Connect Edifact and SAP Business by Design

Connecting Edifact and SAP Business by Design could enable a company to automate the exchange of business documents such as orders and invoices between trading partners and internal business processes. This connection could support more efficient data transfer, reduce manual entry, and help maintain data consistency across procurement, sales, and financial operations.

You can build this integration on the System2System platform. We design the connection between Edifact and SAP Business by Design around the way you work — not as an off-the-shelf connector, but to fit your systems.

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Why connect Edifact and SAP Business by Design?

A company operating both Edifact and SAP Business by Design could benefit from connecting these systems to enable more efficient and accurate data exchange. Without a connection, staff might need to manually enter the same information in both systems, which can lead to duplicated effort, increased risk of human error, and inconsistencies between records. Over time, this could result in key business decisions being made based on outdated or mismatched data, undermining operational effectiveness and financial accuracy. If a connection were established, it could allow for the automated transfer of key business information between Edifact and SAP Business by Design. Data that could be exchanged may include purchase orders, invoices, shipment notices, and inventory updates, as these are commonly handled by systems involved in supply chain and enterprise resource planning. Automating the flow of such data could help ensure that both systems reflect the most current information, reduce administrative overhead, and support timely, well-informed business decisions. The actual data that can be exchanged depends on what each system exposes through its API, and is determined in each specific situation.

How System2System builds an integration

Connectors

We connect to each system through the interface it offers — an API, a database, a file exchange or a webhook — and handle authentication, rate limits and retries.

Mapping

Fields rarely line up one to one. We map and transform the data so both systems receive it in the shape they expect.

Workflow

We define what triggers an exchange, in which direction data flows and which system takes precedence when the two disagree.

Monitoring

Every exchange is logged. Failures are flagged and can be replayed, so nothing disappears without anyone noticing.

What can actually be exchanged?

That depends on what Edifact and SAP Business by Design make available through their APIs, on the licences and modules in use, and on the version each system runs. Which records are synchronised, in which direction and how often, is something we determine together before any work starts.

We are happy to look at your specific situation and tell you what is feasible — including when the answer is that it is not.