BOTS Open Source EDI

BOTS Open Source EDI Software is a low cost, full-featured solution for Electronic Data Interchange and the transmission of EDI documents across Trading Partners. Available under an open source license, BOTS open source EDI software makes Electronic Data Interchange is both possible and affordable even for small businesses.

BOTS is an "any-to-any" file translator. It can receive EDI documents inbound and convert that to a customer-defined text file (CSV, XML, etc.) that can easily be imported into vitually any business system. At the same time, it can ingest any text file generated by a company's business system and export it to a defined EDI format for outbound transmission. Because BOTS is open source, there is NO cost of software acquisition, NO annual licensing fees, and BOTS supports numerous Internet communication protocols including FTP, XML-RC, SMTP, ODBC, and more; so, unless required by a trading partner, the costs of using a VAN for document transmissions can also be eliminated. 

Functional details

BOTS is a highly stable EDI platform with superior performance that can easily handle large documents and numbers of transmissions making BOTS highly scalable from small organizations doing only a few transactions per day, to larger enterprises sending tens of thousands of EDI transactions. BOTS may be started manually, put on a scheduler, or initiated by another business application and can be configured to send email notifications in the event of errors, and/or archive copies of incoming and outgoing messages.

Competitive advantage

Because BOTS is available under an open source license, all costs of licensing and software acquisition are eliminated, regardless of the number of servers or users. Additionally, the user is free to modify and distribute the source code allowing new function to be easily added while eliminating proprietary "vendor lock-in". BOTS is web-based and platform independent and supports all major EDI standards including Edifact, X12, XML, SAP IDoc, Tradacoms & More. It provides a "BOTS Monitor" GUI interface that can be accessed from any authorized workstation on the company network. Further adding to the power of BOTS, it's mappings are written in a much more concise and easy to understand format than traditional EDI systems making them easily editable by end users.


Industries

Aerospace & Defense Industry
Automotive Industry
Banking Industry
Chemicals & Petroleum Industry
Computer Services Industry
Consumer Products Industry
Education Industry
Electronics Industry
Energy & Utilities Industry
Financial Markets Industry
Government Central/Federal industry
Government, State/Provincial/Local Industry
Healthcare Industry
Industrial Products Industry
Insurance Industry
Life Sciences Industry
Media & Entertainment Industry
Professional Services Industry
Retail Industry
Telecommunications Industry
Travel & Transportation Industry
Wholesale Distribution & Services Industry

Solution areas 

Financial Services/Banking
   Enterprise Payment Platform (Back Office/Payments)
Government
   Finance and Administration
Insurance
   Other
Retail
   Logistics
Wholesale Distribution
   Business management systems
Cross industry
   Business Intelligence
      Other
   Business Process Management and Integration
      Inventory/Warehouse and Shipping Mgmt
      Other
   Document Management
      Other
   e-Business/e-Commerce
      Billing Systems
      Infrastructure Systems and Management
      Internet Selling: Business to Business
      Payments
   Enterprise Resource Planning (a.k.a. Enterprise Application Systems (EAS)
      Business to Business Extensions
      Supply Chain Management Extensions
   Supply Chain Management
      Business -to- Business Buy Side
      Business -to- Business Sell Side
      Supply Chain Execution
      Trader partner collaboration

Customer size
 

Very Small Business (Less than 50 employees)
Small Business (50 to 99 employees)
Midmarket Business (100 to 499 employees)
Midmarket Business (500 to 1000 employees)
Large Business (greater than 1000 employees)

Languages supported

English


NOTE : POC for one retail customer is in progress..... I will update those details once suceesfully implemented...