EDI Education: An Introduction
Book 1 of the 5-Part EDI Education Series
EDI can and is difficult for the uninitiated to read.
It is a “digital” representation of a human-readable document, like a purchase order for example.
By reading this short introduction into the world of EDI you will understand how it is structured, why it is necessary, what a standard is and what the individual pieces of data mean, and how they interrelate.
Book 1 of the 5-Part EDI Education Series
EDI can and is difficult for the uninitiated to read.
It is a “digital” representation of a human-readable document, like a purchase order for example.
By reading this short introduction into the world of EDI you will understand how it is structured, why it is necessary, what a standard is and what the individual pieces of data mean, and how they interrelate.
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