Why did The Hut Group decide to outsource its B2B EDI management?

The Hut Group wanted to rationalise its B2B systems to increase efficiency and reduce costs while still meeting supplier and customer needs. Outsourcing B2B EDI management let the retailer optimise its technical resources, remove redundant EDI and translation middleware, and improve its working relationships with both customers and suppliers across a large network.

What scale of supplier network does the solution manage for The Hut Group?

The Integration Brokerage service manages full B2B electronic enablement for 1,000 suppliers across the UK and Europe, covering around 800 stores and 50,000 products. Suppliers can send orders and invoices in any format, reducing the time spent re-keying data, while accessing the platform through web-based, mobile or integrated solutions.

What benefits has The Hut Group seen from digitally enabling its supply chain?

The Hut Group has seen greater in-store stock availability, more reliable product delivery and more consistent document formats across its supplier network. Removing redundant EDI and translation middleware also cut the costly investment suppliers would otherwise need to make in their own software, installation and training, while keeping documents uniform across the business.

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Case Study: The Hut Group

The Hut Groups uses Transalis EDI to manage the retailers full B2B electronic enablement for over 1,000 suppliers.

Transalis18 December 2019Updated 23 September 2026

Key takeaways

The Hut Group needed to rationalise its B2B systems to increase efficiency, reduce costs and better meet supplier and customer needs across its supply chain.
Transalis provided a scalable, cloud based Integration Brokerage solution covering B2B messaging, trading partner onboarding, community management, mapping, testing and monitoring for the retailer.
The service manages B2B electronic enablement for 1,000 suppliers, around 800 stores and 50,000 products across the UK and Europe, integrating directly with the retailer's ERP systems.
By outsourcing B2B EDI management, The Hut Group optimised its technical resources, removed redundant EDI and translation middleware, and improved relationships with customers and suppliers.
The outsourced solution delivered greater in-store stock availability, more reliable product delivery and consistent document formats, without suppliers needing to invest in their own software or training.

How was B2B EDI enablement managed for The Hut Group's supply chain?

The Hut Group needed to rationalise its B2B systems to cut costs and better meet supplier and customer needs. Transalis provided a scalable, cloud based Integration Brokerage solution covering messaging, trading partner onboarding, community management, mapping, testing and monitoring. The service manages full B2B electronic enablement for 1,000 suppliers, around 800 stores and 50,000 products across the UK and Europe, integrating directly with the retailer's ERP systems and removing redundant middleware.

Background

Confronted with internal and external challenges to optimise its supply chain operations, The Hut Group’s major high street brand identified that rationalising its B2B systems would increase efficiency and reduce costs.

By harnessing technology, The Hut Group could meet their supplier and customer needs whilst streamlining their supply chain operations.

The Transalis Solution

Transalis provided a scalable, cloud based solution for a fully digitally enabled supply chain via Integration Brokerage.

OpenEDITM forms Transalis’ range of Integration Brokerage services, including B2B messaging, trading partner on-boarding, community management, mapping, testing and monitoring.

Transalis manage the full B2B electronic enablement for 1,000 suppliers across the UK and Europe. This includes approx. 800 stores and 50,000 products.

By outsourcing the management of its B2B EDI requirements, The Hut Group optimised its technical resources and improved its relationships with customers and suppliers.

Transalis integrate B2B messages using its SaaS solution directly with the retailer’s ERP systems. This allows The Hut Group to remove redundant EDI and translation middleware. Message exchange utilises the Transalis Digital Platform where suppliers have access to web-based, mobile and integrated solutions.

Benefits

Greater In-Store Stock Availability

Product Delivery Reliability

Document Uniformity

Transalis EDI, powered by OpenEDI, manages the full B2B electronic enablement for 1,000 suppliers across the UK and Europe. This includes approx. 800 stores and 50,000 products.

Key Facts

Bespoke online portal for EDI transactions between retailer and suppliers
Management of B2B electronic enablement for 1,000 suppliers
Removing costly investment in software, installation and training
Orders and invoices can be sent in any format, reducing time spent re-keying data
Removal of redundant EDI and translation middleware

Transalis Integration Brokerage

OpenEDITM connects organisations, people, processes and technology. Existing systems rely on communicating parties having previously agreed standards, message formats and processes.

This complexity and the associated costs of establishing electronic communication between trading partners are totally removed via Transalis solutions. By default, proprietary systems from different vendors fail to integrate efficiently. OpenEDI enables organisations of all sizes, regardless of IT deployed, to communicate electronically with each other seamlessly.

Transalis integration brokerage integrates multiple EDI documents and standards between multiple networks, systems and trading partners necessary to maintain complex B2B e-commerce programs.

This managed service automates The Hut Group’s B2B relationships and digitally enables their supply chain allowing the retailer and their suppliers to focus on central business processes. OpenEDITM connects organisations, people, processes and technology.

Frequently asked questions

Why did The Hut Group decide to outsource its B2B EDI management?: The Hut Group wanted to rationalise its B2B systems to increase efficiency and reduce costs while still meeting supplier and customer needs. Outsourcing B2B EDI management let the retailer optimise its technical resources, remove redundant EDI and translation middleware, and improve its working relationships with both customers and suppliers across a large network.
What scale of supplier network does the solution manage for The Hut Group?: The Integration Brokerage service manages full B2B electronic enablement for 1,000 suppliers across the UK and Europe, covering around 800 stores and 50,000 products. Suppliers can send orders and invoices in any format, reducing the time spent re-keying data, while accessing the platform through web-based, mobile or integrated solutions.
What benefits has The Hut Group seen from digitally enabling its supply chain?: The Hut Group has seen greater in-store stock availability, more reliable product delivery and more consistent document formats across its supplier network. Removing redundant EDI and translation middleware also cut the costly investment suppliers would otherwise need to make in their own software, installation and training, while keeping documents uniform across the business.

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