Axway B2Bi is a powerful enterprise-grade B2B integration solution that enables organizations to securely exchange business documents and data with their trading partners.
The platform offers robust capabilities for handling various data formats, protocols, and communication methods, making it a versatile solution for enterprises looking to streamline their B2B/EDI operations.
Axway B2B Integration’s General Manager lays out our vision for a platform experience in this blog post.
With features like end-to-end visibility, automated workflows, and advanced security measures, Axway B2Bi helps organizations reduce manual processes, minimize errors, and improve overall operational efficiency.
Additionally, to these features there are also value-added services available as separate purchases. These services include:
- Axway eInvoicing, which enables B2B and B2G (Business-to-Government) e-invoicing compliance, offering connectivity to the Peppol network and supporting regulatory requirements in a rapidly growing number of countries in Europe and beyond.
- Axway Business Network, a modern and competitively priced VAN service.
- The B2B API Service, which offers out-of-the-box governance capabilities to protect APIs at the interface, access, and data levels.
- WebEDI Supplier Portal, which makes it possible for your smaller partners to gain access to web-based EDI.
- Track & Trace, helping pharmaceutical organizations address today’s complex and evolving global serialization requirements.
- CSOS, to achieve U.S. DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) regulatory compliance while ensuring security and reducing costs.
In this blog post, I’d like to describe each of the above-mentioned services in more detail.
Axway eInvoicing
Axway eInvoicing is a global, standards-based solution designed to help businesses comply with evolving electronic invoicing mandates across both B2B and B2G environments.
It supports regulatory frameworks such as Peppol, Continuous Transaction Control (CTC) in the EU, specific national initiatives like France’s VAT reform and Germany’s XRechnung, and is future-proofed for the developing ViDA (VAT in the Digital Age) reform EU-wide.
With the EU aiming for full B2B e-invoicing adoption by 2030, Axway ensures organizations remain compliant with current and emerging regulations.
See also: Unlock e-Invoicing Efficiency with European Norm
Key features and benefits
- Global compliance: Axway eInvoicing offers built-in support for major international standards and mandates, including Peppol, CTC, and various national regulations, ensuring seamless compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
- Operational efficiency: By digitizing the invoicing process, the solution eliminates manual tasks, reduces errors, and accelerates invoice processing, leading to cost savings and improved cash flow management.
- Risk mitigation: Automated compliance checks and real-time validations help prevent non-compliance penalties and audit issues, safeguarding businesses against regulatory risks.
- Integration capabilities: The platform seamlessly integrates with existing ERP systems, EDI frameworks, and APIs, facilitating a unified approach to financial and operational data management.
- Cloud-based flexibility: Available as a cloud-managed service or deployable within a private infrastructure, Axway eInvoicing offers scalability and adaptability to meet diverse organizational needs.
Axway eInvoicing empowers organizations to navigate the complexities of global e-invoicing requirements efficiently, ensuring compliance, enhancing operational workflows, and reducing associated risks.
Learn more: Axway eInvoicing | Axway
Axway Business Network
Axway Business Network is a modern B2B integration solution that enhances traditional Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) with API-enabled Value-Added Network (VAN) connectivity.
It provides a unified platform for managing both point-to-point EDI and VAN communications, offering businesses increased flexibility, cost efficiency, and simplified partner onboarding.
Key features and benefits
- Unified EDI and VAN management: Together with Axway B2Bi, Axway Business Network consolidates EDI and VAN operations into a single platform, allowing businesses to manage diverse communication protocols seamlessly.
- Extensive network connectivity: The platform offers automatic access to over 200 pre-connected VANs and global private networks, facilitating broad partner integration without the need for multiple individual connections.
- Cost efficiency: By leveraging an API-driven approach, Axway Business Network reduces the costs associated with traditional VAN and point-to-point EDI management, making it a cost-effective solution for businesses.
