Foundational connects your ERP systems and data to any trading partner through EDI, APIs, and cloud integrations, fully managed, so your team stays focused on growing your business.
Modern B2B doesn’t run on EDI alone. Foundational’s managed service speaks every language your trading partners, customers, and cloud applications use, and translates between all of them.
Walmart wants EDI. Your new cloud supplier uses REST APIs. Your bank requires ACH file formats. Your ERP speaks its own dialect. Foundational translates all of it, in real time, automatically, with no manual work from your team.
Our proprietary integration engine has processed millions of business transactions across every major industry. It’s purpose-built to handle the edge cases, exceptions, and trading-partner quirks that generic platforms miss.
Explore the ServicePoint-to-point integrations break. Trading partner mandates change. ERP upgrades break EDI connections and API mappings. And your team gets pulled off real work to manage disruptions instead of growing the business.
“Foundational has demonstrated very quick turnaround times on building mapping configurations and communication setups. Their systems have shown very high availability, as well as reliable and consistent throughput.”
— Scott Reinhardt, Manager – Business Intelligence & Data Management, Nucor CorporationWhether you want complete outsourcing or expert support for your in-house team, we have the right model for your business.
Fully outsource your B2B integration operations, EDI, API, and file-based. Our team handles trading partner onboarding, mapping, compliance, monitoring, and support around the clock.
Need expert guidance rather than full outsourcing? Our consultants design, implement, and optimize your B2B integration strategy, from EDI compliance to API architecture and cloud ERP migrations.
One connection to Foundational’s VAN links you to any trading partner through any protocol, AS2, SFTP, HTTPS, API. We manage all the routing, transformation, and communication complexity.
ERP vendors and system integrators: white-label Foundational’s managed integration service to enhance your offering. We act as your B2B integration engine, helping you deliver reliable connectivity to your clients.
Our proven onboarding process gets you connected fast, without disrupting your operations.
We map your integrations, ERP landscape, and partner requirements. You get a clear roadmap, no surprises.
Our team builds, tests, and certifies every integration map to your exact specifications.
Full end-to-end testing with your trading partners, resolving every issue before go-live.
Once live, we monitor every transaction 24/7 and adapt to partner changes proactively.
We understand the specific integration requirements, compliance standards, and ERP landscapes in your industry, not just EDI in the abstract.
Foundational has deep roots in metals. We understand service center EDI, coil tracking, and the compliance demands of major steel producers like Nucor.
Explore Steel Integration →From automotive to industrial manufacturing, we manage POs, invoices, ASNs, and API flows connecting you to customers, suppliers, and carriers.
Explore Manufacturing →Meet Walmart, Target, Kroger, and marketplace compliance requirements. We handle their specs, routing guides, and API integrations, sharply reducing your chargeback risk.
Explore Retail →Scale your integrations as your customer base grows, without adding IT headcount. We connect 3PLs to any carrier, customer, or WMS platform.
Explore Logistics →Secure ACH, EFT, remittance (820), and positive pay integrations for banks, credit unions, and financial services companies requiring precision and compliance.
Explore Finance →We handle any protocol, any format, any partner. If your business exchanges data with trading partners, we can manage that integration.
Explore All Industries →25+ years of solving real integration problems gives us a depth of knowledge that newer SaaS platforms simply haven’t earned yet.
No per-transaction fees, one flat monthly rate covers the managed service. Network traffic, billed by data volume, is the only usage-based charge, quoted upfront.
Fast trading partner onboarding is a core part of our reputation, Nucor called it out specifically. New connections go live in days, not months.
Our infrastructure is engineered for high availability with continuous monitoring. We detect and resolve issues before they impact your business.
Our flexible managed service handles EDI, APIs, flat files, cloud ERPs, and custom formats, configured to your exact requirements, not a generic template.
Call Foundational and you reach an expert who knows your account. No ticketing queues, no offshore handoffs, just experienced people who solve problems.
Your data lives in SOC 2-certified, HIPAA-compliant Expedient data centers with real-time replication across two geographically separate facilities. Learn about our infrastructure →
Large, volume-based EDI platforms are built to process millions of transactions for thousands of customers. That model works for some, but it comes with trade-offs that mid-market manufacturers and distributors feel every day.
| What buyers care about | Volume-based platforms | Foundational |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per-transaction fees that grow with your volume | Flat monthly rate, no surprises as you grow |
| Support model | Ticket queue; shared support pools | Named experts who know your account and your partners |
| Map change turnaround | Weeks, often tied to release cycles | Typically under 48 hours |
| Customization | Template-driven; limited flexibility outside standard flows | Fully custom maps and logic built to your exact specs |
| Industry expertise | Broad market generalist | Deep specialization in manufacturing, metals, distribution & logistics |
Understand EDI pricing models and why per-transaction fees hurt growing businesses →
“Staying on top of our customers’ e-business requirements while streamlining our own operations is essential. As a result of outsourcing our EDI processing to Foundational we have achieved a higher level of internal integration, saved hours of processing time, and reduced customer chargebacks by as much as 85 percent.”
Join manufacturers, retailers, steel processors, and logistics companies who trust Foundational to keep their supply chains connected and compliant.