OpenText Trading Grid
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Frustrated by disconnected systems and slow partner onboarding? Discover how to simplify integration, automate processes, and scale your trading partner network with confidence.
OpenText™ Trading Grid™ is a unified B2B integration platform for secure, scalable data exchange across your digital supply chain. It supports and simplifies any-to-any connections between internal systems and external partners via EDI, API, MFT, and pre-built ERP integrations. Keep your data safe while benefiting from generative intelligence with our native AI assistant that is purpose-built to analyze your data flowing through our network.
Why OpenText Trading Grid?
Reduce complexity, accelerate onboarding, and ensure compliance across your B2B ecosystem.
- 1M+
pre-connected trading partners
Quickly onboard new trading partners and integrate your supply chain using the world’s largest B2B network. - $11 trillion
in commerce facilitated annually
The world’s largest VAN, OpenText Trading Grid connects businesses for seamless B2B integration and partner management. - 40+ years
of integration expertise
Rely on a trusted provider with decades of experience managing mission-critical business communications.
We’ve increased OTIF deliveries from around 98.5% before to over 99% today. Thanks to our OpenText capture solution, we’re shaping a more efficient and robust supply chain, so our customers can keep their shelves stocked.
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Use cases
Enable supply chain leaders, IT teams, and operations managers to connect partners, automate workflows, ensure compliance, and modernize systems, all while driving efficiency and growth across the digital ecosystem.
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Streamline trading partner integration with self-service tools or managed services to connect, onboard, and manage global partners quickly and at scale.
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Replace manual steps with AI and digital workflows to reduce errors, speed up transactions, and improve visibility across your trading partner ecosystem.
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Operate with confidence through built-in compliance, robust data protection, and secure collaboration with trading partners—all backed by industry-leading standards.
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Replace outdated legacy systems with a future-ready platform that supports any-to-any integration formats, modern trading partner management, and artificial intelligence.
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Automate error recovery, translate EDI into plain language, and surface instant order insights with our AI assistant. Slash manual troubleshooting and keep production on track.
Key features
Core capabilities of a unified integration platform.
Pre-connected trading partner community
Offers access to over one million businesses globally, accelerating partner onboarding and reducing integration costs.
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Embedded AI assistant
Safely unlock generative intelligence with a native AI assistant built into your network. Automate error recovery, translate EDI to plain language, and surface instant insights securely.
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Secure managed file transfer (MFT)
Protect sensitive data in transit and at rest while lowering total cost of ownership by choosing MFTaaS. Centrally manage and monitor data in one place via OpenText™ Trading Grid™ Online.
Transfer large files securely
Integration with ERP and business systems
Supports more than 200 pre-built connectors to ERP, CRM, financial, and ecommerce platforms.
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Self-service partner onboarding
Empowers users to configure and connect trading partners through an intuitive interface with no-code tools.
Streamline partner management
Real-time monitoring and alerts
Provides visibility into integration performance with dashboards, alerts, and reporting to keep operations running smoothly.
Gain unified data visibility
Universal data translation
Translates data formats across EDI, API, and custom files to ensure compatibility and accuracy in partner communications.
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Related products
Establish a digital backbone and explore other OpenText offerings that help companies of any size streamline connectivity, enable secure collaboration, obtain real-time business insights, and digitize information flows across their business ecosystem.
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Orchestrate B2B transactions with enterprise EDI and B2B managed services
OpenText™ B2B Integration Enterprise
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Get EDI compliant and streamline operations for SMBs
OpenText™ B2B Integration Essentials
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Get powerful purchase-to-pay and order-to-cash solutions
OpenText™ B2B Integration Foundation
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Unlock generative intelligence with a native AI assistant built into your network
OpenText™ Business Network Aviator™
Integrations
Automate your information supply chain by integrating your ERP and EDI systems for seamless, end-to-end operational workflows.
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Accelerate your SAP S/4HANA migration with concurrent B2B integration to improve digital transformation outcomes
SAP S/4HANA EDI integration
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Streamline your supply chain with tailored, certified Microsoft Dynamics 365 solutions with reusable EDI-to-API adapters
Microsoft Dynamics 365 EDI integration
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Minimize ERP migration risks by deploying concurrent data flow integrations via reusable, ERP-agnostic EDI-to-API adapters
Integrate EDI with any ERP
Add-ons
Optimize your processes through pre-packaged SaaS applications that support various business processes, boost collaboration, and improve operational efficiency.
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Securely track assets and shipments with an identity-driven IoT platform powered by AI
OpenText™ Aviator™ IoT
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Boost trading partner collaboration throughout the extended enterprise
OpenText™ Core Collaboration Access
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Simplify e-Invoicing compliance to meet regulations in 50+ countries
OpenText™ Trading Grid™ e-Invoicing
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Achieve secure collaboration in every ecosystem
OpenText™ Core Secure Access
Services
Accelerate digital transformation with guidance from certified experts.
