Integrated electronic data interchange (EDI) is a powerful way of business communication and the benefits of integrating EDI are significant:
• elimination of re-keying and data duplication
• reduction of errors
• reduced data interchange cycle time
• improved customer service and response time
• reduced business transaction costs
• improved productivity, possibility of staff re-assignments
• improved access to real time financial data
Furthermore a direct connection between systems eliminates the risk of human failures, and as a significant electronic commerce technology, EDI is changing the way business is done and defining successful customer-vendor relationships.
Unifeeder EDI products
Unifeeder has centred its extensive customer EDI program on three products:
• EDI-schedule
• EDI-booking
• EDI-invoice
Communication flow
The diagram below is an overview of the communication flow in a Unifeeder – customer relationship. It shows the communication processes which are supported via EDI. Each process (vertical line) can be established individually between a Customer and Unifeeder.
Use of standards
At Unifeeder we have several years of experience with EDI using EDIFACT standards, CSV and XML.
The use and implementation of EDI has grown rapidly the last years, and UniFeeder are following the development of new technologies and EDIFACT standards closely. Please read the Unifeeder follows the international standards for EDI – exchange page for more details.
