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Will API replace EDI?
In 2015 Electronic Data Interchange took a few headlines when data in supply chains took Centre stage. In 2016, however, predictions were made with suggestions that it would be faced out in favor of nimbler and newer technologies. We learned more on the potential of new technologies at disrupting data interchange. These new technologies include API.
On the confusion whether EDI is a protocol or a technology, Electronic Data Interchange is a technology used for transmitting data across systems. It is a tool for communication and not a business protocol as earlier thought of. It has been there for a very long time. It was started in the 1970s. The technology has not been modernized with the growing internet capabilities, unlike most of the other technologies which have become sophisticated in over the past 45 years. Although it seems like a very crucial tool for communication in the industry, it has a little value as compared with innovative and newer options such as Application Program interfaces (API).