Commport VAN (Value-Added Network) is a secure and reliable messaging platform that facilitates seamless electronic communication between trading partners. Designed for businesses seeking efficient and cost-effective data exchange, Commport VAN offers robust routing, data validation, and real-time monitoring of EDI transactions. Its advanced technology ensures high uptime and fast document delivery while maintaining strict compliance with industry standards.
For over three decades, Commport has been a trusted leader in facilitating seamless business-to-business document processing via our robust Commport VAN system. With enduring partnerships and comprehensive interconnections with all leading VAN service providers, connecting to the Commport VAN offers you a streamlined connection for transmitting and exchanging critical B2B documents, including Purchase Orders, Invoices, Shipment Notices, and more. Whenever and wherever you do business.
Commport facilitates the electronic exchange of information between you and your trading partners through our Value-Added Network (VAN). Our VAN is a key component of EDI, acting as a single communications link to multiple trading partners.
It is the medium that enables business documents to be transmitted electronically between various organizations, nationally and internationally.
We operate as an EDIINT gateway, connecting directly with your trading partners and customers using AS2, FTP, and sFTP as required.
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There are many benefits to using The Commport VAN to handle your B2B documents
Commport VAN (Value-Added Network) provides a secure, reliable, and efficient solution for exchanging critical business documents with trading partners worldwide. Built to ensure data accuracy and speed, Commport VAN offers robust connectivity across various industries, allowing you to easily send and receive invoices, purchase orders, and other essential documents. Our VAN solution includes advanced tracking and reporting tools, giving you real-time visibility into transaction status and delivery confirmations. With scalable pricing and flexible integration options, Commport VAN optimizes your EDI communications, reducing costs and enhancing your supply chain efficiency while offering unparalleled customer support.
Beyond transmitting your data with the highest levels of security and accuracy, Commport offers a complete range of value added services:
Commport’s 997 functional acknowledgement reporting service takes on the responsibility interpreting all your 997s, finding the documents (i.e. invoices, purchase orders, etc.) that the 997 is acknowledging and then producing and emailing you a report which identifies any documents that are not acknowledged.
Commport’s EDI conformance checking service stops you from sending bad EDI data by checking mandatory fields and matching your trading partners requirements, saving you the trouble and cost of bad data.
Rely on Commport for all your communications requirements!
Your varied trading partners may require the use of an array of communications options; FTP, AS2, SFTP, VAN. Partnering with Commport enables you to focus on your business, leaving the technical communications to experts in that field: Commport.
Commport can establish a single connection between you and the Commport Network and then Commport can manage all connectivity with your partners. This enables you to rely on one proven connection while also responding to and supporting your trading partners’ various requirements.
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Value Added Networks (VANs) are third-party service providers that facilitate the exchange of electronic data interchange (EDI) transactions between trading partners. They act as intermediaries that receive, validate, translate, and route EDI transactions between businesses, ensuring smooth and secure communication.
A value-added network is the medium that enables business documents to be transmitted electronically between a diverse group of organizations, nationally and internationally.
A value-added network (VAN) is a private, hosted service that provides companies with a secure way to send and share data with its counterparties. Value-added networks were a common way to facilitate electronic data interchange (EDI) between companies.
A value-added network (VAN) is used by businesses to exchange information with each other. The main goal of a VAN is to facilitate electronic data interchange (EDI) between businesses. The VAN sits on top of an existing common carrier. The carrier provides additional services on top of the infrastructure called value-added services. Hence, the name value-added network.
Here is the list of value-added network services provided by Commport Communications
2. Improved exchange
3. Secure
4. Standardized
Types of EDI Value Added Networks
1. One-to-One
The one-to-one network is a connection between two businesses exchanging data.
2. One-to-Many
A single business connected to multiple other businesses, e.g., a major retailer connected to its different suppliers.
3. Many-to-Many
Multiple businesses connected to one another. This is the most common type of network used in the financial markets since there are many market participants connected to each other via a single venue.
An EDI VAN receives mail from a sender, sorts, and delivers it to the recipient's mailbox. A trading partner retrieves messages by connecting to the VAN, which validates the message and verifies the recipient's identity. It then provides a full audit trail, and all messages are tracked and accurately recorded
An EDI VAN is a provider of data connectivity as a service over an outsourced network. VANs enable rather simple EDI setup and the communication and exchange of standard-based EDI events and documents by decreasing the number of involved stakeholders
