EDI

A transaction set transmitted by the receiver of an EDI transmission to the sender, indicating the receipt and syntactical acceptability of a message. It does not provide acknowledgement of the content of the message, just that the message has been successfully received and interpreted.Often abbreviated and referred to as “FA”.

A collection of related transaction sets. Beginning (GS) and ending (GE) segments are used to envelop a complete functional group.

These segments identify a specific functional group of documents such as purchase orders.

French automotive industry body.

The interconnection between public or private networks, enabling the transmission of documents in EDI format across multiple networks.

Global Commerce Initiative. A global industry user group that identifies issues hindering supply chain performance and suggests potential global solutions for data, messages, processes and associated requirements which it can offer to standards bodies such as GS1 for adoption.

Global Data Dictionary: a GS1 standard which allows all the potential attributes of an item to be defined. These attributes may include size, brand information, logistical information, etc.

Global Data Synchronization.

Global Data Synchronization Network. Provides a framework that allows all data pools to interoperate and share data seamlessly.

A Global Location Number (GLN) is a unique number that is assigned to locations to enable them to be identified uniquely worldwide. These global location numbers can be used to identify any legal, physical and functional locations. Global locations numbers are reference keys to computer files where information about the company or location can be…

RosettaNet-branded term for the Data Universal Numbering System. The Global Company Identifier is the RosettaNet object and Data Universal Numbering System is the specified solution.

The repository of definitions and attributes of all data elements used within GS1 Business Message Standards.

A central service which holds pointers to data held in local data pools, provides an index for companies looking for product data held in local data pools and ensures data pools are fully compliant with GS1 standards.

Global Product Classification: a standard way of categorizing products that provides a way to link different company classification systems and offers a common language for collaborative business processes.

Goods Received Note. A document raised by a customer receiving goods to confirm what has been received, so that invoices may be approved for payment.

A worldwide network of standards bodies and service providers which develops global supply chain standards and solutions used by over one million companies for bar coding, electronic business messaging, data synchronization and through the EPCglobal Network, radio frequency identification.

Global Standards Management Process. The governing body for the development of global data synchronization standards within the GS1 framework. Open to industry participants and solution providers, the GSMP provides the process for developing business requirements and global standards for technical implementations.

Global Trade Item Number. A unique identifier for each product.

The physical parts of a computer system, such as the central processing unit, tape drives, disk drives, modem, etc.

The specific segment that, in simplest terms, tells the receiving computer where an individual EDI message starts.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, established by the U.S Congress in 1996

A standard for the healthcare industry.

HyperText Transfer Protocol. A protocol used to request and transmit files, especially web pages and web page components, over the internet or other computer network.

HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure is a combination of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol with the SSL/TLS protocol to provide encryption and secure identification of the server.

EDI term for a company that initiates a B2B program with its business partners, usually a buyer. See also Spoke.

The ID System is a component of the EPCglobal Network that consists of EPC tags and readers. EPC tags are radio frequency identification devices that consist of a microchip and an antenna attached to a substrate. The Electronic Product Code is stored on this tag, which is applied to cases, pallets, and/or items. EPC tags…

International Data Exchange Association. Organization based in Brussels that promotes the global expansion of EDI.

stands for intermediate document, is a standard data structure for electronic data interchange between application programs written for the popular SAP business system or between an SAP application and an external program. IDOCs serve as the vehicle for data transfer in SAP’s Application Link Enabling (ALE) system.

See Internet Engineering Task Force.

A publication listing EDI messages that are in use in a particular industry or application. It indicates how the information in those messages should be presented on a segment-by-segment, and data-element-by-data-element basis, including which segments and data elements are needed, which are not and what code values will be expected in the application of that…