EDI and there prevalent EDI standards

Posted on March 11th, 2007 by Sanjit Anand | Print This Post | Email This Post

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the electronic exchange of routine business transactions. These transactions include documents such as purchase orders, invoices, inquiries, payments acknowledgements etc.

EDI is the cross-industry electronic business interchange standard that enables individuals, companies and organizations to participate in global e-commerce.

EDI enables a commonly understood and standardized format of the relevant data to be transmitted from one computer system to another with minimal human intervention.

EDI extracts information from a business process (e.g. purchase order, invoice etc). The data is usually transmitted over a Value Added Network (VAN – which acts as a electronic post offices) and delivered to a trading partner. Once the trading partner receives the information, the EDI systems will automatically translate the standardized EDI data into application data and moved to the appropriate business application.

EDI Standards

• United States
  • X12
  • EDIFACT (Multi- Industry)
• UK
  • TRADACOMS (Retail)
  • ODETTE (Automotive)
  • EDIFACT (Multi- Industry)
• Germany
  • VDA (Automotive)
  • ODETTE (Automotive)
  • EDIFACT (Multi-industry)
• France
  • ODETTE (Automotive)
  • GENCODE (Retail)
  • EDIFACT (Multi- Industry)
• Brazil
  • RND (Automotive)
  • NTC (Transportation)
  • CNAB (Banking)
  • X12 (Multi-industry)
  • EDIFACT (Multi- Industry)
• Mexico
  • X12
  • EDIFACT (Multi- Industry)
• Japan
  • CII (Multi-industry)
  • EDIFACT (Multi- Industry)
• Australia
  • X12 (Multi-industry)
  • EDIFACT (Multi- Industry)

1. EDI & E-Business Suite
2. EDI & E-Business Suite – Part II
3. E-Business Suite Integration Repository