- Simplified partner onboarding: The solution includes a self-service portal that enables businesses to set up new partnerships, track transactions, and manage configurations easily, streamlining the onboarding process.
- Enhanced operational efficiency: Features like visibility portals, API configuration, and real-time monitoring improve operational efficiency and provide businesses with greater control over their B2B communications.
Axway Business Network empowers organizations to modernize their B2B integration strategies by combining traditional EDI with advanced VAN capabilities, resulting in improved agility, reduced costs, and streamlined partner interactions.
Learn more: Axway Business Network: Enhance EDI with VAN Connectivity
B2B API Service
As more APIs are used to handle sensitive data, and critical business applications are being exposed via new cloud, mobile, web, and B2B channels, enterprises need to be vigilant about managing, securing, and monitoring their APIs’ access and use.
Key features and benefits
- API Service provides out-of-the-box governance capabilities for APIs to protect them at the interface, access, and data levels.
- Gives B2B/EDI experts full autonomy over API-driven message exchanges with business partners, without the need to involve other teams for specific integrations with partners.
- The B2Bi and API Service are connected and ready to use out of the box.
- The solution provides complete auditing, monitoring, logging, and reporting capabilities that help enterprises meet stringent compliance mandates.
- The API service is powered by Axway’s award-winning Amplify Platform, delivering a complete, full lifecycle API management platform that supports all needed security requirements even for large organizations with the most stringent security requirements.
Learn more about how EDI and APIs come together to deliver impact.
WebEDI Supplier Portal
Axway’s WebEDI Supplier Portal is a cloud-based solution designed to facilitate electronic data interchange between businesses and their suppliers, particularly those lacking traditional EDI capabilities.
By providing a web-based interface, it enables suppliers to engage in digital transactions without the need for complex EDI infrastructure.
Key features and benefits:
- Web-based EDI access: Suppliers can interact with the portal through a standard web browser, allowing them to receive purchase orders, send invoices, and manage other business documents electronically.
- Extensive supplier network: The portal offers access to over 140,000 pre-connected suppliers, streamlining the onboarding process and expanding business reach.
- Simplified onboarding: By supporting various connectivity options—including point-to-point EDI, Value-Added Networks (VAN), and the supplier portal itself—the solution simplifies the integration of new partners into the supply chain.
- Integration with existing systems: The WebEDI Supplier Portal can be integrated with Axway’s TS Integration Manager (TSIM), allowing for seamless data exchange between the portal and a company’s backend systems.
- Enhanced security and compliance: The solution supports secure communication protocols and can be configured to comply with industry-specific standards, ensuring data integrity and confidentiality.
Axway’s WebEDI Supplier Portal offers a scalable and secure platform for businesses to engage with suppliers electronically, reducing manual processes and enhancing supply chain efficiency.
Learn more: WebEDI Supplier Portal Solutions [Axway]
Specialized B2B solutions: CSOS and Track & Trace
Axway’s Controlled Substance Ordering System and Track & Trace are two purpose-built services that allow organizations to stay compliant with the local relevant regulatory bodies.
Built on an EPCIS (Electronic Product Code Information Systems) GS1 EPC global-compliant and certified, standards-based framework, Axway Track & Trace provides the end-to-end transparency, logistics management, and product ID verification services needed to optimize all of your track-and-trace initiatives.
Mainly provided in the North American region, Axway CSOS offers a modern API-enabled approach to achieving DEA regulatory compliance while ensuring security and reducing costs. We worked directly with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to build a secure, Drummond-Certified CSOS solution that requires no redirects or complex authentication schemes.
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From global e-invoicing compliance to modern VAN connectivity, API-powered exchanges, and supplier onboarding, Axway’s B2B Integration platform goes far beyond basic EDI.
These value-added services are designed to help you not just keep up with today’s demands — but move faster, smarter, and with greater confidence.
Whether you’re navigating complex regulations, digitizing legacy processes, or building a future-ready partner ecosystem, Axway offers the tools and expertise to help you thrive.