Top EDI trends to know in 2025

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) has long been the backbone of global supply chains. With supply chain disruption remaining the new normal in 2025, EDI is evolving in real-time. As businesses face mounting pressure to make their supply chains more agile, resilient, and intelligent, EDI is not just a legacy, static data exchange tool, but a dynamic enabler of digital supply chain collaboration.

The future of EDI: trends to watch in 2025

Here are the top trends shaping EDI and B2B integration into 2026 and beyond.  

1. Use Agentic AI with EDI for more automation and autonomy 

The rise of Agentic AI is redefining what EDI can do. The standardized and structured nature of EDI formats (e.g. ANSI X12, EDIFACT) and EDI data exchanges means less data cleaning is likely required before feeding it into AI models. AI can also more easily extract patterns and insights from EDI across different ...