EDI

Useful to only one particular group of companies grouped together by a common area of endeavor. In EDI it refers to the ability of an EDI Standard to be used by only one industry.

Two applications exchanging EDI directly within a pre-programmed context.

The exchange of information from one company to another. A group of transaction sets sent from one sender to one receiver at one time.

The data segment that indicates and identifies the beginning of an interchange.

The data segment that indicates the end of an interchange.

Specific data transmission information in the header and trailer segments, representing an exchange between a single sender/receiver combination, ISA/IEA-approved.

A specific data layout that defines a structured business document. The interchange format specifies the sequence, representation, and grouping of granular data elements, and may describe each element in terms of data type, options, cardinality, size, and valid values.

Two VAN’s who link to one another’s address.

A large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the internet architecture and the smooth operation of the internet.

A request for payment that communicates to a buyer the specific items, price, and quantities delivered that must be paid for by the buyer. Payment terms will usually accompany the billing information.

A set of communication standards for simultaneous digital transmission of voice, video, data, and other network services.

International Standards Organization. An international organization, working with the United Nations, that maintains the standards for all applications of technology and mechanics for global industry.

Just In Time. A technique of managing inventory pioneered in Japan, under which materials are delivered by suppliers to a manufacturer as they are needed for production, rather than for storage or inventory.

The IP-based network for the Japanese automotive industry.

The IP-based network for the Korean automotive industry.

ANSI-defined standard for interconnects between VAN (EDI) addresses.

A file storage area within a computer, usually one used by a Network Service Provider, where information is placed until it can be retrieved by the intended receiver.

A document from the vendor who is shipping goods to a customer that describes where the goods will arrive. Multiple destinations may be included.

The act of determining what pieces of information in the company’s database should be placed into each data element of an EDI message or transaction set, or in reverse, what data elements of an EDI message or transaction set should be placed into the company’s database.

A block of information in EDI making up a business transaction, or part of a business transaction.

The service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message.

The system of syntax, data elements, segments and messages (transaction sets) with which EDI will be conducted.

The graphic display of the layout of a message.

The routing of a direct transfer message between computers through the services of a third-party service provider.

The service segment ending a message.

An identified and structured set of data elements covering the requirements for a specified type of transaction, e.g., an invoice.

Abbreviated form of Modulator/Demodulator. The electronic device that connects the computer to a telephone line to allow communications.

A form of negative acknowledgment of an error detection in the transmission.

The organization in a country that is tasked with keeping the standards for all applications of technology and mechanics for the industry of that country.

An electronic communications system that links computers together to allow EDI to take place.