The economic advantages of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) are widely recognized. Nevertheless, the number of total users is relatively small compared to the total business in the world. This is due to the fact that the costs for setting up and running an EDI relationship are to high for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Recently, new standardization efforts have been made to involve more ...

Electronic data interchange (EDI) is the movement of information electronically between a buyer and seller for purposes of facilitating a business transaction. EDI represents a powerful application of computer-communications technology. Its value includes such benefits as reduced paperwork, elimination of data entry overheads, improved accuracy, timely information receipt, accelerated cash flow...

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been particularly slow to adopt EDI for such reasons as the perceived high cost of implementing EDI, the lack of willing trading partners, the evolutionary nature of the document translation standards and the lack of awareness of the benefits of EDI. Despite a growing understanding of the factors which influence SME adoption of technologies such as EDI, ...

The growth of the Internet has allowed business organisations to participate in e -commerce. E-commerce can exist between business organisations i.e. business to business e -commerce, sometimes referred to as Internet EDI (Electronic Data Interchange), as well as between business and customer. Small and medium sized organisations (SMEs) do not generally participate in traditional EDI largely be...

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a technology which has shown significant impact not only at the individual organisation level, but at industry-sector and even at the country-level. As the issues to be addressed at these levels are different, a systemic study of EDI technology transfer incorporating multiple levels is necessary for developing a holistic understanding of the transfer process...

Electronic data interchange (EDI), a specific form of interorganizational systems, has the potential to significantly influence business operations and the exchange of business documents in a number of industries and to provide substantive tangible and intangible benefits to the participating firms. EDI within organizations continues to grow, it becomes increasingly desirable to establish a tac...

As an element of Electronic Commerce (particularly supply chain management), Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) has the potential to sustain competitive advantage for individual companies, yet the adoption of EDI has been considerably slower than anticipated. One of the major reasons for this slow uptake is the difficulty in justifying the high investment cost of EDI. Very little research has be...

This study explores how rationales for information technology use relate to the extent of its assimilation in organizations and considers whether and how rationales associated with the technology-in-practice are transformed as the organization makes use of the technology. A multiple-case study of electronic data interchange (EDI) adoption and assimilation was analyzed, looking at both instituti...

Over the past several decades, corporations have invested trillions of dollars in implementing EDI systems with their major trading partners using traditional EDI methods such as ANSI ASC X12 and UN/EDIFACT. While this investment has yielded significant improvements in efficiency and savings, the savings have not been more than 20% of the potential savings, because traditional EDI has been too ...

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), an example of an Inter-Organisational System (IOS), has the potential to provide companies with tangible benefits, such as improvements to overall efficiency and cost effectiveness, and strategic advantages, including the strengthening of trading partner relationships and the redesigning of internal procedures. Many organisations more notably small and medium-...