EDI
Education Seminar - EDI - "101"
Designed
for everyone
- Session
One: Overview of EDI
This session introduces the basic ideas and definitions of EDI,
and the major advances in business process redesign made by leading
firms and industries around the world. The session also describes
how EDI is recognized as an enabling capability for current business
trends. The historical roots of EDI around the world are reviewed
and future trends identified.
- Session
Two: Introduction to ANSI X12 Standards
The ANSI standards for EDI transactions are described and discussed
in detail, with emphasis on understanding the transaction stucture,
ANSI documentation, and putting the standards to use in business
applications of EDI. Similarities and differences between ANSI
and EDIFACT are identified along with the development organizations
supporting each standard..
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Three: Components of EDI -- Value Added Networks
This session explores the capabilities and products of Value-Added
Netowks (VANs). It shows the services that VANs provide EDI users
for worldwide implementations of successful EDI programs. Participants
will receive an understanding of the major players in communications
and the key role that VANs provide in facilitating communications
between EDI users.
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Four: Components of EDI -- Hardware and Software
The technology options for various hardware platforms and software
are described. A focus of this presentation is putting technology
in perspective - how its used, advantages and disadvantages of
the alternative implementations, and ways to narrow the choices.
The focus is on the entire spectrum of user software and includes,
translation, mapping, quality control and EDI-ready application
software.
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Five: EDI User Profiles and Key Barriers
This session looks at a typical EDI user profile. How the user
changes over time with particular emphasis on identification of
the user, what are the EDI services that are important, what is
the level of investment, what are the anticipated benefits and
what are realistic timelines required to achieve objectives. This
session also reviews keys organization barriers to EDI. The final
topic is a short review of EDI activity around the world.
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