodation is an official trusted Onetrail partner, combining Onetrail's trading network with our expertise in business-critical software, system integration and software modernisation.
Your side of the application landscape
- The connection to your ERP, commerce platform, logistics software or custom application.
- The translation between your own data model and the message standards.
- Business rules, validation, exception handling and monitoring.
- One technical point of contact for the application-side integration.
Where the complexity sits
The connection is only one part of the integration
A trading network takes care of the connection to your trading partners. But an incoming order still has to land in your ERP, pass your business rules and be confirmed on time. That is usually where the work is.
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ERP and legacy systems
Systems that were not built for message exchange, or only offer limited interfaces.
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Internal data models
Product codes, units and statuses that work differently from the message standard.
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Business rules
Pricing agreements, stock logic and delivery terms that differ per trading partner.
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Existing integrations
Scripts and point-to-point connections that have been running for years and nobody wants to touch.
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Workflows across systems
An order flow that passes through ERP, WMS, web shop and finance.
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Validation
Catching errors before a message reaches a trading partner.
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Monitoring
Noticing that a flow has stopped before a customer tells you.
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Exception handling
What happens to a rejected, incomplete or duplicate message.
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Growth
More volume, more trading partners and new message types without starting over.
That application side determines whether an integration runs reliably in practice. That is where Infodation comes in.
What Infodation does
Our work around an Onetrail integration
We work on your side of the landscape: where messages from the network need to mean something in your own systems and processes.
ERP and software integration
We connect Onetrail to your ERP, commerce platform, WMS or custom software, including when no standard connector fits.
For example: ERP · web shop and commerce · WMS and TMS · custom applications
Read more: ERP and software integrationEDI message flows and data transformation
We translate between your internal data model and the messages that run through Onetrail, with validation and exception handling built in.
For example: Purchase orders · order confirmations · shipment messages · invoices · product data
Integration modernisation
We replace brittle point-to-point connections and ageing EDI scripts with an integration layer you can maintain, test and extend.
For example: Point-to-point connections · in-house EDI scripts · manual exports
Read more: Integration modernisationOnetrail as part of your platform
Building an ordering portal, customer platform or internal application? We design Onetrail connectivity into it from the start, rather than bolting an integration on later.
For example: Ordering portals · customer and partner platforms · internal tools
Read more: Onetrail as part of your platform
The Onetrail ecosystem
Standards and message flows within Onetrail
Onetrail offers pre-built connections to trading partners and live, tested EDI message flows. Its network supports the standards below, among others. Infodation makes sure your systems send and process those messages correctly.
Typical message flows
- Catalogue and product data
- Purchase orders
- Order confirmations
- Shipment messages
- Invoices
- EDI
- Electronic exchange of structured business messages between companies, instead of email, PDF and manual entry.
- EDIFACT
- The international UN/EDIFACT standard for business messages such as orders, shipment notices and invoices.
- PEPPOL
- Network and standards for e-invoicing and electronic ordering, widely used in Europe and by public sector bodies.
- GS1
- Standards for product identification and product data, such as the GTIN product code.
Which message types and trading partners are available is determined by Onetrail and your trading partners. Infodation is responsible for the application side, not for the network itself.
Approach
How we approach an Onetrail integration
The steps are always the same. How much work they involve depends on your systems and the number of trading partners.
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Step 1
Map
We map your systems, trading relationships and current message flows, including the exceptions that are now resolved by hand.
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Step 2
Design
We define the integration architecture, the transformations between data model and message standard, and who is responsible for what: Onetrail, your trading partner or your own system.
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Step 3
Build and connect
We build the application-side integration, connect it to Onetrail and test the flows with real scenarios before they go live.
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Step 4
Operate and improve
After go-live we monitor and maintain the integration, and extend it as trading partners, message types or systems are added.
Sound familiar?
When should you talk to Infodation?
Onetrail handles the connection to your trading partners. Infodation comes in when your own systems need more than a standard connection.
Does a standard connection cover your situation?
If your ERP works with an existing Onetrail connector and little else changes in your processes, Onetrail can often set that up for you directly. If you are not sure, we are happy to take a look.
Talk to us if…
- Onetrail needs to connect to custom software.
- your ERP does not fit a standard connector.
- multiple systems take part in the same order flow.
- existing EDI integrations are becoming difficult to maintain.
- the integration is part of a larger modernisation programme.
- you want one technical partner responsible for the application-side integration.
Frequently asked questions about Onetrail and Infodation
What is the difference between Onetrail and Infodation?
Onetrail provides the Trading Partner Network: the connections and message flows between your organisation and your trading partners. Infodation is a software company that builds and maintains your side of the landscape: the connection to your ERP or custom software, the data transformations, the business rules and the monitoring.
Is Infodation an official Onetrail partner?
Yes. Infodation is a trusted Onetrail partner and is listed as a partner on the Onetrail website.
Which systems can Infodation connect to Onetrail?
ERP systems, commerce and web shop platforms, WMS and logistics software, custom applications and older systems. The requirement is that a system can provide or receive data, for example through an API, a database or file exchange. We assess that in the first step.
Can Infodation improve or replace an existing EDI integration?
Yes. We start by analysing the current integration: what works, what breaks and what only exists in someone's head. Based on that, we advise whether improving it, taking over its maintenance or replacing it makes most sense.
Next step
How does Onetrail fit into your system landscape?
Tell us which systems and trading partners are involved. Together we map out the integration landscape and show where connecting to Onetrail is straightforward and where more is needed.
- Your systems: ERP, web shop, WMS or custom software.
- Your trading partners: who you already exchange EDI with, or want to.
- Your current flows: what is still done by hand or regularly goes wrong.
Prefer direct contact? Call +31 172 759 002 or email info@infodation.nl.