NCR Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Datasheet

EDI saves time and money by transmitting data directly between trading partners

EDI is one of the most effective, time-proven methods to conduct electronic business transactions worldwide. EDI uses standardized file formats to transfer data and transactions, such as orders, purchase orders and invoices, electronically between two trading partners.

The files can be passed through a Value Added Network (VAN) or over the Internet. Using EDI helps your company lower order processing costs, shorten order cycle times, reduce data errors and maintain an electronic audit trail for transactions. With its easy implementation, reduced costs and improved transaction processing, EDI helps transform your business into an innovative e-commerce leader.

• Reduce your cost of doing business
  With EDI, purchasing and ordering transactions are processed electronically, reducing redundant data entry and streamlining processing requirements. This reduces administrative and other costs, providing your business with better performance at a reduced cost. Consumables, which tend to involve a high volume of purchasing transactions, make especially good targets for savings with EDI.
• Speed up purchasing and order processing transactions
  The process improvements made possible by EDI make purchasing and order management tasks easier and faster. Steps that used to take days can now be completed in minutes, even for global transactions. Using EDI, you can increase the speed at which you do business, giving you a definite advantage over your competition.
• Improve performance while using existing processes and applications
  To gain all the benefits of EDI, you can simply use many or all of your current enterprise applications. This makes incorporating EDI into your business model easy and cost effective--you can have accurate and timely data without making drastic changes to your business processes.