Edi Overview
- 1. EDI – An Overview Presenter Name : Prosenjit Das Total Slides : 11 Duration : 2 hours Date : 17 th Sep 2008
- 2. What is EDI? Concepts & Elements of EDI Benefits of EDI Introduction to EDI Standards File formats used in EDI Inbound and Outbound messages Objectives
- 3. EDI stands for Electronic Data Interchange EDI is transfer of structured data, by agreed message standards, from one computer system to another by electronic means The term “Paperless Trading” is often used to describe EDI What is EDI?
- 4. EDI is not a technology. It uses the underlying technology of computers, telecommunication networks etc. It is as much a business strategy and a business tool as anything else. EDI involves five main processes: Extracting data from a computer system Translating the data in to a transmittable format Transmitting the message Translating/Interpreting the message at the receiving end Downloading the data in the receiving computer application Concepts & Elements of EDI
- 5. A computer system with one or more applications Telecommunications access and communications device Value Added Networks (VAN) Translation Software Standards Trading Partners Concepts & Elements of EDI (cont.)
- 6. Benefits of EDI EDI benefits may be quantifiable or strategic Some of the quantifiable benefits include: Removal of processing delays from re-keying data Removal of re-keying errors and time spent in rectification Reduction in errors made by human interpretation of data Reduction in paper handling and filing, storage and mailing costs Improvement in scheduling of shipments and inventory control Handling receipt and arrival acknowledgement of a message
- 7. Benefits of EDI (cont.) Some of the strategic benefits include: Improved customer relations with increase in quality/speed of service Reduction in costs and improvement in organization’s competitive edge Strengthening of trading partner relationships Improved sales forecasting and business planning Improvement in staff morale
- 8. Introduction to EDI Standards Why Standards? First standards were conceived by ANSI in 1979 (X12) Since then the EDI standards development process has evolved continuously with the advent of standards like: UN/EDIFACT X12 TRADACOMS ODETTE ROSETTANET OAGIS and many more The two widely used standards today are: UN/EDIFACT X12
- 9. File formats used in EDI may be any of these: Delimited (ANSI X12, EDIFACT, TRADACOMS etc) Positional (Application Files) XML (Extensible Markup Language) NCPDP (National Council for Prescription Drug Programs) ODBC (Open Data Base Connectivity) File Formats Used in EDI
- 10. Inbound messages are those messages that comes in to the system or the organization. Outbound messages are those messages that goes out of the system or the organization. Inbound and Outbound Messages
- 11. Thank you!
Editor's Notes
- #2: Documents which are integrated in product development, during the life cycle of a project are called work products. We shall be talking about Microsoft Visual Source Safe (VSS) as a standard tool for use at ESS.