The Internet appears to be a cheap, efficient, and ubiquitous channel for transmitting Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transactions. This paper contrasts two strategies for implementing Internet-EDI systems. McKesson, Corp. treated its Internet-EDI system as a traditional information systems development project while Bank of America built its Internet-EDI system with a prototyping approach. T...

EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) has been a powerful business to business (BB) process enabler well before the explosion of the Internet. The competitive advantage deriving from this practice is quite clear as EDI had a big impact in the streamlining of administrative processes and business EDP (Electronic Data Processing) in general. The main problem was the cost, deriving especially from net...

In practice a growing number of companies report negative impacts of using EDI, which are attributed to the impact of poor data quality. This result is in contrast with current EDI theory, which shows that EDI leads to less data entry errors and hence to a positive role of data quality in EDI. Based on the current literature on data quality and communication, this paper develops a theory on the...

The growing interest in the use of electronic data interchange (EDI) to revolutionize the way in which business conducts trading activities leads to promising research questions concerning the characteristics of EDI-related tasks and electronic partnerships that promote implementation success of EDI. The research model represents that task characteristics and partnership attributes affect imple...

Despite the benefits of standards-based Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) modes of communication, only a small percentage of organizations have adopted even a single form of EDI. Organizations are often unable to assess the benefits resulting from the adoption of EDI due to the complexity of operational issues. This paper develops a model and decision support tool for identifying if EDI adoptio...

The Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the exchange of standardized documents between computer systems for business use. The objective of this study is to make Electronic Data Interchange secure to use and to eliminate human intervention in the transfer of data between business partners so that productivity and efficiency can be improved and also promote its usage between two or more trading ...

The use of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) technologies can prove to be a strong, strategic initiative for many businesses. However, to leverage these potential benefits, organizations must be able to transform ineffective operating procedures and explore alternative implementations of EDI. The project reported here illustrates how a major Fortune 500 corporation was able to meet the challeng...

Supply Chain Forum An International Journal Vol. 3 N°2 2002 www.supplychain-forum.com This paper reports the results from a survey to Spanish automotive suppliers about the adoption of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). The paper focuses on the differences between first-tiers and second-tiers about barriers, benefits and motives for adopting EDI. The survey also analyzes the differences in the ...

Distribusi untuk memenuhi kebutuhan sehari-hari dari distribution center pada agen-agen besar, pertokoan, maupun warung besar hingga kecil dituntut dapat dilakukan secara cepat tanggap dalam proses pendistribusian. Sebagai distributor juga selalu pengelolahan jumlah stok yang ada di gudang, sehingga tidak terjadi penumpukan ataupun kekurangan produk disediakan. Untuk menghindari miskomunikasi a...