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 EDI helps in establishing a common language, which is used during data exchange:

      

·         The EDI sender's originating application, such as purchasing produces the same data regardless of the delivery mechanism.

 

·         The function's business requirements do not change based on whether EDI is being used or not.

 

·         For EDI the purchase order data are sent to the translation process instead of the form printer.

 

·         The translator software accepts the purchasing system's view of the data, applies a user defined map and converts the purchase order (PO) to an ASC X 12 format.

 

·         The transaction is delivered through a communication process to the receiving vendor who reverses the EDI process.

 

·         The ASC X 12 standard PO is filtered through a map defined by the vendor and is converted to the order entry system's view of the data.

·         The order entry system processes the information just as though it has originated from a paper PO received through the supplier's mail room and key punched by a sales order entry clerk.