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Modernize your information management with certified experts
Professional Services
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Turn support into your strategic advantage
Support Services
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Meet business goals with expert guidance, managed services, and more
Customer Success Services
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Free up your internal teams with expert IT service management
Managed Services
OpenText Trading Grid resources
Explore why IDC MarketScape named OpenText a Leader in the worldwide Multi-Enterprise Supply Chain Commerce Network (MESCCN) category. The report highlights OpenText’s strengths in end-to-end B2B integration, secure partner collaboration, real-time visibility, and scalable supply chain automation. Learn how these capabilities help organizations reduce friction across partner ecosystems, improve operational resilience, and modernize supply chain collaboration at scale.
Enterprise B2B integration made easy—OpenText manages EDI, you grow your business
Read the solution overviewStreamline B2B with OpenText Trading Grid—unified and fully managed
Read the data sheetOpenText Trading Grid Insights: unify and visualize B2B data across systems
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Read the solution overviewStreamline B2B with OpenText Trading Grid—unified and fully managed
Read the data sheetOpenText Trading Grid Insights: unify and visualize B2B data across systems
Read the product overviewOpenText Customer Order App
Read the product overviewOpenText Trading Grid with Aviator
Read the product overviewOpenText TrustedLink Windows
Read the product overviewProgrammable Grid APIs
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Securely connect global supply chains, systems, and people worldwide
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Transform ERP and integration with OpenText during your SAP S/4HANA transition
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Exchange any business document securely via OpenText Trading Grid Messaging Service
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See how manufacturers use OpenText to digitize supply chain operations
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OpenText Trading Grid serves as a unified AI-ready B2B integration platform that accelerates digital transformation by digitizing manual workflows. By integrating EDI, APIs, and IoT data into a single cloud environment, businesses can eliminate silos and transition legacy systems to an agile infrastructure. OpenText Trading Grid customers can safely unlock generative intelligence with a native AI assistant built into the business network to automate error recovery, translate EDI to plain language, and surface instant insights. Explore our AI assistant to see how it can safely scale your digital ecosystem.
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Yes. OpenText Trading Grid provides end-to-end supply chain visibility by tracking transactions across the entire lifecycle, from "order-to-cash" to "procure-to-pay." Furthermore, by leveraging our command center with advanced analytics and AI-driven insights, organizations can identify bottlenecks, predict disruptions, and improve fulfillment rates.
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Yes. OpenText provides pre-built adapters and ERP integration capabilities for major systems, including SAP S/4HANA, Oracle, and Microsoft Dynamics 365. This ensures seamless data flows between your back-office systems and external trading partners, with custom coding options available for complex integrations. This synchronization reduces manual data entry errors and speeds up processing times. Learn more about our ERP integration solutions and see how to connect your core business applications.
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Security is foundational to OpenText Trading Grid. The platform employs robust encryption and maintains rigorous certifications, including ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 1/2/3 Type II, and HIPAA compliance. It also assists with global mandates like e-Invoicing regulations and data privacy laws such as GDPR. By centralizing governance, companies mitigate risk across their entire partner network. Visit our security and compliance page for a full list of global certifications or explore the OpenText privacy center for details on our data handling frameworks.
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OpenText Trading Grid is an "any-to-any" integration platform, meaning it supports both traditional EDI for high-volume, standardized transactions and modern APIs for real-time data exchange. While EDI remains the backbone of global supply chains, APIs allow for instant communication and microservices. OpenText Trading Grid harmonizes these technologies, allowing you to communicate with any partner regardless of their technical maturity. Read our deep dive on EDI vs API to learn how a hybrid approach sets the foundation for an AI-ready supply chain.
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OpenText Trading Grid offers MFT capabilities that are up to 80 times faster than standard FTP/HTTP. This is critical for organizations moving large datasets, CAD files, or high-resolution media. By integrating MFT directly into the OpenText Trading Grid online interface, users gain a single "pane of glass" to securely manage both structured transactional data and large unstructured files. Explore our managed file transfer page to learn more about high-speed data delivery.
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Absolutely. As tax authorities worldwide shift toward mandatory e-Invoicing and continuous transaction controls, OpenText Trading Grid provides the necessary connectivity and formatting to meet local requirements in over 60 countries. This automated compliance reduces audit risk and speeds up payment cycles. To stay ahead of changing regulations, visit our global e-Invoicing page for a country-by-country breakdown of requirements.
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Choosing the fully-managed service option for OpenText Trading Grid means OpenText experts handle the day-to-day complexities of partner onboarding, mapping, and 24/7 monitoring. This outsourced model frees up your internal IT resources to focus on core strategic initiatives while ensuring your B2B operations run at peak efficiency. Compare our B2B integration deployment options to determine which deployment model fits your growth strategy.
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