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 EDI
NISI has created an EDI (Electronic Data
Interchange) process for sending and receiving information between two trading
partners using computer technology. EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is a
method of sending and receiving information between two trading partners using
computer technology. Used properly, EDI will eliminate mail delays; reduce
ordering lead time and labor processing expense, while increasing the speed and
accuracy of the information that is being exchanged. Because EDI uses industry
standard formats, referred to as transaction sets, data received via this method
can be more readily interfaced directly into the computer systems receiving
them. Manual data entry can be reduced, maybe even eliminated; resulting in
labor cost savings and improved data accuracy. Printing the data receiving
through EDI for data entry is not utilizing the method to its full advantage.
EDI then becomes nothing more than a fancy, expensive fax machine. EDI is a
method of doing business at a high volume data exchange and an alternative for
Advanced Ship Notice processes.
EDI can be a method to forward a productive,
mutually defined partnership with your customers. Here at NISI, we have taken
the EDI process and skipped some of the expense to trading the forms and simply
setup email standards to do the same transactions. This can only be done with
those customers will to step outside their existing EDI communication, but we
leave their backend formats and standards in place. Each time an EDI document
is sent or received there is a cost to you at the rate of the amount of
information being sent. Our email transaction system, simply excludes those
costs.
NISI has many customers using EDI and have many
transactions sets in production. Our experience is the EDI has its standard
formats, but each trading partner setup has their own rules and standards as
well. So as you setup trading partners and documents, for each customer their
may have to be software changes to accommodate your customers or vendors
requirements. Our standard trading documents include:
- 810 –
Invoice: Send invoices customers or have receive invoices from your vendors
- 816 -
Organization Relationships: Used to setup new customer stores and address
- 850 -
Purchase orders: Send PO’s to your vendors or receive orders from your
customers
- 856 -
Advance Ship Notice (ASN): This is a transaction document which is sent to
your customer as the goods have been loaded and are in transit to your
customer.
- 860 -
Purchase Order Change: Used to change an existing purchase order. This
document is usually setup to simply print out in a report format and the
changes are then made manually within IMACS.
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