Good products
Bigger opportunities

A larger buyer wants your products. But their purchasing system requires EDI - and your business works differently.

Rodex’s adaptable trade model provides a foundation for bridging that gap. Partner-specific EDI connections are the next step.

A small sporting-goods supplier and a larger retailer handling helmet orders, with a neutral robot moving cartons between operations

Their message format
Your everyday business

An order for bicycle helmets is still an order: articles, quantities, prices and a delivery date. The connection needs to preserve that meaning.

ORDERS excerpt · D.96A
UNH+1+ORDERS:D:96A:UN:EAN008'
BGM+220+PO-2026-98431+9'
DTM+2:20261015:102'
CUX+2:EUR:9'
LIN+1++8712345678901:EN'
PIA+1+URBAN-HELMET-BLK-M:SA'
QTY+21:50:PCE'
PRI+AAA:29.50:CT:1:PCE'
LIN+2++8712345678918:EN'
PIA+1+URBAN-HELMET-RED-L:SA'
QTY+21:30:PCE'
PRI+AAA:29.50:CT:1:PCE'

ORDERS excerpt. Identifiers and partner mappings require validation.

Sporting goods · Retail / consumer goods

80 helmets
One customer order

Order
PO-2026-98431
Delivery requested
15 October 2026
Helmet Qty Unit price
Black · Medium 50 €29.50
Red · Large 30 €29.50

Connect the buyer’s references to your articles, stock and agreements. Carry the same meaning into picking, delivery and the response.

One delivery
Connected business messages

Orders, despatch advice and receiving reports keep trading partners informed throughout the delivery.

Trading-partner exchange

What is needed
and when?

ORDERS / ORDRSP

The buyer’s order identifies the helmets, quantities, prices and requested delivery. The supplier’s response records what can be supplied.

Connected operation

Turn demand
into work

Map the partner’s article numbers, units and delivery locations to Rodex. Connect the requirements to stock, agreements and the work to be planned.

Message versions, partner guidelines, mappings and equipment interfaces are agreed with the integration partner.

A valid message
can still mean trouble

Receiving a file is only the beginning. The consequences belong to the order, the agreement and the goods.

Agreement review required

The delivery moved
The promise changed

A revised order asks for the same helmets earlier, after picking has already been planned.

Connect the consequences

Compare the change with the agreement, stock and current work. Bring the responsible people into the decision before issuing revised instructions to the warehouse or robot system.

Keep the original message, its references and the recorded response connected.

A helmet component change being reviewed against product and agreement information

Many industries
They all need to connect

Start with the exchange your customer, supplier or service provider requires.

Freight staff checking cargo at an international terminal, with a pallet robot, container crane and ship
Different participants, connected goods and information
Retail & consumer goods
Sporting goods, CPG, grocery and wholesale: orders, despatch, receipt and invoices.
Logistics, transportation & freight
Connect transport instructions, status updates and physical handovers.
Manufacturing & supply chains
Connect demand, components, schedules and deliveries. Automotive and Odette are one example.
Healthcare, pharmaceuticals & life sciences
Partner-specific supply exchanges, product references and handling requirements.
Customs, ports & international trade
Connect cargo information to brokers, terminal operators and government exchanges.

Integration opportunities: each industry and partner brings its own message profiles, interfaces and validation requirements.

A foundation to connect
A pilot to prove it

Rodex’s data model and architecture make room for external confirmations, preserved documents and outbound delivery records.

Preserve the source
The confirmation model accommodates supplier references, several timestamps, forwarded confirmations and uncertain interpretation.
Keep the business meaning
The architecture separates orders and agreements from external formats. Partner-specific exchanges are mapped at the integration boundary.
Complete the partner connection
The next integration work covers partner-specific message mappings, validation, acknowledgements and delivery connections. Agree and prove the required exchange with a real trading partner.

Building the connection? Explore the Rodex API, API Pilot and integration tools

Message examples for a partner pilot

These are candidate exchanges, not a list of implemented connectors. The selected partner’s requirements determine the scope.

Business purpose Example messages
Order and response ORDERS / ORDRSP
Delivery schedule and just-in-time requirements DELFOR / DELJIT
Despatch advice DESADV · Odette AVIEXP where required
Transport instruction and status IFTMIN / IFTSTA
Receiving advice RECADV
Invoice INVOIC

For automotive partners, include the applicable Odette guidelines and OFTP2 transport where required. Odette guidance

UN/EDIFACT message directory

Your trading relationship
Our next integration

Have a larger buyer you want to supply - or suppliers you need to connect? Bring the exchange requirements and sample messages. Together, we’ll define and prove the connection.

Include a warehouse or robotics partner to show the complete journey from business message to physical result.

Propose an EDI integration pilotinvest@rodex.ai