An EDI integration project typically involves five stages: 1. Assessing requirements: You will need to review several things, including which processes you need to automate, what your system can handle, who your current business partners are and what volume of messages you expect to send/receive. 2. Selecting an EDI provider: Research potential EDI providers to decide which provides the best features and offerings for your business. 3. Planning implementation: Draw up a project plan with defined milestones, priorities and timelines. 4. Technical implementation: Next, you will need to organize the actual transfer channels and EDI processes. Once that is complete, you can go live with the solution. 5. Ongoing operations: After the system is live, you will need to monitor it consistently to ensure issues don’t arise and that errors don’t escalate.