Pharma EDI Library
Pharma EDI Library
Practical guides for pharmacies, compounders, manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and buying groups navigating pharma EDI, trading-partner onboarding, document workflows, and EDI pricing models.
Pharma EDI Basics
Foundational explainers for teams learning how EDI works in pharma trading-partner workflows.
Pharma EDI Basics
EDI vs. API in Pharma: When You Need One, the Other, or Both
EDI and API integrations solve overlapping problems but answer different operational questions. Here's how to think about which to use when.
Pharma EDI Basics
Common EDI Documents in Pharma: Purchase Orders, Invoices, ASNs, and More
A walkthrough of the EDI documents pharma trading partners exchange most often — what each one does and where it fits in the order-to-cash flow.
Pharma EDI Basics
EDI 850, 810, and 856 Explained for Pharma Trading Partners
What 850 purchase orders, 810 invoices, and 856 advance ship notices actually look like in pharma trading-partner workflows.
Trading-Partner Onboarding
Guides for preparing partner lists, document requirements, testing, migration, and go-live.
Trading-Partner Onboarding
How to Prepare Your Trading Partner List Before Starting an EDI Project
What information to gather about each trading partner before kicking off an EDI project — so onboarding doesn't stall on missing details.
Trading-Partner Onboarding
Why Pharma Trading-Partner Onboarding Takes So Long — and How to Speed It Up
Trading-partner onboarding in pharma typically takes weeks, and sometimes months. Here's where the time actually goes — and what speeds it up.
Trading-Partner Onboarding
The Complete Pharma EDI Onboarding Checklist for New Trading Partners
Phase-by-phase checklist for onboarding a new pharma trading partner — from discovery through testing, launch, and expansion.