Team 5: Anamika Sharma Ajai Sachchar
Team 5: Anamika Sharma Ajai Sachchar
TEAM 5
RAM KUMAR
SUMMIYA SAIFY
RAVI CHAITANYA
KRISHNA SUHAS
DEFINITION OF EDI
• EDI can be defined as…
Partner A Partner B
Internal
System
EDI Software
VAN
VAN EDI Software Internal
System
Security and Privacy in EDI
• EDI Checks
• EDI Acknowledgement
(physical)
• EDI Acknowledgement
(logical)
Value Added Networks
•The go-between in EDI
communications
•Responsible for routing,
storing and delivering EDI
messages Provide delivery
reports
•Intelligent VANs are able to
read the EDI message itself.
•Operated by various entities
Telecom companies
Industry group consortiums
A large company interacting
with its suppliers/vendors
EDI Outsourcing
•Complex operations
•Integration service provider
•Internet based service provider like cloud
computing
•Services like document translation
services, complete EDI systems that
include warehouse management and
financial software, scan-packing and label
printing interfaces.
EDIFACT
• EDI for administration, commerce and
transportation.
• Introduced by the UN center for the facilitation of
administration, commerce and transportation
(UN/CEFACT) in the mid 1980s.
• Older European EDI standards such as TRADACOM,
GENCOD, SEDAS and ODETTE have all migrated to
EDIFACT.
• It has become an international standard as ANSI has
stopped all work on X12 since 1997 and X12 systems
are migrating to EDIFACT
EDIFACT: Structure
• EDIFACT Interchanges consist of messages
which are in turn composed of data
segments. The segments themselves consist
of data elements. Interchange
I’change Header Message Message Message I’change Header
• Eliminate paper
• Competitive advantage
Drawbacks of EDI
• EDI adapter software is too expensive for most organizations.
• The software has to be practically rewritten for different
combinations of VANs, internal hardware and trading scenarios.
• The software is also subject to change when there is a revision in
EDIFACT
• VAN subscription costs and dedicated line costs are prohibitive
for most SMEs
• The EDI system is highly static and every business process has to
be meticulously negotiated between partners.
• Since there is no common registry or discovery mechanism,
partners have to retain information on institution codes, product
codes, up-to-date catalogs etc. associated with everybody they
do business with.
Barriers to implementation
• High setup costs
• Incompatibility of hardware /software
• Lack of standard formats
• Lack of customer sophistication
• Lack of awareness of EDI benefits
• Customer education/training
• Customer resistance
• Corporate culture
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