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The integration layer behind every shipment in motion.

The platform behind the EDI flows your 3PL, carrier, or supply-chain operation runs every minute — X12 204/214/210 motor-carrier, AS2 with shippers, CBP ACE for customs, 404/410 for rail. Real-time visibility, 24×7 SLA, and an audit trail your largest customer’s procurement team signs off on.

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The realities

What integration looks like inside a working logistics operation.

Reality 01
SLA penalties accrue per shipment

Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Amazon — every retail customer attaches dollar penalties to late ASN, missed pickups, and out-of-spec packaging. Integration latency is invoiced.

Reality 02
Modes don't talk to each other

Truck → rail → ocean → truck. Each mode runs different software, different X12 sets, different APIs. The 3PL is the only one who sees the whole picture.

Reality 03
Customs is its own platform

CBP ACE for US imports, ISF 10+2 filings, customs broker integrations — separate from shipper EDI, separate from carrier integrations, but on the same critical path.

Reality 04
"Where is my freight?" is a service feature

Shippers expect a real-time tracking link sent on the 856. Consumers expect Amazon-level visibility. The integration platform is responsible for turning EDI into a public API.

Multi-modal routing

One shipment. Four modes. Every hand-off captured.

A representative international shipment moving from a Shanghai supplier to a Memphis distribution center. Different mode, different partner, different message standard at every leg — one Art2link runtime brokering all of them.

Shipment · BoL SHA-MEM-2026-3308 · 18 pallets · 4,250 kg
Shanghai → Memphis · 27 days transit
Leg 01Origin truck
Supplier → Shanghai Port
Day 1 · ~6 hours
EDIFACT IFTMIN
Partner: Shanghai SinoLogistics
Sub-mode: drayage / inland
Leg 02Ocean freight
Shanghai → Long Beach
Days 1–17 · 17 days transit
EDIFACT IFTSTA · CODECO
Partner: Maersk / MSC
Customs: ISF 10+2 pre-arrival
Leg 03Port drayage
Long Beach → Inland rail yard
Day 18 · ~8 hours
X12 322 + ACE
Partner: Yusen drayage
Customs: ACE entry release
Leg 04Rail
Long Beach → Memphis intermodal
Days 18–25 · 7 days transit
X12 404 / 410 / 417
Partner: BNSF intermodal
Waybill + freight status
Leg 05Final-mile truck
Memphis rail → DC dock
Day 26 · ~4 hours
X12 204 / 214 / 990
Partner: Landstar OTR
POD signed at dock
Hand-offs are first-class. Each transition between modes generates a status event (X12 214, EDIFACT IFTSTA) that Art2link normalizes to a single shipment-status schema. The consuming systems — shipper portal, customer ETA API, customs broker, customer 856 ASN feed — all see the same canonical event stream. One correlation ID (SHA-MEM-2026-3308) ties every leg, every partner, every customs filing, every status update from origin pickup to dock POD.
Partner network stack

The systems and standards a logistics estate already runs.

Shippers · demand side

  • Walmart Retail Link
  • Target EDI
  • Amazon Vendor Central
  • Home Depot EDI
  • Costco EDI
  • Generic SAP / Oracle ASN feeds

Carriers + brokers · execution

  • BNSF · UP · CSX (rail)
  • Maersk · MSC · CMA CGM (ocean)
  • FedEx · UPS · DHL (parcel)
  • Major LTL: ODFL, Saia, XPO, R+L
  • OTR truckload: Schneider, Landstar, Werner
  • Customs brokers: Expeditors, Kuehne+Nagel

TMS · WMS · customs · back-office

  • SAP TM · Oracle TMS · Manhattan Active TM
  • Blue Yonder TMS / WMS
  • Descartes (multi-suite)
  • HighJump · Korber WMS
  • CBP ACE · Filer codes
  • 3PL platforms: Cargowise, MercuryGate
Compliance posture

Aligned with what shippers, carriers, and customs auditors require.

Art2link runs in your Azure subscription — shipment data and partner EDI traffic never leave your tenant. Audit retention configurable per integration (7 years typical for customs). FMCSA & CBP-ACE filing posture supported. Customer-specific auditor read-only access for SLA reviews.

CBP ACEUS customs filings
FMCSAMotor carrier compliance
C-TPATSupply chain security
ISF 10+2Pre-arrival ocean
IATA / IMDGHazmat
SOC 2 Type 1In progress
Which surfaces matter most

The Art2link solutions a logistics estate runs day one.

Primary

EDI Integration

X12 204/214/210/990 motor-carrier flows, 404/410 rail, 322 terminal operations. AS2 with shippers, VAN passthrough for the long tail.

Read more → Primary

API Management

Real-time tracking API for shippers and consumers. Rate limiting per partner. OAuth 2.1 for carrier integrations.

Read more → Common

System Integration

TMS ↔ WMS ↔ ERP ↔ customs ↔ accounting. The backbone glue between the operational systems.

Read more → If on BizTalk

BizTalk Migration

Many 3PLs still run BizTalk for high-volume EDI routing. Migration path off, no downtime.

Read more →
In production

Logistics estates already running on Art2link.

A nationwide 3PL processes 2M+ EDI transactions/month across 1,200 trading partners — X12 204/214/210 motor-carrier flows with zero unreconciled 997s for the past 6 quarters under 24×7 SLA.

Logistics · 24×7 SLA · AS2 + SFTP + VAN

An international freight forwarder integrated customs ACE filings, 32 ocean carrier feeds, and 17 rail/inland carrier feeds onto one Art2link runtime — cutting partner-onboarding from 4 weeks to under 5 days.

Freight forwarding · CBP ACE · multi-modal
Logistics-specific working session

Walk a real shipment with our team.

30 minutes with a senior architect who has shipped in logistics. Bring one of your trading-partner pain points or multi-modal flows; leave with a tailored EDI audit and onboarding plan.